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    Englander vs Napoleon

    Englander vs Napoleon? If I remember my history, didn't the Duke of Wellington decide this definitively at the battle of Waterloo?
    Post by: zknowlto, Aug 31, 2011 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Planning ahead for wood storage (warning, long and kind rambly)

    1) I've managed to scavenge 3 cords per year over the last two years, primarily off CL. I use my car (now with a small trailer), a six pound...
    Post by: zknowlto, Aug 31, 2011 in forum: The Wood Shed
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    Botched install? How would you handle this?

    1) Not very much. We had one very storm where I noticed some dampness on the bottom firebrick. 2) I'm not exactly sure what you're asking....
    Post by: zknowlto, Aug 24, 2011 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Botched install? How would you handle this?

    Update: After a heavy rainstorm this weekened, was was still leaking onto the insert, though seemingly from a slightly different spot. I called the...
    Post by: zknowlto, Aug 23, 2011 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Fireplace insert and home value?

    Consumer Reports ran an article not long ago that claimed, in the current housing market, that there was basically no home improvement you could make...
    Post by: zknowlto, Aug 23, 2011 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Bio Bricks and semi seasoned wood

    I like the idea of this calculation, but I agree with some of the others that something doesn't seem right about the weights/moisture. Also, the...
    Post by: zknowlto, Aug 10, 2011 in forum: The Wood Shed
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    Botched install? How would you handle this?

    So the sense I'm getting is that, other than the bolts, the install seems okay. Assuming the leak has actually been stopped, it sounds like I should...
    Post by: zknowlto, Aug 4, 2011 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Botched install? How would you handle this?

    Okay, here's a few more pictures of where the elbow meets the collar and the chimney caps. I should point of that the metal cap on the right side of...
    Post by: zknowlto, Aug 3, 2011 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
  9. zknowlto
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    Botched install? How would you handle this?

    Looking again at the photo of the front of the house, I think this was taken before I got the insert put in. I'll take some pictures of the chimney...
    Post by: zknowlto, Aug 2, 2011 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Botched install? How would you handle this?

    Thanks for the responses all. Begreen: There is normally a surround on this, which is why I was so slow in noticing the water leaking on this. I'd...
    Post by: zknowlto, Aug 2, 2011 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Botched install? How would you handle this?

    In August of 2009, I had a local company install a Regency I1200 insert and a flex liner. In the spring of 2010, I noticed that water was getting...
    Thread by: zknowlto, Aug 1, 2011, 35 replies, in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
  12. zknowlto
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    The price of electricity

    Not to split hairs but how many coal mines do you see around lansing... or michigan for that matter? As somebody who lived next to the train...
    Post by: zknowlto, May 19, 2011 in forum: The Green Room
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    The price of electricity

    Thanks for the input all. It always seemed reasonable to me to include all the transmission charges in with the actual electricity costs, and...
    Post by: zknowlto, May 18, 2011 in forum: The Green Room
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    The price of electricity

    I've been thinking about this for awhile and haven't found a satisfactory answer. Generally when someone reports that they pay X per kilowatt hour,...
    Thread by: zknowlto, May 18, 2011, 27 replies, in forum: The Green Room
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    Score!

    Mulberry, eh? I'm actually kind of glad to hear that I won't need to put this up until winter 2013/14. Thanks for the advice about an angled...
    Post by: zknowlto, May 13, 2011 in forum: The Wood Shed
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    Score!

    I responded to a CL ad yesterday day in which the guy mentioned that he had many trees "mostly softwood", downed and buck, that he was giving away....
    Thread by: zknowlto, May 13, 2011, 5 replies, in forum: The Wood Shed
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    Fan speed - high or low?

    I've owned the I1200 for two seasons now. I've found that the insert performs better when the fan is on the low setting. Specifically, the burn...
    Post by: zknowlto, Apr 13, 2011 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Two more dudes on CL w/o a clue

    Italics added. Two guys who think a tree service should do free work for them. http://lansing.craigslist.org/zip/2297892352.html Free large black...
    Thread by: zknowlto, Apr 1, 2011, 6 replies, in forum: The Wood Shed
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    Is Cottonwood really that bad?

    I responded to a CL ad last for where some dude was offering random "firewood". Supposedly, the guy had no idea what species it was, and I didn't...
    Post by: zknowlto, Jan 13, 2011 in forum: The Wood Shed
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    Insert without blower turned on... interesting

    We lost power for a couple hours last week and noticed exactly the changes in performance you mentioned when running our small (Regency I1200) insert...
    Post by: zknowlto, Dec 21, 2010 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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