Finally Photos

[RKS130]

Thanks to Smokey I have finally been able to post some photos of the prep for the install and the final product. I did not start taking pics till I was several days into the project - that's when I joined the forum - but here goes.

You can see the ceiling Madame Defarge insisted be rebuilt with plaster I cheated a bit with cement backer board to fill the void, but the final surface averages 1/2" plaster), the wall behind the stove which had a deep crater in the plaster down to the lathe when I started, as it was behind the old radiator and hadn't been touched in 85 years or so, and the final install, along with the exterior view of the venting, as posted elsewhere. I am not sure what order the pics will be in, but here goes. The area around the vent has since been cleaned up.

Now that I have pics, I guess it really happened.

 

[whit]

Cleaned up nice!

No hearth pad under the stove?

 

[mroletta]

Nice pics! I do agree with whit that you likely need a hearth pad under that stove. Things can get pretty toasty down there and it has the potential to scorch the flooring.

 

[Harman Lover 007]

If I don't say it somebody else will....is that exterior vent 18" off the ground? Be sure to shovel the snow away....

 

[RKS130]

Thanks for the feedback. It is not clear in the pic but we have a cast iron hearth pad that Harman makes to match the Accentra stove, so we are OK there. The vent is high enough, although I wonder if it should have a vertical section, although the dealer says it will be fine.

It was a lot of work and way above my pay grade as to the plastering, but we are happy with the results and the stove. It is located oposite the stairs to the second floor and just to the side of the double wide entry to the main room on the first floor. So far, although it hasn't been really cold yet, the whole house gets toasty on a medium/low setting. Can't wait for real cold weather to thumb my nose at the oil company!