wood stove placement

[rancar]

Greenthumb,

Don't really know the full dimensions of your living space. I burn with two wood stoves -- Consolidated Dutchwest, bought out by Vermont Castings a few years ago. Of course, I think it's safest to run your stove pipe out and up through built concrete/flue liner chimney. But there are basic ground rules you want to follow in any kind of installation situation. Make sure you have sufficient hearth material in place for stove to sit upon. It could be brick, stone, cement, whatever but always protect your combustible materials from exposure to heat. Second, make sure you have plenty of clearance from walls. Follow the installation instructions by the manufacture for clearance. If clearance is a problem, you have some options. Use fireproof sheetrock. This material is only somewhat thicker than 1/2" sheetrock material but it offers some protection. Also, make a fireproof heatshield made out of cementboard and place around your stove back and sidewalls. You may also want to get the pre-manufactured fireplace spark screens and make cementboard heat shield inserts. Hope this helps.

 

[looch]

Nice looking stove. I just did a search and hit the Good Time Stove company. They are selling an E20 for 5850$ - holy smoke (bad pun)!

 

[greenthumb]

what are peoples thoughts one using double walled insulated pipe from a basement to the top of a two story house. as I stated in an early post there is not a chimminy so I thought double walled stainless steal pipe might work? I know that is would be very expensive however. would I need to build a chase around the pipe or can stainless steel double walled pipe be exposed over such a long run.

 

[shade2u2]

Look at
http://www.duravent.com/instruct/dplus/L119-1.htm /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif
You should find diagrams & descriptions of how to do exactly what you just described with a triple wall system. I just purchased this system to run from my basement through our new 2 story home. You can frame in a 14 1/2" clearance interior area from basement ceiling up through the roof in enclose or hide the pipe. Going through closets can help. A "support box" that is installed in the basement ceiling holds the weight of the chimney system. Shields are installed at each floor to guide the system. I assume that it could be left exposed, but it wouldn't be very attractive.

 

[markinMn]

Hey Paul, How'd you know ours is an E-20? I couldn't see the model number in the pic. Do you know a lot about these stoves? I bought this stove about 12 yrs ago for $50. Spent another $200 for sandblasting,paint, and nickel-chroming the parts i could afford. Was telling one of uor URD contractors at work about it and the next day he gave me the foot warmer! Wouldn't take a dime for it ! I figure now i should find the rest of the parts to make it complete. Talked to a guy who said he could take my footwarmer and have it sent to Wisc. to be recast ( it fits either side) and have both rechromed for around $180! Does that seem like a fair price?.............mark

 

[RobS]

<font color=blue>1906 Round Oak </font color=blue>

Hey Mark, you've got a product of our area in your house. Round Oaks were made just up the road from us in Dowagiac Michigan. Sure looks cozy /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

 

[markinMn]

Hey Rob, Ive got a book by Leland Haines with a lot of pics of the factory and town of Dowagiac. Pretty interesting stuff...... do you see a lot of stove parts in your area? at antique shops or garage sales? Ever hear of anyone digging them up in gardens or stumbling across them in the woods?.............mark

 

[RobS]

I can't say as I've looked for stove parts, but they are probably out there. We do see the occasional complete stove in the antique shops. I think that's where I learned Round Oaks were made in Dowagiac, just from the nameplate on one. They sure made some pretty stoves /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

 

[looch]

I wish I could take credit for knowing it was an E20, but this annoying conscience thing keeps pestering me /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif.

I did a search for "Round Oak Stove" on Google and came up with <A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.goodtimestove.com/htm/CYLrnd_oak_ex.html>this link</A>. The stove pictured here is an E20 and looked a lot like yours so I figured that the pricing would be similar. Yours being an E20 is a coincidence - or maybe not - not sure how many models this company made anyway.

 

[Anonymous Poster]

Two of my friends heat with wood. One of them has run one of those outdoor wood burning furnaces for years to heat his house, and 50 run boarding kennel. The other converted to one a couple of years ago because his wife was getting tired of all the wood "dirt" coming into the (finished) basement all the time. Both of these systems use hot water boilers.

Another friend of mine with an older, somewhat poorly insulated house recently installed a pellet stove. Knowing what he paid for it, and what he says it costs to run compared to his high-efficiency gas furnace, his payback will not be very quick. And when the power failed after a recent ice storm he still had no heat! I haven't told him, but I don't think he did his homework very well.