RIGGING: Moving Wood Stove into Basement

[MossRoad]

OK----THE STOVE IS IN THE BASEMENT. I don't have pictures posted because I am building a house and not much of anything in the rental place is not working. Plus, I am busy dark to dark and it's cold. I will post sometime later.

I was unloading the stove from my Tacoma, but could not get the bucket high enough to reach the top of the stove. I was wondering the next move when I saw a guy drive up the driveway. It was the building inspector, and it was Sunday. He was coming up to inspect the insulation as we were scheduled to sheet rock on Monday morning. He saw my plight, and went home to get his Kubota with forks. He lifted it right off and placed it on the ground in front of the "dog house". He is a great guy and is a good building inspector too, he won't let stuff slide. Maine is an awesome state. The way life should be.

So on Monday, the framing crew ramped the opening with 2 x 10s and supports underneath. Three feet from the top, we nailed a 2 x 4 cleat cross-wise on the ramp, perpendicular to the ramp direction. We rigged the stove with slings so I could pick it up with the bucket hook. I did that, and one of the slings snapped because it was cut by the metal on the stove bottom. I went to Tractor Supply and bought 2 chains ($161) so we were going to be safe. The load rating on the slings were well avocet the weight but I did not notice the sharpness of the metal, even though I did look.

Lifted the stove, one guy rotated the stove to line up with the door opening, and one guy that was inside pulled the bottom of the stove to rest on the ramp. At the moment the stove was touching the ramp, I lowered the bucket and we began the very slow slide. When the stove was on the ramp, it actually stopped sliding because of friction. We disconnected the chain, and put the other chain between the stove and bucket with about 15 feet between the two. I advanced the tractor slowly while the other guys pushed and jostled the thing to the floor. They stood it up and pushed it to its new place. The whole thing took about half an hour at the site.

I light the stove tomorrow morning. Just in time to tape the sheetrock and finish the inside. No power yet, and plumber needs time to install radiant tubing below the floor joists. So we rough it with a generator and heat with coal----very small price to pay for working in comfort. It has been cold and windy but we're mostly inside now for the duration.

Well, that is the end of the saga. I thank everybody for the input. Sure, I would love to have forks and a boom but I just won't need them in my hobby apple orchard. Maybe I'll post about the stove operation. I bought 10 bags of coal to try it out, along with some hardwood for starting.

A helpful building inspector? What the heck?

:laughing: That was nice of him! Glad you got it in. :thumbsup:

 

[HillStreet]

I know, but it's true. He is friendly, smart, inspects thoroughly but doesn't make a mountain out of a mole hill.

 

[MossRoad]

Yeah, I had a really helpful electrical inspector once. It was a pleasant experience.

 

[Luke'sScreenName]

Yeah, I had a really helpful electrical inspector once. It was a pleasant experience.

Shocking?

 

[MossRoad]

Shocking?

Yeah. Everyone says they're expletives, so you expect one. But as with most professions, there's probably more good eggs than bad ones. And, of course, some folks bring it on themselves. Not me, of course.

 

[4570Man]

My electoral inspector made me take install tamper proof outlets. They are absolute garbage.

 

[MossRoad]

I put in a new electrical panel. I didn't add or remove any circuits, just changed the box and replaced a lot of wiring, outlets and fixtures in the house. No permits needed, but an inspection was. He said I did nice work. The only things he had me change were since we put in a main disconnect outside, under the meter, that meant the main panel was now a sub-panel, so I had to separate the ground and neutral in the now sub-panel, and he had me install a second ground rod outside. That was it. He passed it on my word that I'd do what he told me to do. Never came back and checked. :thumbsup: Of course, I did what he asked, because it made sense and pride in workmanship.

 

[Egon]

Good show!

At times when clearance is not quite there letting the air out of tire's might help. One can also dig holes fort the back wheels to lower the box.