Fireplace advice, Part 2

[MossRoad]

Moss, what happens if you reverse the procedure to loading right left??

I'm left handed, but right eye dominant. I think my brain would explode!

 

[MossRoad]

The hard part is over. I made a decision and bought the used Napolean 1400. It's a pedistal style with an ash pan in it. The guy bought it two years ago to heat his moble home in Wisconsin. When he moved here six months ago, he brought it with him. He loved it so much that he said he couldn't leave it behind. The house he bought has a soapstove stove in it already and his wife likes it better. He doesn't, but she made the decission.

It's in excellent condition, and to my eye, it's beautiful. I really like it and I'm looking forward to installing it in my house and burning some wood this winter.

I'm going to take out part of my wood floor and install tile. I'm going to leave the walls alone and mount it 12 inches away from the walls, which is what they recomend. I might even go more, but won't know until I do some measuring and thinking. I don't want to do anything on the walls. In the pictures that I've seen, I like this look the best.

I'm going to go with a straight pipe up into the ceiling and out the roof like you guys recomended. It came with an extendable, doule wall, black pipe that I wil use on the inside. I need to get the rest. Does anybody have a good online source?

My brother has a ranch with all sorts of massive oak trees that have droped branches that are a foot to two feet thick. He also has a 27 ton, Troy Bilt, log splitter that I'm going to use. I'll go split a couple cords at his place and be all set for winter. Since I don't have a clue how much wood I will need, I'm going to probably end up with too much, if there is such a thing.

16 inches sounds perfect. Thank you.

And thank you to everyone for your advice. I'm sure I'll be back with more questions, and for sure, will post updates on the install. I have an idea that might turn out pretty nice, or be a disaster. The only way to know for sure is to give it a try.

Eddie

Nice! Looks just like mine, but you got some fancy gold trim and several hundred dollar more in your pocket than me. :laughing: Good find. :thumbsup:

I just cleaned mine out today and cleaned my chimney pipe getting ready for winter. Will start burning in a week or two.

Take some time and look inside your stove. There are two ceramic plates that rest across the top of the inside of the firebox. You need to remove those once in a while, especially after you clean your chimney. To get them out, you need to remove the two top fire bricks on the right and left sides. Hold the ceramic plate up with one hand and take the top front brick out first, then slide the back top brick forward then out. The plate will then drop down towards the side and you can get it out. Repeat for the other side. When you put them back in, make sure to slide the plate to the rear. There should be a gap at the front of about an inch and a half. The brick installation pattern for this stove is kinda like a puzzle, so get a manual from Napoleon if you need to remove them.

 

[MossRoad]

just curious...does a stove like that have a way of using outside (combustion) air?

Yes, it has that feature. In fact, it is required to use it if installing in a mobile home, I believe. You need outside air in a tightly sealed home. My home is drafty. The stove sucks in plenty of outside air on its own! :laughing:

 

[Dallas_Lilly]

Yes, it has that feature. In fact, it is required to use it if installing in a mobile home, I believe. You need outside air in a tightly sealed home. My home is drafty. The stove sucks in plenty of outside air on its own! :laughing:

I have never been able to figure that one out! My mobile home and every one I have ever been has been plenty drafty?

 

[scoutcub]

Eddie -

VERY nice stove at a very nice price......I like the big window for fire viewing!

 

[PILOON]

Around here the folks also use pallets to stack wood on and the favorite cover is old sheets of tin roofing.
Typically a couple of rocks are used to weigh the roofing sheets down.
The roofing sheets provide good overlap and excellent ventilation for drying.

Works great!

 

[EddieWalker]

You guys have me thinking about firewood storage. I have a place along the side of my house that I want to stack the wood. I was thinking of pouring a concrete pad, using pipe set into the concrete for the ends, and then building a porch type roof over it to shed water.

I'm now wondering if I should put down plastic and then use a base of rock on top of the plastic to stack the wood. It will shed water better and maybe allow better air flow to the wood at the bottom? Am I overthinking this?

Thanks,
Eddie

 

[MossRoad]

You guys have me thinking about firewood storage. I have a place along the side of my house that I want to stack the wood. I was thinking of pouring a concrete pad, using pipe set into the concrete for the ends, and then building a porch type roof over it to shed water.

I'm now wondering if I should put down plastic and then use a base of rock on top of the plastic to stack the wood. It will shed water better and maybe allow better air flow to the wood at the bottom? Am I overthinking this?

Thanks,
Eddie

Yes, you are over thinking this. :laughing:

Try the stove out for one season before making permanent pads for wood storage.

 

[charlz]

Don't stack wood up against (or maybe even close) to your house as wood-eating critters (army ants, termites etc etc) will/could be attracted and move over to eating your house :licking:

Growing up our wood shed was pole construction and had a 2x12 floor with 1/2inch or so gaps between the boards, like a heavily built deck. A tin roof and horizontal pole walls for stacking against. Air circulation and keeping the rain/snow off the top helps alot. Here I just burn wood in my shop stove so I threw down two heavy pallets, drove t-posts at each end and dropped a pallet over them for ends. Holds a cord. I don't bother covering it as the wood storage in the shop holds about 3 days so it has plenty of time to dry out if a little wet.

You are probably also going to want some level of wood storage near the wood stove, enough for a day or two supply at least. Either a woodbox or an open woodrack. Either way it is a little messy but you aren't running outside in your shorts to get wood while it is raining

 

[MossRoad]

Here's a picture of my firewood stack. It is about 5-6 cords and only takes up 10' in diameter area. :thumbsup: