2000 sq. ft. ranch home built back in 1956. Ran a heavy duty Dare IV slammer insert since 1979. Time for a replacement.
Crown / chimney was in bad shape and needs attention yet. May pour a new concrete crown come spring, add a top plate with additional 2' - 3' of chimney, waterproof, seal up the flashing, etc.
Ordered a s20I from Rockford and everything else for the install. Can't thank them enough for all the help.
Cleaned / brushed / hack'd until I had a straight shot to the top of the stove.
Chimney measures 14'2" from the top to the bottom of the hearth.
Backerplate is on backorder. Made a block off plate out of Flashing & Roxwool. Hearthpad is on the floor in front instead of rug.
Fired the stove up Friday night and ran a small test fire. Ran more short runs Saturday getting used to the air settings & stove temps. Yesterday it rained most of the day and never got much above 35F outside. Draft seems to be great for now, but may need a couple more feet for warmer temps.
Got one of these on top. Sweet spot so far with 20% & less seasoned OAK splits is 4 - 6 hrs @ 400F. Living room & kitchen a nice 72 degrees. Went to bed last nite @ 10PM, got up @ 5 and had plenty of coals to get the stove going again b4 leaving for work @ 7:30.
I started hanging out here in the forums at the beginning of January when my old stove bit the dust and learned as much as I could from reading all the posts & knowledge from everyone.
Had my doubts about these new EPA stoves but so far I'm really pleased.
Thanks so much!
Gun
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Crown / chimney was in bad shape and needs attention yet. May pour a new concrete crown come spring, add a top plate with additional 2' - 3' of chimney, waterproof, seal up the flashing, etc.
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Ordered a s20I from Rockford and everything else for the install. Can't thank them enough for all the help.
Cleaned / brushed / hack'd until I had a straight shot to the top of the stove.
Chimney measures 14'2" from the top to the bottom of the hearth.
Backerplate is on backorder. Made a block off plate out of Flashing & Roxwool. Hearthpad is on the floor in front instead of rug.
Fired the stove up Friday night and ran a small test fire. Ran more short runs Saturday getting used to the air settings & stove temps. Yesterday it rained most of the day and never got much above 35F outside. Draft seems to be great for now, but may need a couple more feet for warmer temps.
Got one of these on top. Sweet spot so far with 20% & less seasoned OAK splits is 4 - 6 hrs @ 400F. Living room & kitchen a nice 72 degrees. Went to bed last nite @ 10PM, got up @ 5 and had plenty of coals to get the stove going again b4 leaving for work @ 7:30.
I started hanging out here in the forums at the beginning of January when my old stove bit the dust and learned as much as I could from reading all the posts & knowledge from everyone.
Had my doubts about these new EPA stoves but so far I'm really pleased.
Thanks so much!
Gun
![GEDC0245.JPG GEDC0245.JPG](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/273/273379-345df075da5b03444efd88cc82939069.jpg)
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