Went to the builders' supply on Saturday with Landlady and got the last bit of stovepipe I needed to mate the old pipe to the reducer, cut it to size, put it all together, and then in theory all I needed was another strong back to help me horse it all around.
It was a little late to start a fire in it this evening, because the boys had been in Gitmo all day and I needed to get back to the property. But I'm gonna light it up tomorrow before shit-shoveling and see how long it takes to take the chill off the cabin. Excited!
Don't be surprised when it stinks smokes the first time as soon as it starts to get hot. It will take a bit to burn off the paint and dust etc.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! This is progress indeed. What else do you need to do in order to make this a better alternative to wintering in your trailer?
ReplyDeleteDid you ever fix that "Looo" issue?
But I'm gonna light it up tomorrow before shit-shoveling and see how long it takes to take the chill off the cabin.
ReplyDeleteJoel, I tend to think of Dick Proenneke talking about his cabin in Alaska when I read about heating cabins. There is one point in the viddie Alone in the Wilderness where Dick mentions the outside air temp is somewhere below zero, but inside "it's a toasty 42 degrees."
Hope your wood stove provides enough heating to bring the inside temp of your cabin somewhere north of Dick's measure of toastiness.