Moving my jotul

[katework]

Bought a jotul 400 around 20 years ago. My ex and a friend put it in, attached the pipes and voila I had a wood stove and he was gone. Fast forward and I'm now 78 and still working on understanding my stove. However I had a new roof put on and the first heavy rain brought water and with it rust...lots of rust. Sanded it all down and now am ready to paint...sort of. Caveat is that since I have gone to all that trouble, thought it would be a good idea to replace the ceramic tiles on which it stands (3/4 of them have cracked with the mighty fall of firewood. That means moving the stove off the space and then putting it back. it only has to move about a foot over and then back (but going to raise it up about 5"). Would like to have my ducks in a row before I go begging for help. and all the solutions seem complicated and expensive. I do have a piece of OSB onto which the stove might slide and then slide back (fingers crossed). Any other ideas? or comments? BTW, I've been told often that I overthink everything. thanks

 

[stoveliker]

What about pizza and a bunch of young ones from the neighbors?

Would furniture moving pads (plastic with felt on the underside) work to put the legs on?

 

[Whitenuckler]

Bought a jotul 400 around 20 years ago. My ex and a friend put it in, attached the pipes and voila I had a wood stove and he was gone. Fast forward and I'm now 78 and still working on understanding my stove. However I had a new roof put on and the first heavy rain brought water and with it rust...lots of rust. Sanded it all down and now am ready to paint...sort of. Caveat is that since I have gone to all that trouble, thought it would be a good idea to replace the ceramic tiles on which it stands (3/4 of them have cracked with the mighty fall of firewood. That means moving the stove off the space and then putting it back. it only has to move about a foot over and then back (but going to raise it up about 5"). Would like to have my ducks in a row before I go begging for help. and all the solutions seem complicated and expensive. I do have a piece of OSB onto which the stove might slide and then slide back (fingers crossed). Any other ideas? or comments? BTW, I've been told often that I overthink everything. thanks

I bought a roller set that they use to move furniture ect. It came with 4 rollers and some sort of ply bar. You can buy them for various weights. I bought it for my pellet stove when I need to move it forward by myself.

 

[katework]

thanks for the ideas. should have mentioned that I live in the nc mountains, no neighbors. Rarely the joy of being alone in nature backfires. But there's always the local county facebook page. thanks for the responses.

 

[EbS-P]

I used an engine hoist to lift my insert up to the fireplace. Note the legs can break off and aren’t as strong as one might think.

 

[Eman85]

Skip the OSB idea, stove will dig in. I moved my stove in the past and you just have to be smarter then the stove, I struggle with that.
Raising 5" only means you need to lift it 1" at a time and slip something under it. 1x lumber works and yes it's only 3/4" if you use store bought. Raise it and slide a piece in stacking to 5". If you need to slide the stove it should slide on solid wood boards. If you're retiling the hearth just raise the stove on one end and retile under it then raise the other side after setting the retiled side down.

 

[katework]

Overthinking, overthinking. me, not the folks who responded. Decided to go low, so don't have to worry about raising and moving. And I have a 3/4"x 8' piece of melamine left over from 21 years ago when I tried my hand at a concrete kitchen counter and some pavers (luckily not a career move). will just put that down, paint it with blocker and high heat paint and put the pavers (only 20) on top. will raise it about 2+" off the floor. did think about the lifting one side then the other. Only took me all day. I do love my jotul—simple, almost keeps me warm in the winter and smells like I am in the right place. AND as a plus I still have maybe a cord remaining of Helene's gifts on my property. Thanks for everyone's input

 

[begreen]

2 of us moved the F400 onto a sheet of plywood for moving. Then it was padded and ratchet strapped to an appliance dolly. We had it out and moved to the garage in about 15 minutes.

What ever you do, don't drag it on the stones or tiles. That's how legs break.

 

[katework]

well, I was wrong...going back to using 3/4" plywood, 2x4s and 6s. Sons are always right. and definitely no dragging, except maybe my energy.