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    ISO Schrader Wood Stove Manual

    Help! We just installed our Schrader wood stove in our garage in our new home (took it out of our old home) and the inspector told us he requires the manual to be present at the time of inspection...but we don't have one. I have searched the internet with exhaustion just to come up very much...
  2. D

    Connecting 45° Elbow To Flexible Chimney Liner Combatibility - Kinda Urgent

    I have a fairly ugent request. I'm trying to install a wood burning insert into my existing masonry fireplace and realized the insert is not deep enough to connect the 6" Liner to the opening on the insert. The hole on the insert (Century CW2900) sits about 9"-10" back from the front of the...
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    Wood Insert: Century Heating CW2500 VS. Century CW2900 VS. Colonial by Vogelzang

    Hey guys, I've been high and low looking for budget fireplaces. I've came across 2 that I can find fairly reasonable. They are the "Century Heating CW2500" and the "Colonial by Vogelzang". Century Heating CW2500 - $750 delivered (LINK) or Colonial by Vogelzang - $1100 shipped (LINK) Both...
  4. Jim Ignatowski

    How to Split This ?

    I've been lucky to get a lot of free wood from the local tree companies. I usually split everything by hand and leave whatever I can't split ... Once I have enough, I rent a splitter (planning on buying one eventually, but don't have one now). Anyway, I have got a bunch of pieces that looks...
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    PSG Caddy or Newmac?

    Hi guys, I'm new here and looking for some help/opinions on wood-oil combination furnaces. This summer, my wife and I will be building a house and we will be going with a wood/oil combination furnace, with wood being the primary source of heat. We are currently stuck between 2 contractors, one...
  6. FlamingAnn

    Building an outdoor fireplace

    Hey all, this is my first post here. I am from Canada and as you guys know it's winter here at the moment. But we have already made plans for spring and building an outdoor fireplace is one among them. We have a decent sized backyard at our home and we want to convert that space to a place where...
  7. S

    Indoor Wood Boiler Advice Needed!

    Let me start by saying this is my first post on hearth.com, but I am no stranger to this site. You all are full of knowledge and have answered a lot of my previous wood burning questions. However, I have not been able to find much information on my particular situation. I recently purchased a...
  8. S

    Need info on Sears wood heater

    I recently acquired a "Sears Air-Tight Wood Heater", model no. 143.841540 (per label on back). It's heavy (300+ lbs). It has not been used much. I got it out of house built in the mid-1980s. I've searched for info about it, but only found a diagram and parts list on the...
  9. P

    Burning Paper Logs

    Hello! I was wondering if their is a demand for an automated device that creates paper logs to be burned for heat in wood burning stoves/furnaces. The idea I have is that their is plenty of junk mail that gets sent to our houses. Instead of throwing it away my device would shred, compress...
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    Unburned wood in a fireplace

    I have a fireplace (not stove) with a fairly tight glass door. I've posted a few times here about odor issues, and this may be a totally stupid question, but I can't seem to find an answer after searching. Is it typical, or OK, to have a couple of charred logs left in the fireplace after a...
  11. D

    Need help to identifying chimney pipe

    Hi, I need help to identifying chimney pipe. I've buy an old heritage cartier wood stove with 2100 chimney(this Is the seller told me) and double wall chimney on kijiji for install in my house but the stickers was removed and i can't found what is brand of chimney. I need to find compatibles...
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    Wood Insert Questions

    I have a heatilator hb42a woodburning fireplace in the house we just bought. We would like to get some suggestions on possibly putting in a wood insert in it. Is this even possible? There's only 1 guy in our area that installs inserts and he suggested putting in gas. We don't really want...
  13. Wood recycler

    Excessive heat behind insert

    Hello, I am hoping some others here might share what they have done. I've been burning 5 yrs. Burning is my primary source of heat for the winter months of Michigan. I have had a work in progress for several years now. Below is what I did over a period of time. I have fireplace exterior...
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    L. Lange & Co. Stove 6302-3 KJ

    Hi all, I am looking for more info on the value of this wood burning stove. I am also selling it with the chimney as well. I tried searching the forums here, but I am having difficulty getting a clear picture of its value. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
  15. J

    Question on tricky install

    Ok gang, I am installing a radiant stove downstairs. It will be sitting 20 inches away from wall. Its going to have a wall behind it that looks like a old fireplace with stone mental. -I got everything figured out from stove to the wall, But at the wall I get lost. My wall to masonry...
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    Name this fireplace (or help me find out how)/replacing refractory panels

    Hi All, First, thanks for taking the time to look at my questions. This is my first time posting so if you have any questions please feel free to ask (as I am sure I'll be missing some piece of critical information). My wife and I purchased our first home in June here in Maryland. When doing...
  17. J

    Help to identify

    I have moved in to a new house that has a wonderful cook stove (wood/coal) in the kitchen area. However, I cannot find any manuals or information on it anywhere. The oven door says that it is a Findlay Arkland but I cannot find any mention of that model. Is there anywhere else I can look for...
  18. webfish

    Fuels ABOUT THE FUELS - INTRODUCTION TO WOOD AS A HEARTH FUEL

    Some Folks say that “there’s no fuel like an old fuel” and these words definitely pertain to our favorite fuel—Wood. Wood just seems to have more “soul” than many other fuels and it can be used in a tremendous variety of ways. Wood is truly a renewable fuel. The heat released from wood is...
  19. webfish

    Wood Stoves and Fireplaces WOOD - K VALUES - WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN?

    Most people have heard of R-Values, which are used for rating common building materials such as fiberglass insulation and glass. However, many texts which cover stoves and fireplaces use K-Values instead of R-Values. Although the two are somewhat related, there are differences. R-Value: The...
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