Got the garage loaded up finally. By my measurements it’s about five cord. We usually run five to seven cord a season. We brought home a brand new to me stove, to replace the Treemont. Never had one of these and don’t know anything about them, but seams built heavy. We’ll stop in town tomorrow and pick up some chimney. Couple questions on it. I’ve never had a stove that piped out the back. I’m not sure how far to keep chimney away from the wall or if I’ll need to get double wall. I’d like to slide it as far back as I can but don’t want the chimney to close to the wall. Also need to get a door gasket for it. And was wondering if there were any brands to stay away from.
We got all the Honey Locust processed and stacked finally. Haven’t measured it yet. But it’s about eleven pallets worth. The old Treemont stove could take a 24 inch split but I wasn’t sure what I was replacing it with when I started getting the garage filled up, so I started cutting splits down. I don’t remember who posted it but some one on here showed a picture of a jig to stack wood in and trim them down. I built this out of scraps from shipping crates and the in-laws deck we tore out. Figured I’d build a double so I can trim incoming and out going wood at once. It’s way better then what I was doing.
Looks great. For a couple years I was cutting at 21-24”. Boy are those splits heavy! Just stared burning them this season.
Since that looks to be a combustible wall, you need to stay 18" away using single wall pipe...you can cut that in half with properly made vented shielding, and down to 6" by using double wall stovepipe. Double wall pipe is also stainless on the inner layer, so it tends the last much longer than standard steel stovepipe...
I I’ve been cutting at 18” for the last year, but before that I wasn’t particular about length. Anything under 24” was fine. I probably have two full years of trimming splits ahead of me.
Hey, friend! Nice looking stove! My boys would love that squirrel. Generally speaking - you want 18” of clearance in all directions around your stove. But there are some exceptions. We have a fire rated stone wall behind our stove. You can have the stove within 6” of our wall. It all depends on the fire rating of what you have as surroundings.
I made up one of those a while back with pallet wood Makes the of job cutting them down easier. I like your double sided one
The stuff I got at Menards is the same stuff the company sent me. Menards usually has 2-3 different sizes MEECO'S Red Devil® 3/4" x 6' Black Rope Gasketing Kit Menards usually has some Selkirk dw vent pipe as well. I have never looked at Bomgaars to see if they carry that stuff. The Boone store is pretty good sized, they may carry it.
Is there a UL tag on the stove...or one listing clearances for the stove? If not then insurance company will require 36" from the stove to combustibles...but once again that could be cut in half with a vented head shield on the wall...which is as simple as spacing a non combustible shield 1"off the wall, and at least 1"off the floor/ceiling
Well there is a blast from the past! I worked at Sampsom mfg. here in Waterloo Ia. in the late 70,s/ early 80,s building those stoves. Well built and like you say, heavy. Pretty basic stove but they throw some heat. I cant remember what model # yours is but I believe it would take 24 to 30 inch splits? As for the door gasket we just used the flat self stick stuff that comes in a roll. Keep an eye on the pipe inside the stove box. In time if fired to hot they sometimes would need to be cut out and replaced. I dont think it was a very common problem though.
I ended up going to Menards. Everything is assembled and I’ll test it out the next time I make it home.
