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  1. Yagminas Masonry and Wood-heat
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    A few pictures of your wood forced air heating systems.

    Thanks Gasifier! I'm barely heating a 2500+ square foot farm house. 1/2 is 120 years old, 1/2 is 70's construction. Furnace is awesome! I just need...
    Post by: Yagminas Masonry and Wood-heat, Jan 4, 2013 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
  2. Yagminas Masonry and Wood-heat
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    A few pictures of your wood forced air heating systems.

    Here's my main heater...just installed in time for winter. 20kw element installed for back-up.
    Post by: Yagminas Masonry and Wood-heat, Jan 4, 2013 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
  3. Yagminas Masonry and Wood-heat
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    Heat loss to cinderblock?

    If given the choice, always insulate and leak-proof the exterior. The heat storage and moderating effect is well worth it. Kinda like living inside a...
    Post by: Yagminas Masonry and Wood-heat, Feb 4, 2012 in forum: The Green Room
  4. Yagminas Masonry and Wood-heat
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    Best Way to Make Protruding Bricks Flush with Hearth?

    I would most definitely cut the metal surround to fit INSIDE the opening. It makes for a "clean" look.
    Post by: Yagminas Masonry and Wood-heat, Oct 2, 2011 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
  5. Yagminas Masonry and Wood-heat
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    New chimney crown - my experience

    Nice job! I'm curious about the lack of dividing wall between flues though....
    Post by: Yagminas Masonry and Wood-heat, Sep 6, 2010 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
  6. Yagminas Masonry and Wood-heat
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    Cracks in old chimney a problem if installing stainless liner?

    All I can add is most liner manufacturers state that the chimney must meet code before installation of their product.. Read the fine print and take...
    Post by: Yagminas Masonry and Wood-heat, Sep 1, 2010 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
  7. Yagminas Masonry and Wood-heat
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    laying hearth stone

    Hi there, if the stone is going to be laid on other masonry I generally use regular type "n" mortar. If I am laying a stone on plywood or metal I...
    Post by: Yagminas Masonry and Wood-heat, Aug 13, 2010 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
  8. Yagminas Masonry and Wood-heat
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    Proper cement used for chimney repair?

    The acid is really effective in removing mortar stains.
    Post by: Yagminas Masonry and Wood-heat, Jul 13, 2010 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
  9. Yagminas Masonry and Wood-heat
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    Proper cement used for chimney repair?

    Yeah, go ahead and use it. It's not life or death. I've been stuck more than once and as long as you are not sloppy it'll be a fine job. If it is...
    Post by: Yagminas Masonry and Wood-heat, Jul 13, 2010 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
  10. Yagminas Masonry and Wood-heat
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    Terra cotta flue for an 1983 Defiant II

    Stainless for sure! Send the flue tiles back....
    Post by: Yagminas Masonry and Wood-heat, Jul 10, 2010 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
  11. Yagminas Masonry and Wood-heat
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    Proper cement used for chimney repair?

    Generally you want to use a cement that is "softer" than what you are laying. Type "s" is used mainly for block and sometimes stone. Type"n" is...
    Post by: Yagminas Masonry and Wood-heat, Jul 10, 2010 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
  12. Yagminas Masonry and Wood-heat
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    Factory-built chimney lateral support

    I'd cut the plywood chase top with 2" clearance and flange-fit the metal capping around the pre-fab chimney.
    Post by: Yagminas Masonry and Wood-heat, Jun 14, 2010 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
  13. Yagminas Masonry and Wood-heat
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    Metal Liner to open masonry firebox

    I've done a few like this. It involves installing a custom fitted collector box in the throat above the damper and attaching whatever lining system...
    Post by: Yagminas Masonry and Wood-heat, May 12, 2010 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
  14. Yagminas Masonry and Wood-heat
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    Possible Chimney cleaning scam alert -

    Sometimes it's the other way around....imagine tearing down a chimney, looking in and seeing roof trusses going through the chimney beside the tiles!...
    Post by: Yagminas Masonry and Wood-heat, Dec 22, 2009 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
  15. Yagminas Masonry and Wood-heat
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    Open fireplace SS reline--eliminate smokebox an option?

    Up here, the installer just has to make sure there is adequate draft for the unit that the chimney serves. That said, whenever I come across one of...
    Post by: Yagminas Masonry and Wood-heat, Dec 14, 2009 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
  16. Yagminas Masonry and Wood-heat
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    Looking for a stove

    Sometimes you can punch through the masonry above the f/p, run your base-t/ thimble system and hook up an ordinary wood-stove to code. Stuff some...
    Post by: Yagminas Masonry and Wood-heat, Dec 11, 2009 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
  17. Yagminas Masonry and Wood-heat
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    Free/share-ware photo software?

    I am currently using Gimp 2. It is pretty advanced meaning it has more features that I can use.
    Post by: Yagminas Masonry and Wood-heat, Nov 29, 2009 in forum: DIY and General non-hearth advice
  18. Yagminas Masonry and Wood-heat
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    Another rebuild...same old problems.

    I'm rebuilding yet another brick chimney and here's what I usually see upon demo. No clearance to framing and poor mortar joints in the flue. I'm...
    Thread by: Yagminas Masonry and Wood-heat, Nov 28, 2009, 1 replies, in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
  19. Yagminas Masonry and Wood-heat
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    Instalation question

    Foil tape is pretty useless when it comes to wood-heat. You can use furnace cement and a piece of gasket rope if you want an extraordinary seal.
    Post by: Yagminas Masonry and Wood-heat, Nov 19, 2009 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
  20. Yagminas Masonry and Wood-heat
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    Instalation question

    Single wall down into stove. Liner fits inside the two walls of the "double"end. Smoke shouldn't "push" out the connection as the liner should be...
    Post by: Yagminas Masonry and Wood-heat, Nov 18, 2009 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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