My wife and I decided it would be cheaper now for me to be a stay at home dad with my 2 year old and 5 year old sons.
Hey Ant, really cool to hear that! I really treasure the times when I'm laid off. You couldn't put a price on having this kind of time with your family.
I have also been out of work since April
Yeah, I was laid of for 5 months in 2008, 6 months in 2009 and will continue to be until, hopefully EARLY spring. As a union carpenter, I get used to having a little down time, especially during the holidays, it's nice to spend time with the family. But the last two years have been brutal! Last year, I had more time out than in and lost my health insurance for the first time in 10 years. Luckily, in homebuilding/remodeling there's always sidework to be done. I keep the money coming in as much as possible.
My NC-13 has been FANTASTIC at heating the house (1400 sq ft ranch).
I was thinking of picking one of these up for the living room. I hear the Home Depot has them on sale around this time of the year. How long of a burn do you get out of it? Also, I don't know if it would fit in there: the height of the fireplace is only 26.5". How tall is the top of the flue flange on it?
Gotta run and make pancakes for the little guy!
I drive my 3 older boys( 5, 8 and 9) to school, go to DnD to get coffee for the wife and I, then cook breakfast for us and my three year old Johnny every day. Then watch Ellen and usually go cut wood. Being laid off has some benefits, I really enjoy this routine. Beats getting up @ 4am and traveling to Boston to work at 6am, every day (I've done a lot of work out there, lots of commercial jobs...)
Hmmm. I’ll have to look mine over and see if I can find a date stamped on it somewhere.
Hey Thomis, I took the rust off mine with a wire cup and brush on a 4" grinder. The date was sort of small under the bottom of the firebox, toward the back, I think. There was another dated part, but I can't recall now where it was! We leave a tea pot on ours and it gets pretty hot at times. I think the rear burner would be great for cooking if we could access it. We really crank it up when we want fast heat in the living room. I really like that shed though. My work shop is in my lower garage located in the walk out portion of the basement, there's no stove there. As you read above, I can't wait to get back to work, but it's not always bad. Can't live without that green though!
Take care guys and burn on!