Good morning! Are you up yet? What's your plans for today?

[avator]

One thing I should have done is put a "T" on the bottom of the outside stove pipe instead of an elbow. That way I could remove the bottom cap and sweep the pipe when needed. I'm considering making that change. We'll see once I see how difficult it is to just split it at the elbow.

[bReTt]

Doing the work thang today.  Waiting for the games to commence for the day.  I have OT scheduled again this week so there is always that to look forward to, not. 

Hang in there peeps.  Enjoy the day!

[Blowpipe Sam]

The boss says stay home today so I stays home!

I’ve got the 3622 to play with and the 760 to reseal.  There’s also the little matter of installing the wood stove in the man shed!

[bReTt]

The boss says stay home today so I stays home!

I’ve got the 3622 to play with and the 760 to reseal.  There’s also the little matter of installing the wood stove in the man shed!

Some guys have all the luck… 🍀

[avator]

The boss says stay home today so I stays home!

I’ve got the 3622 to play with and the 760 to reseal.  There’s also the little matter of installing the wood stove in the man shed!

Cap... you may already know this but I gotta say it anyways...
I recommend against burning any fat lighter in the woodstove.. I only used it to start fires with but it puts off way too much soot and it plugged the expanded metal screen I put in the top hat to keep critters out. I'm gonna need to let the fire I put in the stove this morning burn out and get up there and remove/replace the screen. I also need to drop the pipe and clean it out. No more fat light in my stove... paper and twigs to start the fires from now on.. I do not want to burn my shop down.
I think I'm also going to put a "T" in the bottom of the outside chimney in place of the elbow to make cleanout easier.

[Blowpipe Sam]

Good advice Bill.  I’ve just had a walk around on my property.  We had an ice storm last night.  I’ve got some big branches down and several trees leaning precipitately under the load.  I used to hunt after ice storms in north Georgia.  It gets all the little critters stirring.  I’m going to top off the Beeman Raider and take Belle for a walk through my permission.

[avator]

Good advice Bill.  I’ve just had a walk around on my property.  We had an ice storm last night.  I’ve got some big branches down and several trees leaning precipitately under the load.  I used to hunt after ice storms in north Georgia.  It gets all the little critters stirring.  I’m going to top off the Beeman Raider and take Belle for a walk through my permission.

Yep, I kinda wish I would have went straight up through the roof instead of through the wall then up. Would have been much easier to sweep straight down into the stove then clean it out. Hopefully only burning clean burning dry wood will reduce cleanouts.

[maraudinglizard]

Good morning, 31° here and slowly warming up. This is what I woke up to this morning, it's solid ice, never got the snow. It didn't stop until about 2 a.m. this morning. About 3" fell, my body can't even break it in some places. No broke plumbing and have hot water and electricity. Hopefully this the last cold snap for the year.

[Back_Roads]

Good advice Bill.  I’ve just had a walk around on my property.  We had an ice storm last night.  I’ve got some big branches down and several trees leaning precipitately under the load.  I used to hunt after ice storms in north Georgia.  It gets all the little critters stirring.  I’m going to top off the Beeman Raider and take Belle for a walk through my permission.

Yep, I kinda wish I would have went straight up through the roof instead of through the wall then up. Would have been much easier to sweep straight down into the stove then clean it out. Hopefully only burning clean burning dry wood will reduce cleanouts.

I rarely clean my chimney, and when I do it's with a chimney fire LOL . A "T will get you to the sootiest part as the smoke cools it condenses near the top. I took an elbow out of my wood burner as it made good clean outs impossible, straight pipes do keep the creosote down too.

[avator]

Yep, hindsight...    But rest assured, it will be fixed. I also have 2 leftover 3' sections of 6" pipe if needed.

[avator]

Went to Lowes online and ordered the "T" and cap. $40 w/free delivery and it will be delivered tomorrow.
I set the ladder and climbed up.. yep, the expanded metal screen was totally plugged with heavy black soot.
I pulled it off then came down and took the 9' of pipe down. 1/2" thick black soot lined the entire pipe as well as the horizontal pipe going through the wall. I blew it all out with an extension on my shop compressor nozzle.
Of course that ruffled Betty Lou feathers because I turned all the pretty white snow black.   
Lowes didn't have a reasonably priced chimney sweep kit so I'll need to find one elsewhere... I'm a cheap sob.

NO MORE FAT LIGHTER IN THE WOODSTOVE !! It's great for starting outdoor fires.. not so much for indoor. It is like burning a car tire.    Paper and twigs from now on.
Tomorrow it will be woodstove 2.0

[Sqrl Klr]

Bill good idea. Look on ebay for a cheap sweep. Blackening snow ruining her pretty scenery. Ba humbug! hehe

[avator]

I should be able to grab one locally without paying stupid shipping cost.. I might even find one at the second hand joint here in town... they got all kinds of stuff like that. Almost grabbed one of those foot pedal grinding wheels for sharpening my axe.. $75 but I didn't want to load and unload that monster in my truck. Betty Lou is great for helping with that stuff but she always suffers back pain the next day... she ain't got no quit in her so I have to watch her constantly.

[Blowpipe Sam]

Well I finally got inspired to install my wood stove in the man shed.  The shed is 10’X25’ but the stove is a big old wrought iron Franklin stove.  It’ll handle logs nearly 30” long.  A little bit more than I need to heat the shed but who says I have to build a bonfire?  I’m gonna need some more stove pipe and an elbow unfortunately.  A previous owner modified this stove to exhaust out the back instead of the top.

Once the ice sheets recede and the glaciers melt I’ll head into Hooterville to the hardware store.

Right now I’m going to shoot some airguns.

[Hoosier Daddy]

Good advice Bill.  I’ve just had a walk around on my property.  We had an ice storm last night.  I’ve got some big branches down and several trees leaning precipitately under the load.  I used to hunt after ice storms in north Georgia.  It gets all the little critters stirring.  I’m going to top off the Beeman Raider and take Belle for a walk through my permission.

Yep, I kinda wish I would have went straight up through the roof instead of through the wall then up. Would have been much easier to sweep straight down into the stove then clean it out. Hopefully only burning clean burning dry wood will reduce cleanouts.

FYI: Clothes dryer vent lint is an excellent fire-starter in an emergency.
 If you have the time to prep, melt the remains of your wife's dead candles and pour a little of the wax on the compressed dyer lint in a cup-cake pan like we do our lead ingots.

[avator]

The hot water finally broke loose and I got a much needed hot shower.. woohoo.

I was informed that the celebration of life for Killer will be held right here in the barn on Monday. I sure won't have far to crawl home.

[avator]

Well I finally got inspired to install my wood stove in the man shed.  The shed is 10’X25’ but the stove is a big old wrought iron Franklin stove.  It’ll handle logs nearly 30” long.  A little bit more than I need to heat the shed but who says I have to build a bonfire?  I’m gonna need some more stove pipe and an elbow unfortunately.  A previous owner modified this stove to exhaust out the back instead of the top.

Once the ice sheets recede and the glaciers melt I’ll head into Hooterville to the hardware store.

Right now I’m going to shoot some airguns.

Do ya got a dampener?

[Insanity]

The easy top end on a Honda rancher turned into a full rebuild. The rod was deeply blued and the bearing surface is galled.

[Madd Hatter]

The hot water finally broke loose and I got a much needed hot shower.. woohoo.

I was informed that the celebration of life for Killer will be held right here in the barn on Monday. I sure won't have far to crawl home.

Creek water??

[Lt. Dan]

The hot water finally broke loose and I got a much needed hot shower.. woohoo.

I was informed that the celebration of life for Killer will be held right here in the barn on Monday. I sure won't have far to crawl home.

Yeah  I saw that on his obituary.  I started to post a link but I wasn't sure you would want that because it has your address.