Wood Heat Thread ~ post pics

That looks AMAZING

 

It is 1 piece. Getting it into position was fun lol. I had a drywall delivery truck boom it through a window and then used an engine hoist to set it in place.

As far as the type of stone.. “jet black” ... I think it’s granite.

Thanks! I’ve been looking forward to it for sooo long

 

That came out absolutely beautiful. Nice job!

 

Thank you!

 

Yes, beautiful.

 

We changed insurance companies. Had to have an inspection. A new person only doing it for 2 weeks came up.
Later we get a letter/report that we need to fix the stonework under the stove. It is not correct.
I was worried then pissed.
I call, explain about the newbee, everything else she had wrong, and the stove. I emailed the company the stove manual.
No problem. I was correct in my installation.
I told the inspector all of that. The numbers she reported had no basis anywhere. Just seemed random.

 

That is a work of art. Fantastic!

 

Finally installed my wood stove

 

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My wife has a friend (female) in north west Montana that does that every year. She coordinates a lot of people to volunteer a lot of labor.

 

400 a cord? wtf?

 

Around here I think cut/split/delivered for 'seasoned' (which usually means cut log-length in the spring and sitting out in the open until you place your order) is around $300/cord. Accounting for proximity to a city, $400 doesn't seem that excessive.

 

Very nice

 

I paid $275 a cord here . Very inconsistent sizing . I physically showed the guy the size wood I wanted and he said no problem. 3 cords and maybe 1 cord will fit in my stove . Way to big . Sold my stove and bought a fireplace insert .

 

Some of that stuff I could resplit and get 4 pieces

 

This is going in today

 

Wow.

I balk above 160/cord.

I can buy waste wood (all cut split and kiln dried) for $50/ton from a local mill.

Edit: I have a 2' square door on my burner.. I love it big this time of year, don't need the BTUs and it burns forever.

 

Man and I was fussing about wood prices around here this year. Just bought a cord a couple weeks ago and it was about $250 delivered and stacked. Have 2 more coming this week for $140ea

 

It's why I buy mine tree-length. Usually runs around $80-100/cord that way, and a load generally works out to 2 years of heating.

Or, if I'm ambitious, I can sell what I don't use myself, and heat my house for free. Haven't done it that way for a few years now, though. Just haven't had the time.

 

When I bought wood last January when we moved in it was the same thing, 90% of the pieces needed to be resplit. Wasn't exactly what I would consider seasoned either, but it burned ok.

I get timber off-cuts from work for free fiddy, still gotta split it though for the most part. As long as I pay attention to what I'm grabbing it's KD. I think I've got about enough for this winter and a good bit of oak drying for next year, my GF told me to stop bringing wood home but I really don't want to pay for shit wood in the middle of winter.