At Home In The Woods

[Coyote machine]

Obed, Today I was looking at an add for my propane supplier who also sold me my gas burning fireplaces for my home and my flip house. I noticed they are a Quadrafire dealer- which I thought they were anyway, but this confirmed it. So here's what I want you to do: give me all the specs on the fireplace, model, serial # and close up photos and measurements of the areas in question and I will see what I can do for you in getting some answers for you. I'm in his vicinity every couple of weeks and can stop by to look if he has one on the showroom floor or a demo or one in a box etc. I will however be going away for a while soon, so it may take a while to get back to you with any results.
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[Obed]

We have interviewed and gotten bids from 4 contractors for final excavation/grading work. A 5th contractor didn't show up for his appointment. Three days later he called, said he had had an out of town job and wanted to reschedule an appointment. He made no apology for the no-show. My wife told him we would call him if we wanted to meet with him. I'm amazed that some people can stay in business. Obviously, we would only call that guy back if we were backed into a corner.

One of the contractors is the guy who built or road, put in the septic, and dug our basement. We already know him and like him so he has an advantage. I guess we'll probably make a decision on a contractor this week.

It will really be nice when all the grading work has been done. I guess we'll still have a bunch of mud around the house for foreseeable future until we get the grass growing well.

We have picked an excavation contractor; he is the guy who built our driveway and dug the basement. He was the most expensive - maybe. One of the contractors gave us a "fuzzy" bid that could have ended up being the most expensive. One of the contractors did not have the big equipment for taking down some of the bigger trees. Our contractor is talking about bringing his equipment onsite Wednesday.

 

[Obed]

Tony,
The fireplace is still somewhat of an unknown. Yes, it does work "to a degree", just not how I would expect. There is one other thing I've considered. I may consider taking the ACC (Automatic Combustion Control) off so that I can see the entire air hole. If that hole is indeed not getting completely uncovered when set on "high", it might be possible to modify the ACC control so that it the air hole does get completely uncovered on the "high" setting. However, doing so would most likely void the fireplace warrantee and is something I don't relish doing.

It could be that we could just live with the fireplace as it is. Perhaps after burning wood in it for a season or two, we might get better at using it.

I think I will try to pursue finding another Quadrafire 7100 fireplace to verify whether or not the ACC control on my fireplace is defective.

Obed

 

[Obed]

Obed, Today I was looking at an add for my propane supplier who also sold me my gas burning fireplaces for my home and my flip house. I noticed they are a Quadrafire dealer- which I thought they were anyway, but this confirmed it. So here's what I want you to do: give me all the specs on the fireplace, model, serial # and close up photos and measurements of the areas in question and I will see what I can do for you in getting some answers for you. I'm in his vicinity every couple of weeks and can stop by to look if he has one on the showroom floor or a demo or one in a box etc. I will however be going away for a while soon, so it may take a while to get back to you with any results.
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Coyote machine,
I'll take you up on that offer. It may be a few days before I can get that info to you. However, that would be a great help!

Thanks,
Obed

 

[Tororider]

Obed,
You could also try to find a farm share to get your veggies this year.

 

[Joe H]

it might be possible to modify the ACC control so that it the air hole does get completely uncovered on the "high" setting. However, doing so would most likely void the fireplace warrantee
Would that be the warranty you have now, the warranty where the dealer and the manufacturer tell you to buzz off, there's nothing wrong with your unit?
Joe H

 

[Joe H]

it might be possible to modify the ACC control so that it the air hole does get completely uncovered on the "high" setting. However, doing so would most likely void the fireplace warrantee
Would that be the warranty you have now, the warranty where the dealer and the manufacturer tell you to buzz off, there's nothing wrong with your unit?
Joe H

 

[tony Cecil]

How did you do in the storm? Sort of worried about you Tony

 

[Obed]

How did you do in the storm? Sort of worried about you Tony

Tony,
We did fine. We got to watch the tops of the trees sway back and forth but nothing got damaged. We lost power for the first time since we moved onto the property 15 months ago. When the power went out I realized that we didn't have water. After a few minutes I started wondering when we would get power back to run the well pump. Fortunately power was out only about an hour.
Obed

 

[dstig1]

Tony,
We lost power for the first time since we moved onto the property 15 months ago. When the power went out I realized that we didn't have water. After a few minutes I started wondering when we would get power back to run the well pump. Fortunately power was out only about an hour.
Obed

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