EddieWalker
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Love all the light you have coming in through those windows!!!!! The view is pretty nice too 
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tony Cecil
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Nice to see your project coming to where you can enjoy it?Possibly you could build a decent sized fire and after a couple of hours just see how hot it gets back there?Might not be anything to worry about?.A question I have is `does the stove actually put out a lot of heat` in say comparison to an older fashioned one? Tony
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Good Evening Guys,
Eddie, yes it is quite light during the day, and the view to the west and south is spectacular, I am very happy with the way it came out. Also with all that insulation, the room stays cool during the hot weather and it holds the warmth during those cooler days.
Tony about that soapstone stove, it does get quite warm, but yet not quite as warm as a steel stove IMO. I may make a little shield for that right side of the stove, and just put it in position when in use, or when the stove is really loaded up. I think the manufacturer claims 55,000 BTU when its really going,,, so we will see how that all works out very soon. I did actually have a fire in there a couple of weeks ago, we had a couple of cooler nights in August, and the wood under the window just got a little warm.
Right now we are really enjoying all our new space !
dave1949
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Good Evening Guys,
Eddie, yes it is quite light during the day, and the view to the west and south is spectacular, I am very happy with the way it came out. Also with all that insulation, the room stays cool during the hot weather and it holds the warmth during those cooler days.
Tony about that soapstone stove, it does get quite warm, but yet not quite as warm as a steel stove IMO. I may make a little shield for that right side of the stove, and just put it in position when in use, or when the stove is really loaded up. I think the manufacturer claims 55,000 BTU when its really going,,, so we will see how that all works out very soon. I did actually have a fire in there a couple of weeks ago, we had a couple of cooler nights in August, and the wood under the window just got a little warm.
Right now we are really enjoying all our new space !
That's an idea. You could make it so it hangs on hooks attached to the wall, or you could make a free-standing shield with wrought iron for legs and support for the tin. Either could be made to fold in half for compact storage.
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I suggester to `Motor` that I used a very small fan, and it just blew air on the stove, which made quite a difference how much heat got spread around the room…..I have also seen some very nice brass screens--solid formed ones, that made a very good shield for an open fire…The shield was for the person sitting too close…That might come in handy for you, as it would be movable and could be placed where you didn`t want the heat too close to the wall…More attractive--- Just make sure the brackets that support it will fit in the space you have…Might have to lift it up and put it down back of the stove...
Again nice job, and I am looking forward to some of the cooler air Tony
Again nice job, and I am looking forward to some of the cooler air Tony
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Good Evening Dave, Tony and sld,
Thanks for all your suggestions, I am thinking either a small fan or shield will correct the proximity problem between the stove and the wall ! I actually do have some small fans that I used for moving the warm air coming off of the wood stove when I used it in the cellar of the Ct house. I could place it behind the stove, and it would really help to circulate air in the room !
Thanks again !
Thanks for all your suggestions, I am thinking either a small fan or shield will correct the proximity problem between the stove and the wall ! I actually do have some small fans that I used for moving the warm air coming off of the wood stove when I used it in the cellar of the Ct house. I could place it behind the stove, and it would really help to circulate air in the room !
Thanks again !
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Good Afternoon Guys,
As you remember from last fall, we managed to get our new addition all closed in.
I still have some finish trim work to do, but Kathleen has been after me to build a bar under the stairs going up to the second floor bedroom. So this past week I went to the saw mill along with a trip to Lowes for some oak plywood to get started on this next add on to our family room.
We decided on a full bar height bar 42", and we wanted it to be long enough to accommodate four people.I have constructed two base cabinets out of oak plywood, and attached solid oak face frames so far. These cabinets are 41" high, 32" wide and 12 3/4" deep. The bar top will be about 7' long by 18" wide and the lumber should finish mill to about 1 1/4 thick. I am planning on insetting the green slate that I used on the floor in an earlier post, on the bar top.
Here are a couple of pictures of the lower cabinets and the rough oak I will be using for the top.
As you remember from last fall, we managed to get our new addition all closed in.
I still have some finish trim work to do, but Kathleen has been after me to build a bar under the stairs going up to the second floor bedroom. So this past week I went to the saw mill along with a trip to Lowes for some oak plywood to get started on this next add on to our family room.
We decided on a full bar height bar 42", and we wanted it to be long enough to accommodate four people.I have constructed two base cabinets out of oak plywood, and attached solid oak face frames so far. These cabinets are 41" high, 32" wide and 12 3/4" deep. The bar top will be about 7' long by 18" wide and the lumber should finish mill to about 1 1/4 thick. I am planning on insetting the green slate that I used on the floor in an earlier post, on the bar top.
Here are a couple of pictures of the lower cabinets and the rough oak I will be using for the top.
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dave1949
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Back to work I see.
I wonder if you will be happy with the flatness of floor slates for a bar top? Wouldn't want your wine glasses to be tippy.
I have a bathroom vanity with inset 6"x6" floor slates that has held up well but it's hard to get really uniform flooring slates that don't have some variation, dimples, etc. unless they have been ground or polished. You can sand down some humps but the surface texture won't match the unsanded areas.
The good thing is slate does not absorb stains like red wine, and it is very easy to wipe clean, and takes sealer well. Keeping the grout fresh looking would more difficult. I used the unsanded grout which gives a polished looking smooth surface that resists staining more than sanded grout I think.
These people will make about anything you want from slate quarried in their VT, NH, NY & ME slate pits for different colors.
Sheldon Slate Products, Company Inc. - Monson, Maine + Middle Granville, New York - Honing the Natural Beauty of Slate Since 1917. They made our kitchen sink, countertops and window sills. Moderately pricey.
Just info to use or not.
I wonder if you will be happy with the flatness of floor slates for a bar top? Wouldn't want your wine glasses to be tippy.
I have a bathroom vanity with inset 6"x6" floor slates that has held up well but it's hard to get really uniform flooring slates that don't have some variation, dimples, etc. unless they have been ground or polished. You can sand down some humps but the surface texture won't match the unsanded areas.
The good thing is slate does not absorb stains like red wine, and it is very easy to wipe clean, and takes sealer well. Keeping the grout fresh looking would more difficult. I used the unsanded grout which gives a polished looking smooth surface that resists staining more than sanded grout I think.
These people will make about anything you want from slate quarried in their VT, NH, NY & ME slate pits for different colors.
Sheldon Slate Products, Company Inc. - Monson, Maine + Middle Granville, New York - Honing the Natural Beauty of Slate Since 1917. They made our kitchen sink, countertops and window sills. Moderately pricey.
Just info to use or not.
EddieWalker
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Sounds like a fun project. You are doing all the things I hope to do one day when I add on to my place.
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