For the last 6 years we have lived here I have looked out my back patio door at two huge Russian Olive trees. They were growing in an old field...
I saw this video and just have to share it. I wish I had a log splitter that could do this, my saw can cut it faster though....
This morning when I woke up the house was 72, stove top 250 with a decent bed of coals. I went out and got 3 smaller splits about 6"x2"x18". I...
The first time I cleaned my chimney was December and I got about 1/2 gallon of light fluffy soot. The second time was around February and I got a...
I am thinking about pouring a patio this spring and don't really want to have my redneck (cinder block) fire pit in the middle of it. A friend has...
So I was sitting in the dining room eating dinner and I look out the door and see a layer of fog like smoke. Today has been one of those windy days,...
http://twinfalls.craigslist.org/mat/2234776985.html Is it a zero clearance retrofitted with a stove door?
The first time I cleaned the chimney I decided there had to be a better way than removing the burn tubes, vermiculite boards, and the fiber blanket...
For over a week I was trying like a mad man to find some mineral wool to put around my fireplace firebox before installing the insert. I could not...
After a few weeks of planning, researching, waiting and worrying I finally got my new Osburn 2400 installed today. I hired the best movers a guy...
I got my liner insulation kit today the liner as well as the insert will be here Thursday. The kit did not come with the spray adhesive, foil tape,...
I am slowly trying to get my fireplace ready for the insert which will be here Thursady. I want to put a blanket of rock or mineral wool around the...
A few years ago we were visiting some family in Colorado and I came across a guy selling this Merlin 3 wood stove for $250. My wife liked the look...
I have decided on an Osburn 2400 insert. My old Grizzly insert is huge just like the Osburn it is 500Lb. I have a hernia and a bad back so I am...
As my two other threads indicate I am looking to replace my old insert. Today I pulled off the surround and found something surprising almost...
I am considering the Osburn 2400 insert, anybody have one or similar models by Osburn? How do they draft on a short chimney 12-15' burning pine? I...
I have an old Derco Grizzly catalytic insert, the top of the firebox warped bad last winter breaking welds and destroying the cat. I have a 12'...
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