Oslo in the house...now what!!?

Invite large meat head friends over. Supply beer. Bribe them to move stove with previously referenced beer. Good luck.

Put that dude on a diet. Remove all of the fire brick, the door also if your're handy, then use the bribery mentioned above.

4 guys should do it, one to a corner.

We JUST did this for a neighbor. Built an "H" frame out of 2x4's big enough to give real handles to people at both ends of the stove, used straps around the stove and across the top where the frame was. You now have a good place to grip, and are able to lift fully with your legs. We did remove the ash lips, all the doors, ash grate and exaust manifold. Two women where able to lift/move the stove.

Blue Vomit said:

Invite large meat head friends over. Supply beer. Bribe them to move stove with previously referenced beer. Good luck.

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This worked for me . . . honestly I never even had to help haul it in since I had so many volunteer helpers.

firefighterjake said:

Blue Vomit said:

Invite large meat head friends over. Supply beer. Bribe them to move stove with previously referenced beer. Good luck.

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This worked for me . . . honestly I never even had to help haul it in since I had so many volunteer helpers.

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...yeah... but they grow 'em bigger in Maine. ..and they think stuff like that is fun.

The installers that I had do my Oslo used these.....

http://www.amazon.com/Teamstrap-Moving-and-Lifting-Straps/dp/B000UUX7VO

Granted, they may have been a "industrial size" straps, not sure. Those two guys that did it, moved that thing like it weighed about half its weight. Just a thought. Best of luck!!

I 2nd the notion of stripping the stove. Once you pull out the fire brick, grate, doors, ash lips, exhaust and possibly the top it wasn't too bad for 2 people to heave. A paif of 2x4s slid underneat make nice pickup points.

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Put that dude on a diet. Remove all of the fire brick, the door also if your're handy, then use the bribery mentioned above.

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+1 The top is actually pretty easy to remove and very heavy. Remove all three doors and the ash shelf too.

my wife and I managed to pull the Oslo into the house today

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That's pretty good. It's heavy. We did the same last November. To take it off the crate you'll need one more person who needn't be so strong.

This is what we did:

1. Bought wheeled coaster from Menards. They are a two-pack only an inch high and rated for 1800 lbs and expand to size. ($9.99)

2. Use the coasters for clearance and dismantling the carry crate with a saw. To use the coasters, have two people work to lift up one end of the stove while the other end is stayed in position. A third person places the coaster underneath the side that is up without getting their fingers smashed. Then do this to the other side.

It will take several saw cuts to dislodge the crate. We used a sawzall.

Sounds like you did the worst part, up the stairs. Mine came up a full flite of stairs. If you haven't done it already, take off the front, side doors, grate, ash pan door. If you take the doors off, look out for a small washer spacer under one of the hinge pin on each door. We used a refrigerator hand truck to move it + and a few guys.

+1 on the four guys on each corner. The doors, front ash lip, come off very easy, just lift them up. The top comes off after removing three small bolts.

For the final adjustments of moving the stove the last few inches into place, a neat trick the guy at the stove store taught me was to cut out large squares of sheet metal and put them under each leg. The stove slides very easy on the metal in contrast with the legs directly on masonry. Get the stove's position fine tuned and then slide out the sheet metal.

I took my 520 lb. palletized stove out of my trailer by myself using (2) 8' 2x4's.
It's amazing what leverage can do. I think this is how the pyramids were built.

I'd get some 2x4's and a few buddies together to give you a hand. Sometimes they may have another way of movin' her.

i did my woodstock by my self....off the trailer..on to wood planks..pulled one corner at a time....it slid along pretty easy...up two steps...slid it right on to the hearth, pallet and all...cut the pallet off with a sawzall.

The grate lifts out as well.

The doors (including ash pan door), grate, ash pan, and flue collar all are quick and easy weight reductions.

I don't drink or have beer, but on a summer day ice cream worked pretty well. This time of year maybe a home made cake would serve.

For final adjustments I used cardboard squares cut from a cereal box, slick side down. We have a tile hearth area. For brick the sheet metal idea would be far, far better.

Two men and a boy were able to lift my F600 off the pallet. We set it on a scrap piece of plywood so as not to damage the flooring. Then we were able to shuffle it over to its final resting place. I did take the doors off first. you couldn't peel the smile off my face once it was in position! Getting one more person should make all the difference in the world for you.

Furniture dollies and carpet (for sliding on floors) works wonders. I managed to unload my Castine from my trailer, get it up four stairs and into the house on dollies, working alone. I then stripped it down, put two pieces of carpet, one piece for the front legs and one for back legs, and slid it close to the hearth. I laid down a piece of 3/4 plywood over the lip of the 4" hearth and "walked" it up on to the front of the hearth. I put pieces of heavy cardboard under each foot and slid it into position. Did it on my lunch hour. I worried about doing it for weeks, and just went ahead and did it when I felt ready enough. You will too. The Oslo is a heavier stove, and probably not a one man job, but I'm thinking if you only have two, it'll go.

Gorgeous stove, nice installation!

Nice looking install!