I'm rehabbing our old Lange 61MF. It's been in the family since I was a kid but I don't think it's seen a fire in at least 35 years. The refractory cement is all cracked and crumbling and needs to be replaced. As you can see from the picture the stove has a unique shape, and no square or flat planes to line with firebrick. Does anyone have experience they can share on lining odd shapes with refractory cement? I'm picturing mix it kind of thick and spackle it on in as even a layer as possible...but there has to be a more refined way! Thanks submitted by /u/Moderalia [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

Hi, all! I am building a sunroom with vaulted (20ft at highest, 8-9 at lowest) ceilings onto my house. I am shopping around for wood stoves to use as a heating source in the room. I live in Georgia (USA), so would only need to use it for about 5 months out of the year. The sunroom is about 270 sq ft with a sliding door that opens to a large living room with very tall, vaulted ceilings. I'm debating which stove to buy and am considering convection vs. radiant, and worried about getting a large stove that cook us out of the room. I've been looking into the Morso 1440 B and 1410, Drolet nano, Jo ..read more

While the weather got warming lately, its still cold in my place. Earlier just now the oven of my stove pre-heated to 400 and when I put in some broccoli in it, it felt so warm that after the food was baked, I left it slightly opened. It cooled the whole kitchen so I'm sitting on the dinner table as I type this on my laptop instead of staying in my room. It makes me curious if anybody has ever left the oven opened to keep warm after food was cooked and same with staying around an outdoor grill after the hotdogs and burgers were grilled to a crisp and stoves. I now wonder did people even leave ..read more

Hey guys, it’s raining here today and I noticed water coming down on the outside of my chimney pipe. I put silicone around the flashing and come but it’s still leaking. Any ideas what could be causing this? submitted by /u/outdoor-reviews [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

Wanting to build some shelves into the wall from my upstairs living space. The NON Living space has rood pitch and contains our flu. I have no idea what is in there. I think it will be double wall stove pipe. Assuming it follows rules but will have the chance to verify once I cut into the wall to explore. My question is would the following cover me from a safety perspective and is there anything I should consider in addition to what I am reading here... STOVEPIPE PROTECTION: Stovepipe, and chimney connectors, must also be a certain distance from both combustible walls and ceilings. The NFPA c ..read more

This is my coonara compact freestanding. Been in my home for nearly 30 years. submitted by /u/Jack_58523 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

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Hello all, I love my Skyline Wood Stove, and I'm trying to identify the model number and find an info placard so I can get it in code in my area. I'll include a few pictures. Unfortunately, when I bought it four years ago, the info placard normally attached to them was not included (I'm assuming it was on the back of the blower, which was not included either). If it helps, the stove has 8 inch pipe. Thanks in advance! https://preview.redd.it/6u7yc39y7ctc1.png?width=696&format=png&auto=webp&s=7ae503c96be31b7b168d66b32f3fda99bbf2f4b4 https://preview.redd.it/q98us39y7ctc1.png?width=6 ..read more

I am currently at the last bit of my 2 chords of assorted hardwood and this was the wood that ended up getting somewhat wet towards the bottom of the stacks… I am running the stove no hotter than 400 degrees F and my father says to NEVER do this, of which I agree to an extent but If I am sitting right next to this wood stove with the wood on top there should be no issue of a fire starting right? It’s been on top of the stove for an hour now and no signs of smoke or nothing as I slowly rotate the pieces not allowing one spot to get too hot.. would you be pissed if you walked downstairs and se ..read more

Hello fellow wood heat wizards. Hoping someone can help me determine the proper way to finish out this chimney. We have an outbuilding used by the prior owners for cooking down sap in their sugaring operation. They appear to have at least started the process of installing a wood fired evaporator exhaust system. We would like to finish out this system so that we can heat the building in the winter with one of the several stove options we have available (another separate post forthcoming on that). I don't know if this flue was ever connected to their evaporator, as they may have relied on the s ..read more