Hey guys, It's time for me to clean my stove pipe. I have a super heavy (450+ lbs) Jotul F500 Oslo with REAR flue mount, which means I have to move it at least 10-12 inches so I can clean out the bottom of my pipe. I have considered getting a 4-wheel dolly from Harbor Freight that is 19"x30", but I don't know if we could get the stove up 4" on top of it. Last year my son and I muscled it an inch at a time. Way too hard....ideas? Advice?
I have used 2 jacks like the one below for short moves of heavy objects on smooth floors. Used some 3/4 ply and 2x4s under the frame, jacked up just enough to get the weight off the legs and slowly slid it out... KaptJaq
Furniture sliders Magic Moving Sliders Once you get em under it you could leave em there, round ones would probably look better
I was moving an old cast iron coal cooking stove. I wanted the jacks centered so I used the 2x4s going from front to back and the 3/4 ply, cut to size, on top of the jacks to keep then in position and so the 2x4s did not slip off... What is the hearth surface? If it is smooth enough HDRock's idea of furniture sliders should work and be much cheaper. KaptJaq
My hearth is ceramic tile, which I obviously want to keep from scratching. Also, did you have the two jacks in front of the stove, then move it straight back?
As long as there is no dirt, grit, Furniture sliders won't scratch. Metal wheels on a jack sure can. If I had to move my Stove every year I would use, Furniture sliders, leave them under there, once a year, slide it up slide it back, easy peasy
The cooking stove was between built-in cabinets/counters. There was no room to get along side to work. The floors were original circa 1840 wood, recently cleaned, repaired, & oil rubbed. We slid the jacks in from the front until the pad was centered from front to back. The jacks were about 1/4 way in from each side of the stove. The 3/4 ply was cut to overlap the two pads for stability. The 2x4s went from the front frame to the back on top of the plywood and just over the pads. We only raised the unit enough to get the legs off the floor and out of the depressions they had created over the prior 100 years. One person kept the stove balanced while the other pulled it out. Spent two weeks in the middle of the kitchen while the necessary repairs were done. Then we slid it back the same way. KaptJaq
I used furniture slides and a 1/4" thick sheet of Luan plywood put down. Any thin plywood would work. Remove the doors, ash lip or any other easily removable parts and skinny it down a few pounds. I moved my Castine into place this way. I used 2 x 4' s as a lever very carefully to lift one side up and then the other. It wasn't too bad. I keep two 4 x 4 foot sheets of Luan in the basement just in case. I know enough people with stoves that will need to be moved at some point.
I use a small bottle jack, two strips of scrap carpet and furniture sliders. The trick is you need to put the bottle jack on the carpet before you lift, so you roll the carpet up on either end and slide between the legs. Lift the stove with the jack, unroll the carpet and put the slides under the feet. Works well.
