Our biggest feat this weekend was getting the Hearthstone Phoenix woodstove up on the 8” stepped hearth we made last month. Amazing how much worrying, discussion and planning time were spent getting to this point. Muscular, we are not, so lifting a 400 lb. item was not an option. We pushed the stove down truck ramps and tipped it onto a furniture dolly, with the stove still attached to the shipping pallet.
While still on the dolly and pallet, we built a temporary plywood ramp then lifted each leg (using a nylon strap tied & slipped over a shoulder) onto a piece of plastic (cut from a bucket lid) and once off the pallet, we lifted each leg again and put down a small square of upside carpet so we could push the stove up and into place without damaging the ceramic tiles.
After patting ourselves on the back, we managed to lock together two pieces of double-walled black adjustable stove pipe so tightly that we can't pull them apart to install them. Has anyone used the double-walled adjustable black pipe? The fit is so tight, I can’t imagine how they deem it “adjustable”. Should we have soaped the edges?
Assuming we get the pipes unstuck, should we be concerned about making holes in double-walled pipe to install a FlueGard woodstove probe thermometer given us by the retailer? We are using the closest clearance possible with double-walled pipe from the stove to the chimney top.
Isn’t the flue temperature enough a gauge for the soapstone break-in or do we need to stove top gauge too? How delicate is this stuff? (the soapstone)
While still on the dolly and pallet, we built a temporary plywood ramp then lifted each leg (using a nylon strap tied & slipped over a shoulder) onto a piece of plastic (cut from a bucket lid) and once off the pallet, we lifted each leg again and put down a small square of upside carpet so we could push the stove up and into place without damaging the ceramic tiles.
After patting ourselves on the back, we managed to lock together two pieces of double-walled black adjustable stove pipe so tightly that we can't pull them apart to install them. Has anyone used the double-walled adjustable black pipe? The fit is so tight, I can’t imagine how they deem it “adjustable”. Should we have soaped the edges?
Assuming we get the pipes unstuck, should we be concerned about making holes in double-walled pipe to install a FlueGard woodstove probe thermometer given us by the retailer? We are using the closest clearance possible with double-walled pipe from the stove to the chimney top.
Isn’t the flue temperature enough a gauge for the soapstone break-in or do we need to stove top gauge too? How delicate is this stuff? (the soapstone)
