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    Really upset with chimney sweep, made a mess!

    My wife got started on the cleanup pretty much right away. 8 hours later and we are still at it. I told her we should have just let them take care of...
    Post by: fprintf, May 16, 2013 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Really upset with chimney sweep, made a mess!

    Edit: Ok, so it turns out his vacuum was broken and was leaking sooty dust - more like blowing it - all over the downstairs. Dean's is trying to make...
    Post by: fprintf, May 16, 2013 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Really upset with chimney sweep, made a mess!

    We hired Dean's Stove & Spa, here in Connecticut, to clean our chimney. The guy they sent did it from the inside and while he spread a tarp to stop...
    Thread by: fprintf, May 16, 2013, 10 replies, in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    FPX Elite 33 - fan taking a long time to start

    So to post an update, had an inkling that perhaps my ash level was too high. Actually it was a full bucket too high, about 3 inches in the bottom. So...
    Post by: fprintf, Jan 10, 2013 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    FPX Elite 33 - fan taking a long time to start

    We've been enjoying our Travis Industries Fireplace Extraordinair Elite 33 fireplace insert for several years now and it has been perfect for us....
    Thread by: fprintf, Jan 10, 2013, 3 replies, in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Frustrating night - (Update)

    My guess is on aged gas. Unlike wood, gasoline does not improve with age. If gasoline stablizer was not mixed with the fuel before storage then it is...
    Post by: fprintf, Nov 2, 2011 in forum: The Gear
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    No power = glad I have a wood stove

    We lost power until yesterday morning and it was coooold in the house. I think on my next house I am going to get a proper wood stove. The fireplace...
    Post by: fprintf, Nov 2, 2011 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    What should not go in the woodstove/insert

    I just replaced the planking on a cedar deck that had started to rot. So I've cut up all the planks and now have a huge supply of kindling wood that...
    Post by: fprintf, Nov 1, 2011 in forum: The Wood Shed
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    Yep, Trees comin down!

    I helped my neighbors clear some downed limbs blocking their driveways this afternoon. All the while we were a little worried that some other...
    Post by: fprintf, Oct 30, 2011 in forum: The Wood Shed
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    Fireplace insert, loss of electrical power, what to do?

    Thank you to all for helping me understand how this works and for the reassurances that either a) I can get my stove temps down by using the damper...
    Post by: fprintf, Oct 29, 2011 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Fireplace insert, loss of electrical power, what to do?

    I've always assumed it would be unsafe without the moving air to coolnit down. I did check my manual and it doesn't give any warnings about not...
    Post by: fprintf, Oct 29, 2011 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Fireplace insert, loss of electrical power, what to do?

    We are getting a pretty awesome early season snowstorm, I have the fireplace insert going pretty hot and just lost power. This is an insert that...
    Thread by: fprintf, Oct 29, 2011, 20 replies, in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    2nd season, first fire paint smell

    I ran the stove again the past two days and the smell dissipated by the second day. No smell last night or this morning. Thank you all for the...
    Post by: fprintf, Sep 18, 2011 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    2nd season, first fire paint smell

    I just started up my FPX fireplace insert for a quick burn to take the chill out of the house (really!! CT in September!) and just to get a nice fire...
    Thread by: fprintf, Sep 16, 2011, 5 replies, in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    I really need a pickup truck now that I am collecting firewood

    Thanks for all the replies. I thought it was a pretty fun exercise, though I didn't have much of an option since the Volvo was in use elsewhere....
    Post by: fprintf, Sep 6, 2011 in forum: The Gear
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    I really need a pickup truck now that I am collecting firewood

    I did use my wife's Volvo wagon to move a bunch of the wood also, and the pics don't include what I moved on Friday afternoon. I think out of the...
    Post by: fprintf, Sep 6, 2011 in forum: The Gear
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    I really need a pickup truck now that I am collecting firewood

    My brother in law had a choke cherry and an ash tree come down during Irene. He had a bunch of wood that he couldn't use so asked me if I wanted it....
    Thread by: fprintf, Sep 6, 2011, 24 replies, in forum: The Gear
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    Warm winter a comin...........

    Three years ago I bought a snowthrower at the end of the season and it say all summer in my basement. The following winter was the least for recorded...
    Post by: fprintf, Aug 30, 2011 in forum: The Gear
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    Videos to help learn how to safely use my new saw?

    I wanted to add, I found the following guidebook. It turns out there are lots of hidden gems how to learn to use a saw. Chainsaw use and...
    Post by: fprintf, Aug 30, 2011 in forum: The Gear
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    Videos to help learn how to safely use my new saw?

    Thanks to everyone for the advice and the videos. They say a picture is worth a thousand words, and I found the Stihl video (the whole thing) to be...
    Post by: fprintf, Aug 30, 2011 in forum: The Gear
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