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CntryBoy777
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We burn it here....have talked to many and they won't even cut it and take it for Free...a guy that owns a sawmill says he has some buried, but can't sell it...I agree that it is nice to make things with...but, I am not that person...so we just burn it...
Baymule
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A wood burning heater is on my wish list. Maybe one of these days I'll build the platform for one to stand on and put tile or rock up the wall. The man at the wood stove store told me how to do it, it didn't sound hard. But I still have too many outside projects to do!
Bruce
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@CntryBoy777 - send the good pieces to Me!
Not hard at all @Baymule. In fact you can buy slate embedded bases about 1" thick and in a pinch (meaning a pinched penny) use ceramic insulators to hold a sheet of metal off the wall creating the code required "heatshield". Not as pretty as tile, brick or rock of course. I did that in my first house, splurged and had a sheet of copper made. That just means they folded over the edges so they weren't sharp. Don't recall what it cost but given I had just bought the place and was eating egg salad sandwiches (cheap!!) a lot for a while, it obviously was not prohibitive.
Not hard at all @Baymule. In fact you can buy slate embedded bases about 1" thick and in a pinch (meaning a pinched penny) use ceramic insulators to hold a sheet of metal off the wall creating the code required "heatshield". Not as pretty as tile, brick or rock of course. I did that in my first house, splurged and had a sheet of copper made. That just means they folded over the edges so they weren't sharp. Don't recall what it cost but given I had just bought the place and was eating egg salad sandwiches (cheap!!) a lot for a while, it obviously was not prohibitive.
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So I decided to give this here stove a try. Fired up just about perfect, damp wood and all. Been burning now about 4 hours and the main part of the house is at ~76F... the back bedroom where the computer is is around 70F. I have the heat setting at medium, all the ceiling fans going, and a large pot of water sitting on the top grate which is just below boiling. I'm sitting here in just a pair of shorts, bare foot, having just recently come in from the spa. I am pretty sure this stove is going to be all I'll need this winter. 
Next few nice days I'll go get the rest of that downed tree cut up.
Next few nice days I'll go get the rest of that downed tree cut up.
babsbag
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@Baymule I finally got around to doing the floor under the stove this last summer. Maybe I will get the rock on the wall next summer. It wasn't too hard, but I have tiled many many floors, walls, and counters over the years. Make sure you have a good wet saw, don't try to use the nippers or one where you score the tile and snap it.
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You might also want to attach a flue pipe leading outside and remove the candle and other paraphernalia from the top before lighting/using...
babsbag
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Ya' think? 
There is a fire burning in it right now and I am not running out of the house coughing and there is no wax burning so maybe I took care of the "details". Just look at the pretty floor and forget the rest.
There is a fire burning in it right now and I am not running out of the house coughing and there is no wax burning so maybe I took care of the "details". Just look at the pretty floor and forget the rest.
Southern by choice
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Knew I was gonna get slapped... 
and yes, the floor is quite attractive 
you did a nice job!
and yes, the floor is quite attractive you did a nice job!- Status
