Another Rumble

[myzamboni]

Here's a new one.

Got to watch my secondary flame in full effect while sitting through a 5.6 earthquake last night. Fortunately, nothing damaged, but imagine if the quake was strong enough to create a leak :gulp:

 

[babalu87]

Cause a leak where?
As long as the stove wasnt bolted to the floor I would think the only way a quake could cause a leak would be if it got thrown into something of greater mass like a mountain.

Raging Wildfires, earthquakes and all the knut jobz in LA LA Land, I'll take the occasional Blizzard and 7 months of naked deciduous trees TYVM

 

[myzamboni]

Cause a leak where?
As long as the stove wasnt bolted to the floor I would think the only way a quake could cause a leak would be if it got thrown into something of greater mass like a mountain.

Raging Wildfires, earthquakes and all the knut jobz in LA LA Land, I'll take the occasional Blizzard and 7 months of naked deciduous trees TYVM

3 little screws are not match for major earthquakes. My stove pipe is exposed, not nestled in a chimney.

 

[babalu87]

Cause a leak where?
As long as the stove wasnt bolted to the floor I would think the only way a quake could cause a leak would be if it got thrown into something of greater mass like a mountain.

Raging Wildfires, earthquakes and all the knut jobz in LA LA Land, I'll take the occasional Blizzard and 7 months of naked deciduous trees TYVM

3 little screws are not match for major earthquakes. My stove pipe is exposed, not nestled in a chimney.

I got you
I dont think there are many installations that are quake proof. I would imagine if it happened while you were sleeping on a cold night the stove is the first thing you run to (unless you have kids)
Do you have a contingency plan in case that did happen with a roaring fire? A wool blanket stuffed in the opening I guess?

 

[woodconvert]

Absolutely no experience with shakey groung...cripes, it gives me the willey's thinking about it. But, "A wool blanket stuffed in the opening I guess?"...wool doesn't burn???. I've never tried to light a sheep but I would have guessed fiberglass insulation in a pinch.

Sounds like you need your stove/chimney assembly on one of those Japanese isolator plates so it can move separate from the house ;-)

 

[myzamboni]

Absolutely no experience with shakey groung...cripes, it gives me the willey's thinking about it. But, "A wool blanket stuffed in the opening I guess?"...wool doesn't burn???. I've never tried to light a sheep but I would have guessed fiberglass insulation in a pinch.

Sounds like you need your stove/chimney assembly on one of those Japanese isolator plates so it can move separate from the house ;-)

LOL! a caster kit for my Jotul