10 days until my sweep helps me install my new Summers.
Since I'm a geek with nothing better to do I'm going to document the process.
![[Hearth.com] Smoke Dragon Replacement, Chapter 1](https://www.hearth.com/talk/attachments/4088234724_022a2663b7_m-jpg.181059/ "[Hearth.com] Smoke Dragon Replacement, Chapter 1")
I'm replacing this 1979 Fisher Mama Bear:
![[Hearth.com] Smoke Dragon Replacement, Chapter 1](https://www.hearth.com/talk/attachments/4088232674_64f14af024_m-jpg.181060/ "[Hearth.com] Smoke Dragon Replacement, Chapter 1")
The Fisher is a rear vent and the new Summers is a top vent:
![[Hearth.com] Smoke Dragon Replacement, Chapter 1](https://www.hearth.com/talk/attachments/4088234142_0a0430e60a_m-jpg.181061/ "[Hearth.com] Smoke Dragon Replacement, Chapter 1")
So I'm taking out the two courses of brick and putting in tile to lower the stove and accommodate the top vent:
![[Hearth.com] Smoke Dragon Replacement, Chapter 1](https://www.hearth.com/talk/attachments/4088234430_066682d51a_m-jpg.181062/ "[Hearth.com] Smoke Dragon Replacement, Chapter 1")
![[Hearth.com] Smoke Dragon Replacement, Chapter 1](https://www.hearth.com/talk/attachments/4087475967_c5fc9833f8_m-jpg.181063/ "[Hearth.com] Smoke Dragon Replacement, Chapter 1")
![[Hearth.com] Smoke Dragon Replacement, Chapter 1](https://www.hearth.com/talk/attachments/4088233836_45c3ec91f7_m-jpg.181064/ "[Hearth.com] Smoke Dragon Replacement, Chapter 1")
Found some natural slate at Lowes today, on sale $1.59 sq/ft. We'll eventually do the whole room.
Since I'm a geek with nothing better to do I'm going to document the process.
I'm replacing this 1979 Fisher Mama Bear:
The Fisher is a rear vent and the new Summers is a top vent:
So I'm taking out the two courses of brick and putting in tile to lower the stove and accommodate the top vent:
Found some natural slate at Lowes today, on sale $1.59 sq/ft. We'll eventually do the whole room.
