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N00bLaLoosh said: ↑

I get tired just reading about your life.
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Yeah tell me about it. It doesnt matter what i do, just when I think I'm getting ahead and am doing good... Then something jumps up and screams, "Take this, HA HA HA!!!"

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Will it have a smoking section for unfiltered cigarettes?
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Outside near the cat park.

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So I had to spend money I hadnt planned to spend...

Decided I'd better get the chimney cleaned... Ran the brush down the flue for awhile then checked the fire box. Nothing had fallen into fire box, NOTHING!!

Upon further investigation I discovered that the pipe comimg out of the top of the stove ended about 2 feet up the chimney, before the chimney narrowed, and wasnt physically connected to, or directly inline with the masonry flue. This isn't horrible, but it does make it much harder to clean. It also creates a higher potential for a chimney fire because cooler air from the house is drawn up the flue causing the smoke to condense, which in turn creates massive amounts of creosote.

So $500 later and I have acquired most of what I need to install a liner inside the masonry chimney. I still need to get some fiberglass insulation to pack between the liner and the masonry flue. This liner will connect directly to the firebox and is basically a stove pipe run inside the masonry chimney.

Guess what I will be doing with my next few days...

I did manage to get the chimney pretty clean. Its not absolutely perfect... But its clean enough that I'm confident its no longer a fire hazard. Luckily the original open hearth fireplace opening is still accessable on the opposite side of the chimney from the woodstove, in the kitchen. This made it possible for me to get into the original masonry fireplace and clean the bottom of the flue, the top of the fireplace, and the original masonry fire box without having to remove the wood stove insert.... Thank goodness for that.
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This absolutely requires photo documentation.

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This is why vacations to Austria are the best. You get a free kitty with your room, and it meows in German.

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Going down to Lake of the Ozarks tomorrow. Couple more loose ends.
Gonna stop at IFLOP in Jefferson City for breakfast since mom dosent like Waffle Haus.

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We also had to spend money due to that tire blowout.

The American truck driver, cat, and truck were ruthlessly and unrelentingly FLEECED by The Kansas Turnpike Authority to the tune of $23.

The OM was like-

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They said there were 2 empties on site. They were star trailers not LS trainers. You know if you mess up saying there is a empty trailer you should unload the poor #######, so he(me) isn't so fd.

Is better to Be Good or Lucky?

I see an LS trailer on the way home in a Truck stop. I call on it. It hasn't been used in three weeks. So they tell me to take it.

So now I have a trailer. Pretty random luck there. Better than driving all over trying to find one like last time.
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Lucky... Good, you have to maintain the rep...

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Dave_in_AZ said: ↑

This absolutely requires photo documentation.
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Thus far...

Looking into original masonry fire box at back of woodstove. Blower fan has been removed from the woodstove for cleaning, it connects to the square hole near bottom of stove.

Looking into top of original fire box and slightly up chimney. Top of stove can be seen in bottom of pic. Short piece of stove pipe that went to no where has already been removed.

Looking directly up masonry chimney... Notice the pins that would have supported the original damper for the open hearth masonry fireplace. It's night time so it kinda looks like looking down a very deep hole.

Looking at top of woodstove insert from inside the upper portion of the original masonry fireplace.

More pics of parts tomorrow when its daylight... They are still in my wifes car.

Side note: Have you ever cleaned a masonry chimney... While kneeling in the fireplace??? Its not a fun experience, especially when most of the fireplace is occupied by a woodstove insert. I got creosote grit in places I didnt know I had!!! And it doesn't taste very good either. I had to wash my hair 3 times when I showered to get all the creosote grit out of my hair... And I'm still not sure I got 100% of it out of my hair.

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Cattleman84 said: ↑

So I had to spend money I hadnt planned to spend...

Decided I'd better get the chimney cleaned... Ran the brush down the flue for awhile then checked the fire box. Nothing had fallen into fire box, NOTHING!!

Upon further investigation I discovered that the pipe comimg out of the top of the stove ended about 2 feet up the chimney, before the chimney narrowed, and wasnt physically connected to, or directly inline with the masonry flue. This isn't horrible, but it does make it much harder to clean. It also creates a higher potential for a chimney fire because cooler air from the house is drawn up the flue causing the smoke to condense, which in turn creates massive amounts of creosote.

So $500 later and I have acquired most of what I need to install a liner inside the masonry chimney. I still need to get some fiberglass insulation to pack between the liner and the masonry flue. This liner will connect directly to the firebox and is basically a stove pipe run inside the masonry chimney.

Guess what I will be doing with my next few days...

I did manage to get the chimney pretty clean. Its not absolutely perfect... But its clean enough that I'm confident its no longer a fire hazard. Luckily the original open hearth fireplace opening is still accessable on the opposite side of the chimney from the woodstove, in the kitchen. This made it possible for me to get into the original masonry fireplace and clean the bottom of the flue, the top of the fireplace, and the original masonry fire box without having to remove the wood stove insert.... Thank goodness for that.
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Down thru here (MS-AL-TN) there is a commentary about fireplace builders. Some can build a fireplace that with a fairly
good pile in it, will heat your britches standing 3 feet in front of it. The house I bought (1991) had one of these.
Then, there is the other.. Whoosh, and flame, smoke and all heat goes out the top. There is something about the way the
flue is configured that makes the difference.
The commentary for the latter is: He oughta have his trowel took away and his xxx whooped.

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