Certifiable nut in south Alabama went and put a deposit down on a stove...

[Intheswamp]

Well, some of you recall my frantic, confused, "hit 'tween the eyes with a stick of farwood" search for a stove. I thought I'd found a dealer, told him "let's do it" and basically never heard from him again (except when I called a couple of times). ???? I promise I've been wearing deodorant lately! I dunno. hh:

Anyhow, I went to plan "B" and will be driving about 250 miles to pick up a pretty little F3CB in blue/black enamel along with a short-leg kit...special ordered, will be in probably by end of next week.

I've got some masonry work to do...gotta knock out that blasted 2x4 in the firebox, open up the throat a bit for the liner to come through, and figure out what type of chimney cap to use and whether the top of the chimney needs any masonry work.

I've pretty much decided to go with an insulated Flex King Pro liner. The kit comes with the liner, chimney plate/cap, and a tee. I know I need stove pipe to go between the stove and the tee...should it be double or single wall? Are there any other parts/connectors that I need to go between the tee and the F3CB? I'll also be getting the insulation kit.

Any thought are comments are appreciated and thanks as usual for your help!
Ed

(I know I had some brain cells laying around here somewhere...)

 

[Coach B]

Congrats! At 250 miles you really wanted the Jotul. I just ordered a Jotul from a dealer in Franklin, TN. Supposed to be here end of next week.

 

[robertmcw]

I bought a used Avalon 1190 insert about 3 moths ago. I found in on CL in Dallas area and drove over 450 miles round trip. That was the best 450 miles I have every paid.

Robert

 

[woodsmaster]

How often do you need to light a fire in s alabama?

 

[ChillyGator]

How often do you need to light a fire in s alabama?

probably more than in North Florida and it was 34* here last night......burning a full load right now :coolsmile:

Congradulations on the Jotul....stay toasty my friend.

 

[ncmallard78]

Welcome to the redneck jotul club. I have an oslo in NC. You will love it!

 

[jtb51b]

I am in central alabama and I have a blaze king.. I heat with a fire 24/7 starting about mid november (usually) until at least mid march.. I have found that the cat stove helps me burn a LOT cleaner and lower.. The forecast for here next week is highs in the low-mid 40's and lows in the very low 20's.. We don't insulate like you "yankees" so we're more vulnerable to the cold. Now, the heat is a different story we're ready for that..

Jason

 

[robertmcw]

jtb51b,

I would love to get a Princess but the money says NO.

Burn on.

Robert

 

[HotCoals]

I am in central alabama and I have a blaze king.. I heat with a fire 24/7 starting about mid november (usually) until at least mid march.. I have found that the cat stove helps me burn a LOT cleaner and lower.. The forecast for here next week is highs in the low-mid 40's and lows in the very low 20's.. We don't insulate like you "yankees" so we're more vulnerable to the cold. Now, the heat is a different story we're ready for that..

Jason

But wouldn't insulation help with the air-con bill?
What kind of beer is popular down there?

 

[BrotherBart]

Just fired the F3CB in the unfinished basement the last two nights. I have the only outdoor cat in the world with her very own F3CB down there to keep her warm at night. ;-)

Yeah, da Yankees don't think it gets cold anywhere South of the Mason Dixon line. In basic training at Fort Polk, Louisiana we had snow one day, heat the next. Snow one day, heat the next. We said one day was training for Korea and the next Vietnam.

 

[Intheswamp]

Congrats! At 250 miles you really wanted the Jotul. I just ordered a Jotul from a dealer in Franklin, TN. Supposed to be here end of next week.

Yelp, and when I get it loaded I turn around and drive 250 miles back home.<grin>

How often do you need to light a fire in s alabama?

probably more than in North Florida and it was 34* here last night......burning a full load right now :coolsmile:

Congradulations on the Jotul....stay toasty my friend.

Yelp, kinda like what ChillyGator said...when it gets cold. Cold down here is kinda different from when it cold up there....it seems more "chilling", I guess from the humidity. ??

Welcome to the redneck jotul club. I have an oslo in NC. You will love it!

Thanks, gee, a redneck jotul club...who'd of thought.....

I am in central alabama and I have a blaze king.. I heat with a fire 24/7 starting about mid november (usually) until at least mid march.. I have found that the cat stove helps me burn a LOT cleaner and lower.. The forecast for here next week is highs in the low-mid 40's and lows in the very low 20's.. We don't insulate like you "yankees" so we're more vulnerable to the cold. Now, the heat is a different story we're ready for that..

Jason

Bingo on the forecast, Jason. We've been having some upper 20's down here...not looking forward to next week. I've gotta a deep well pump/tank to wrap up tomorrow. Ah well, I keep saying I'm gonna build a pumphouse for it one day...

I am in central alabama and I have a blaze king.. I heat with a fire 24/7 starting about mid november (usually) until at least mid march.. I have found that the cat stove helps me burn a LOT cleaner and lower.. The forecast for here next week is highs in the low-mid 40's and lows in the very low 20's.. We don't insulate like you "yankees" so we're more vulnerable to the cold. Now, the heat is a different story we're ready for that..

Jason

But wouldn't insulation help with the air-con bill?
What kind of beer is popular down there?

Sure insulation would help. I've got probably 12" of blown in insulation in the attic. My brick house was built around 1950. After the war glass was cheap and energy was cheap. My house has around 20 windows that are in excess of 4' wide and 5' tall. Three of them are 7 feet tall and roughly 5' wide and three are about 5' tall and around 7' wide....all single-pane and steel casement. There is not a sign of insulation in the walls. When the house was built nobody was worried about having to pay for propane gas as it was a cheap commodity back then. Every window but north facing windows had (and still has) an extensive metal awning over them for shade....thus they were figuring on passive cooling with maybe some fans running. We actually (somehow) survived for several years with only a big honking 220v ac window unit in the living room...at least there was one room to cool off in. Getting the geothermal installed was oh so nice.

My intentions for the Jotul are to supplement our 5-ton geothermal system and also act as an emergency backup heat source. It'll be nice to have a fire to back up to, also...the geothermal works great but there's just something about having a concentrated heat source to stand in front of and warm up with after being outside where it's cold.

How often do we build fires in Alabama....as often as we want to.

Beer??? Beer??? Oh, you mean what we chase this with???

 

[HotCoals]

LMAO

Seriously though..I bet you have a nice old stately house.

 

[Intheswamp]

Just fired the F3CB in the unfinished basement the last two nights. I have the only outdoor cat in the world with her very own F3CB down there to keep her warm at night. ;-)

Yeah, da Yankees don't think it gets cold anywhere South of the Mason Dixon line. In basic training at Fort Polk, Louisiana we had snow one day, heat the next. Snow one day, heat the next. We said one day was training for Korea and the next Vietnam.

No kiddin' It was up close to 80f and muggy a week ago...now we're sub-freezing temps at night. Wonderful southern weather. Here's a picture looking out the side door of where I work. It's a shot of our little downtown area roughly 50 miles south of Montgomery...February 12th of this year.

 

[Intheswamp]

LMAO

Seriously though..I bet you have a nice old stately house.

It's old and run down...but it's truly home.

 

[Pagey]

I know our winters are nothing like those up North, but it does get plenty cool here in the South. Here's our 7 day for the Nashville area, but we'll be colder on the Plateau.

http://ftpcontent.worldnow.com/wtvf/NC5wx/forecasts/7day.jpg

 

[BrotherBart]

This was last winter here and then we had sixty eight days straight over ninety degrees this summer. Several of them over a hundred.

The dug out one was the path to the generator shed. We were without power for a week. Seventy five in the house though. Weather can be weird.

 

[Pagey]

Those are some nice shots, BB! :coolgrin: Won't be long till we might see some more of 'em. I think our local forecasters are saying this year should be "above average temps," for this part of TN, however. Last year was the coldest in 30 years, so who knows?

 

[Intheswamp]

That picture of the snow was when it was first starting. This picture is looking back towards my house across the hayfield. If you look closely you said see the snowball just above my wife's head as it heads my way....and they such a big to-do over the picture of Alleycat Woods chip-shot heading toward the camera. If you look closely you can see Buddy the Wonder Dog in the upper right hand corner of the snowfield.

Yelp, it gets cold down here....

Looking out from the edge of the yard towards the corner of the hayfield where the international snowball incident took place...

Oh, and we get cold and icy, too...Feb 4th, 2009...

 

[agartner]

"Beer??? Beer??? Oh, you mean what we chase this with???"

Southern Spring Water! No need for any firestarters down there. Just take a swig and exhale!

 

[gibson]

Congrats! At 250 miles you really wanted the Jotul. I just ordered a Jotul from a dealer in Franklin, TN. Supposed to be here end of next week.

Yelp, and when I get it loaded I turn around and drive 250 miles back home.<grin>

How often do you need to light a fire in s alabama?

probably more than in North Florida and it was 34* here last night......burning a full load right now :coolsmile:

Congradulations on the Jotul....stay toasty my friend.

Yelp, kinda like what ChillyGator said...when it gets cold. Cold down here is kinda different from when it cold up there....it seems more "chilling", I guess from the humidity. ??

Welcome to the redneck jotul club. I have an oslo in NC. You will love it!

Thanks, gee, a redneck jotul club...who'd of thought.....

I am in central alabama and I have a blaze king.. I heat with a fire 24/7 starting about mid november (usually) until at least mid march.. I have found that the cat stove helps me burn a LOT cleaner and lower.. The forecast for here next week is highs in the low-mid 40's and lows in the very low 20's.. We don't insulate like you "yankees" so we're more vulnerable to the cold. Now, the heat is a different story we're ready for that..

Jason

Bingo on the forecast, Jason. We've been having some upper 20's down here...not looking forward to next week. I've gotta a deep well pump/tank to wrap up tomorrow. Ah well, I keep saying I'm gonna build a pumphouse for it one day...

I am in central alabama and I have a blaze king.. I heat with a fire 24/7 starting about mid november (usually) until at least mid march.. I have found that the cat stove helps me burn a LOT cleaner and lower.. The forecast for here next week is highs in the low-mid 40's and lows in the very low 20's.. We don't insulate like you "yankees" so we're more vulnerable to the cold. Now, the heat is a different story we're ready for that..

Jason

But wouldn't insulation help with the air-con bill?
What kind of beer is popular down there?

Sure insulation would help. I've got probably 12" of blown in insulation in the attic. My brick house was built around 1950. After the war glass was cheap and energy was cheap. My house has around 20 windows that are in excess of 4' wide and 5' tall. Three of them are 7 feet tall and roughly 5' wide and three are about 5' tall and around 7' wide....all single-pane and steel casement. There is not a sign of insulation in the walls. When the house was built nobody was worried about having to pay for propane gas as it was a cheap commodity back then. Every window but north facing windows had (and still has) an extensive metal awning over them for shade....thus they were figuring on passive cooling with maybe some fans running. We actually (somehow) survived for several years with only a big honking 220v ac window unit in the living room...at least there was one room to cool off in. Getting the geothermal installed was oh so nice.

My intentions for the Jotul are to supplement our 5-ton geothermal system and also act as an emergency backup heat source. It'll be nice to have a fire to back up to, also...the geothermal works great but there's just something about having a concentrated heat source to stand in front of and warm up with after being outside where it's cold.

How often do we build fires in Alabama....as often as we want to.

Beer??? Beer??? Oh, you mean what we chase this with???

Oh yeah!

 

[Intheswamp]

Beer??? Beer??? Oh, you mean what we chase this with???

Oh yeah!

Well, I've got to confess... I've about quit partaking except on *very* rare occasions. That rye whiskey was made by an old man that tagged along (when he was a young man) with my grandfather (who died 10 years before I was born). My grandfather was a bootlegger and a character and the young man became probably the best moonshiner around..."CCC" was known far and wide around these parts..."Crenshaw County Corn". But, having refined his taste through the years Ray Hart, the moonshiner, went to rye as his choice of grain and used charred kegs he bought somewhere in Tennessee to age it in. I can remember years ago riding back home on those old dirt roads in my old CJ7 listening to the "tinkle tinkle" of 20 glass jugs of "VOR" (Very Old Ray) rattling in the back...sure am glad I never ran up on the game warden or sheriff on those pig-trails.<grin> Ray has been dead for 10 years now and that particular jug of whiskey is over 20 years old now....and burns with a blue flame. Like I said....just on very rare occasions.

Ed

PS...lots of good stories about Ray...him and one other old gent in town are how I came to know my grandfather.

 

[Intheswamp]

Ok, it's not the blizzards and ice and sub-zero temps that other parts of the country are getting but here in south Alabama we're under a "Winter Weather Advisory"....

 

[homebrewz]

Reminds me of a great book out there called "The Lore of Still Building". You know, for educational purposes.

 

[Intheswamp]

Reminds me of a great book out there called "The Lore of Still Building". You know, for educational purposes.

<chuckle>...and quiet an education at that!