Harley brought some local brew where we shot the chit a bit and suck down a few before we hit Tom's . Tom's was the perfect place to adjurn to ,but we celebtrated a bit before arriving.
and all still had to drive home. So we limited our time at Tom's. The best part of the day was meeting Harley and Keyman. Nobody got over worked and everything went about as planned.
In the end the installation and connector pipe was far better than the original setup that had 2 90's in the run We were able to eliminate the 90';s The entire connections consisted of 2 15 degree turns. We also discovered how well the chimney drafted .After we taped the plastic bag to the flue, the draft almost sucked up the flue. All toll we removed less than 1/2 coffee can of brown powder type ash, very little shiny cresote and a very clean cap This was a real good installation for the donor participants and us installers.
Every joint was fully inserted and received 3 sheet metal screws. The first elbow to the stove we trimmed the corrugated end so the it fully was inserted into the flue collar. then finish it up With gasket cemented . Probably the most important tool was the crimpers. It made the critical connections go so much easier.
Great guys to work with thanks Harley Keyman and GVA.. You know we should get a cheap decent pellet stove one of these days to install So that installation proceedure is covered on film. I was so busy working, I took only 2 or so pictures. I will post, but Keyman has a bunch too. The Media never showed .
You know this $288 stove is constructed quite good. nNce size ash disposal, the added bonus was the blower, found in the ash draw a 60$ option ,that happened to come with the stove.
It uses the rear heat shield for its heat collection and blows it out the top. I also think the stove size matches the room and home layout quite well. For you wise guys it was a permitted installation. Mrs Hunter called to thank the entire forum and really likes the open fire view the old stove never had. These people have a far safer setup, then what we removed. The connector pipe was rusted and quite thin in places. It is quite evident they were burning good seasoned oak, but their biggest complaint was the vollume the old stove ate up.
BB you were the favorite poster member that came up in the discussions. BeGreen pm my your address. I want to send you some of the bio bricks for you to try out. Easillyt can send you 10 of them. Harley will probably be trying some out tonight . I did not reconise harley from his bike weekend picture he posted, he has that corporate look now. On the way to the home we passed a real nice customized Harley. For as minute of two I wondered if Harley was going to make the final turn.
We dissed the crap out of BI...
what the old stove looked llike before we removed it
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Third photo is GVA Left and Harley right figuring out the refractory brick installation and finishing up the installation
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Just so we could have some insight on them....
