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  1. Poodleheadmikey
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    Newbie lost in stove choices..

    I find that if I burn my cellar wood stove to maintain the cellar in the mid to high seventies then the entire floor of the house / ceiling of the...
    Post by: Poodleheadmikey, Jan 25, 2012 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
  2. Poodleheadmikey
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    No visible smoke is good, right?

    I know it's a beast - but I've had in my head for a good while so if I didn't build it it would have bugged me forever that I hadn't brought it to...
    Post by: Poodleheadmikey, Dec 28, 2011 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
  3. Poodleheadmikey
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    No visible smoke is good, right?

    The base is 42" wide by 30" deep. The stove body is 49" high. Although it is sitting on 4" solid concrete blocks which makes the top of the stove...
    Post by: Poodleheadmikey, Dec 27, 2011 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
  4. Poodleheadmikey
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    No visible smoke is good, right?

    Maybe Uncle Pen will post them after I e-mail them to him. <g> It holds a big stack of wood. The firebox (inside and above the brick) is 27"...
    Post by: Poodleheadmikey, Dec 27, 2011 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
  5. Poodleheadmikey
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    No visible smoke is good, right?

    My home is self-insured and I think I am perfectly capable of building a wood stove and heating system which is as safe or safer than any other. PHM...
    Post by: Poodleheadmikey, Dec 27, 2011 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
  6. Poodleheadmikey
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    Any problem with building a vertical wood stove ?

    Something like that but taller - about five feet tall. But with a better loading door. And with a grate and an ash door under the loading door....
    Post by: Poodleheadmikey, Dec 27, 2011 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
  7. Poodleheadmikey
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    No visible smoke is good, right?

    I haven't installed any sight-glass viewing ports but I suspect that the secondary air is what makes it smoke-less. Somebody on here gave me that...
    Post by: Poodleheadmikey, Dec 27, 2011 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
  8. Poodleheadmikey
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    Any problem with building a vertical wood stove ?

    Why don't you come by and see it in action if you're not too far away? I'm about 20 minutes southeast of Philadelphia - in NJ. Getting it out of my...
    Post by: Poodleheadmikey, Dec 27, 2011 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
  9. Poodleheadmikey
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    Any problem with building a vertical wood stove ?

    All my life-safety considerations are serious. The vertical wood stove would be built and installed in my cellar. Water heaters aren't galvanized...
    Post by: Poodleheadmikey, Dec 27, 2011 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
  10. Poodleheadmikey
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    Any problem with building a vertical wood stove ?

    Yes; I am serious. I already have the water heater. Although I am now thinking about using a smaller water heater as the steel-tubes wood stove I...
    Post by: Poodleheadmikey, Dec 27, 2011 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
  11. Poodleheadmikey
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    Any problem with building a vertical wood stove ?

    Whenever people build cylindrical stoves they always seem to be horizontal. Is there any good reason for this? I would like to build one from a...
    Thread by: Poodleheadmikey, Dec 26, 2011, 16 replies, in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
  12. Poodleheadmikey
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    No visible smoke is good, right?

    I posted some on here last year - but I'll send you the pics again if you like. In this triangle shaped stove I can't keep a fire burning all the...
    Post by: Poodleheadmikey, Dec 26, 2011 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
  13. Poodleheadmikey
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    No visible smoke is good, right?

    Last year a built a triangle shaped wood stove out of 3" by 5" steel tubes and have fiddled a bit with it since. Because I just re-lined the chimney...
    Thread by: Poodleheadmikey, Dec 26, 2011, 17 replies, in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
  14. Poodleheadmikey
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    Can I ask about a home-built wood stove ?

    How much primary combustion air do I need? I have a 6" flue connection and a 6" stack. I welded on a 2" pipe nipple and screwed a gate valve onto...
    Post by: Poodleheadmikey, Apr 1, 2011 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Can I ask about a home-built wood stove ?

    Does secondary air / secondary combustion make a noise? I ask because with the loading door shut and the air inlet 100% open there is a pulsing...
    Post by: Poodleheadmikey, Apr 1, 2011 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Can I ask about a home-built wood stove ?

    How big / small should a loading door be? Is there any formula or ratio to go by? Percentage of firebox floor area? Anything like that?...
    Post by: Poodleheadmikey, Mar 27, 2011 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
  17. Poodleheadmikey
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    Can I ask about a home-built wood stove ?

    I stopped to look at wood stoves today and found that their secondary air distribution tubes have LOTS of holes in them. The area of the holes...
    Post by: Poodleheadmikey, Mar 15, 2011 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Can I ask about a home-built wood stove ?

    It says that the pics are too big? Error Message: The uploaded file exceeds the maximum allowed size in your PHP configuration file Zupwidat?...
    Post by: Poodleheadmikey, Mar 14, 2011 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Can I ask about a home-built wood stove ?

    Here you can see the air holes in the semi-installed manifold: http://www.flickr.com/photos/57525667@N06/5524291461/in/photostream/ PHM ------
    Post by: Poodleheadmikey, Mar 14, 2011 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
  20. Poodleheadmikey
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    Can I ask about a home-built wood stove ?

    That's the first and last front-wall brick that you're looking at the side of - along the sides the brick is flat behind those retainers. If you...
    Post by: Poodleheadmikey, Mar 14, 2011 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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