Hello from New Member with New Install

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smed

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Sep 18, 2011
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Ontario Canada
Hello board! My first post. I want to say thank you to everyone who quietly helped me in my choosing a stove, and some questions that I had. I have been reading the board for about a year now and this is truly great!

Now I have just installed a new Englander Timber Ridge TNC13 (do I get a T-shirt?) and new chimney. I replaced an old cast iron stove (Ulefos) with a scary condition chimney. It was a tricky task because this is a log cabin with solid walls. Had to use a chain saw to cut the opening! Wild times.

Can't wait to get inspection clearance and my first burn!

I will post some photos later!

Cheers,
Jeff.
 
Welcome to the forums, Jeff. Looking forward to the pics. Rick
 
Welcome fellow Canadian!

Where did you get the stove?

It should do the trick keeping you warm.

Any pictures of you using the saw to cut through the wall? That's pretty hardcore if I may say so myself.

Cheers!

Andrew
 
Welcome to the Forums, Jeff :)

The NC 13 puts out some serious heat.

Welcome to "the Family" ;-)
 
Here's yer shirt, eh.
 

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Yeah, welcome to the forum! I like your sotry with the install on a log cabin, would love to have seen a chain saw being used on that install....
 
Welcome and congrats on your new stove. A lot of folks here use chain saws, but not many can claim that they need to as part of their install. :)
 
Here are some pics of my install. Sorry no shots of the chain saw! One stumbling block was that I had to scab one of the rafters in the roof cavity in order to maintain the clearances. What a pain. Of course the other problem was that the stove pad was already in place, so the chimney had to be exactly positioned to the centre of the pad.
 

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BTW, before the install, I fired the baby up in the back yard to burn off the paint smell. :cheese:
Got a nice little blaze going with the some cedar kindling. I just used a piece of stove pipe for a stack. I suspect there will still be some smell for next few burns in the house! :smirk:
 
Gotta love chainsaw carpentry.
 
In my youth I installed a complete forced air system in a large log inn. All walls were 7-9" chestnut logs. A chainsaw was the only way to create the primary duct run passages. It is really wierd running one in house, but it worked.
 
Heck, my Dad used to fire up the chainsaw inside to do remodels on his stick built house . . . then again I don't think he owned a reciprocating saw like a Sawz-all.
 
ahhh, I finally see what your talking about, I like the pics very much. The work looks great, the final product looks nothing like what someone who thinks "chainsaw" would picture in their mind.
Short flue, could take some work creating a draft some days. Congrats!
 
Welcome to the forum smed.

How tall is that chimney? Looks way too short for sure. And if you subtract the 2-3' per elbow, that is super duper short. Please keep this in mind if you find poor drafting and also if you get some back puffing. Most recommend 13-15' minimum and that is before any bends in the pipe.
 
Welcome to the forum Jeff! Nice looking stove and install there but as Dennis mentioned you may need to lengthen the stovepipe a bit..

Ray
 
Thanks for the comments. The rain cap is about 15 feet from the floor. I will see how it goes, and add a length if necessary. The height meets the 10/2 requirement for the roof.

Regarding the chain saw - I ran the saw from the outside of the wall. It worked well by keeping most of the saw dust outside. I do have an electric saw if I was going inside. I would not want to use a gas saw inside.

Attached is the stove burning off outside :)
 

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Cool, er.. ah, warm oh, anyway you get the idea. Thanks for sharing
 
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