Tile over brick fireplace, Chimney liner and jotul f-100 install

[onesojourner]

My chimney came in already. That was amazingly fast. I am working on the install now. I hope to have it done by tonight but who knows if that will happen. I am almost done with the chimney extension. My drill ran out of juice so I have to let it charge and then I can finish the last hole in the brick and get this thing screwed down and sealed up.

 

[Wet1]

That looks really nice. I bought some 12"x12" slate from Lowes the other day with the intent of redoing my basement hearth, plus adding an area to stack wood on. Any tips for cutting it now that you've spent some time working with it? How much extra should I have on hand (in percent)?

 

[onesojourner]

Your tile may be better than what we had. We only paid 1.75sq for ours. but I bet we wasted 10-20%.


I Finished getting the chimney extension attached and the liner in and down. It was a chore by myself and but I got it done. It was 95 here today so that did not help things. I am glad its done though. I just have to get the block off plate made and finish the trim.

 

[Wet1]

Thanks. I bought cheap stuff as well, so I guess I should expect a lot of waste. What did you use to cut it?

 

[onesojourner]

I used a wet dry diamond hatatchi blade ($20) on a grinder.

Here are a few more pics of the liner install:

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The liner makes the bend pretty easily. I have not vacumed all the junk the fell down up yet but once I do I will hook the stove up. Now I just have the damper block off plate and the trim to go.

 

[BrotherBart]

Looking good. You are moving right along with this job.

 

[onesojourner]

The insurance guy just came out and took some pics. He said I was good to go. Now I just have to wait for the cold air to make it's way down here.

 

[onesojourner]

I have completed all my break in fires now. Once we got the stove to 400 the paint really started curing and it smoked like crazy. It also stunk up the whole house. Today I loaded it up and left the air all the way open and got it up to 575. It is just about as smoky as last night but hopefully this will be pretty much be the end of it. I want to sit in front of it but we can't even be in the same room with all the smoke right now.

 

[tickbitty]

I have a question about your hearth, did you just leave the old stuff underneath or cut it out and put in that hardibacker on top? So it's just hardibacker and slate? (I know that's probably all that's required for a stove on legs but I am just trying to figure out from the pics if there's anything else going on there or if the backer is just a thin underlayment under the tile or what.)

 

[onesojourner]

I have a question about your hearth, did you just leave the old stuff underneath or cut it out and put in that hardibacker on top? So it's just hardibacker and slate? (I know that's probably all that's required for a stove on legs but I am just trying to figure out from the pics if there's anything else going on there or if the backer is just a thin underlayment under the tile or what.)

Sorry tickbitty

The floor has concrete board laid down over the brick hearth and the wood floor. the actual fire place was stripped of the paint and the tile was laid directly on top.


Here is a quick update of some numbers from last winter. First though let me preface this with 2 things: This last winter was terribly cold and our house was much warmer than normal.

Here are a couple charts comparing our utility bills with the temperatures from the past few years. Total saved was $183. I was hoping for a bit more but I can live with that considering how cold dec-jan was.