Dear Friends,

Welcome to the Hearth.com forums. I hope you can learn and share with your fellow users of FIRE. Please note that although you can read most material as a “guest”, there are advantages in registering using the link at the top of each page. Registering allows you to post your own topics as well as answering existing subjects. It also allows you to see some additional hidden forums (off-topic, etc.) such as the “Ash Can”.

As always, common sense and decency should be the guidelines. The users of this forum have an amazing amount of experience and can help you with just about any hearth related question.

We try to keep it family friendly.

Any photos or avatars should be hearth or home related - Like no GW Bush pics, etc…

Let’s try to stay on-topic, although occasional rants are part of the scene…as long as we don’t get into flame wars, that’s OK.

This is YOUR forum - and I hope everyone has a safer and happier FIRE experience due to your participation

Note, if you do want to see some Forum rules and Guidelines, please look at this article:
http://www.hearth.com/econtent/index.php/wiki/Forum_Rules/
Our Mission Statement is at:
http://www.hearth.com/econtent/index.php/wiki/Mission_Statement/

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Thanks for stopping by,