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  1. berlin
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    Chimney Liner required?

    Your smoke chamber looks to be in good shape. you don't need a stainless liner, you have a clay liner currently. If you don't like the cores of the...
    Post by: berlin, Nov 8, 2011 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
  2. berlin
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    ATF in splitter?

    Depends how many gallons you need ($$$) but what a lot of guys with more expensive splitters and other hydraulic equiptment around here use is Kubota...
    Post by: berlin, Oct 30, 2011 in forum: The Gear
  3. berlin
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    Lots of Poplar; Keep it or pass...

    Populus deltoides is popLAR is eastern cottonwood. It is the tree most commonly known as poplar, and commonly mispronounced as "popple" In moravia,...
    Post by: berlin, Oct 14, 2011 in forum: The Wood Shed
  4. berlin
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    efficient design of homemade OWB

    If you want to do it right, you won't waste time with logs. Get a wood chippper and a stoker boiler designed for wood chips and you won't have any...
    Post by: berlin, Sep 29, 2011 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Starting My Chimney Rebuild (pics)

    I would bust out the old, damaged tile and slide in new ones, butter the ends with a waterproof heatstop alumina mortar, pour vermiculite/pearlite...
    Post by: berlin, May 16, 2011 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
  6. berlin
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    E-Coal- better than wood pellets

    ... or you could just burn anthracite coal @ 12-13,000btu's/lb and typically available in the east for almost half the cost of pellets right now. I'm...
    Post by: berlin, Apr 4, 2011 in forum: The Pellet Mill - Pellet and Multifuel Stoves
  7. berlin
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    building a masonary fireplace

    If installed properly, and, provided you don't have a chimney fire, a clay liner will outlast stainless by decades.
    Post by: berlin, Jan 2, 2011 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
  8. berlin
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    Black pipe or copper what's your choice and why?

    If you want absolutely perfect, leak proof black pipe joints use teflon AND a good thread sealant. One that I HIGHLY reccomend is "Grrip" from...
    Post by: berlin, Nov 16, 2010 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
  9. berlin
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    Need free wood ID please

    cottonwood. 100% certain.
    Post by: berlin, Oct 25, 2010 in forum: The Wood Shed
  10. berlin
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    Where can I buy Black Locust, Cherry and Osage Orange Seedlings?

    If you're wanting a tree that will grow to a decent size relatively fast, plant black locust. I just planted two trees (bought them about 2' high...
    Post by: berlin, May 9, 2010 in forum: The Wood Shed
  11. berlin
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    Some Charts iv seen have corn as the lowest cost Per BTU with the exception of Coal.

    Coal will be from $2 to $12 per million btu's; it's generally the least expensive (and arguably the most convenient) alternative heating fuel...
    Post by: berlin, Mar 4, 2010 in forum: The Pellet Mill - Pellet and Multifuel Stoves
  12. berlin
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    Tree ID

    Definately Poplar/Cottonwood. 100% certain.
    Post by: berlin, Mar 3, 2010 in forum: The Wood Shed
  13. berlin
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    Does anyone here burn coal in their Blaze King?

    you'll have no problem with the firebrick. Coal produces much more ash than wood so without an effective ashpan and grate system it can be a bit of a...
    Post by: berlin, Feb 26, 2010 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
  14. berlin
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    Leaking From Chimney

    This is NOT a problem with condensing flue gasses. Heavy Rain/Snow is entering the relatively short chimney and either landing on stovepipe inserted...
    Post by: berlin, Feb 25, 2010 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
  15. berlin
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    Flue tile - Red or yellow

    In general (this at least used to be somewhat true) the dark red flue tiles tend to be harder, more resistant to acids. the lighter off-whites and...
    Post by: berlin, Feb 21, 2010 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
  16. berlin
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    CO problem with coal stove

    it's not soot or creosote, but airborne ash - flyash that gets deposited in the horizontal sections of flue pipe. This is why even though coal...
    Post by: berlin, Feb 17, 2010 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
  17. berlin
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    Discoloration of chimney pipe

    That discoloration is NOT from the stainless getting hot. That's the direction the winds were blowing when you had a fire. It is cold outside, the...
    Post by: berlin, Feb 14, 2010 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    grades of gas

    Hi octane fuel is only necessary if your vehicle requires it. Lower octane fuel actually contains more energy per gallon and on vehicles that allow...
    Post by: berlin, Feb 13, 2010 in forum: DIY and General non-hearth advice
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    Questions about installing new masonary or metal wood stove chimney during renovation

    Masonry is far more durable and looks much, much better. properly sized and built it will outperform and outlast metal chimneys with one notable...
    Post by: berlin, Feb 10, 2010 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Ironwood Close Up for Ohio Woodburner

    Eastern hophornbeam, smaller tree with leaves that somewhat resemble those of elm (if i remember correctly). Good hard wood, usually find those trees...
    Post by: berlin, Feb 7, 2010 in forum: The Wood Shed
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