Folks, I hope this note finds you well. Please excuse my tragic computer skills as I tried to do a search on this and failed miserably. The...
This is my opinion only, however, the Drolet thermodisc coupled with a quiet fan has been outstanding. The fan sits behind the stove on a ledge...
Drolet Quick Connect Therm-O-Disc Model Number: AC02055. Not cheap but it works perfectly. I removed a screw from the back of the Ideal Steel and...
Good deal. I feel bad about this situation because the new Ideal has been, well, ideal :emb: There were a series of physical occurrences with the...
It's been a while since I've posted here. Some of you may remember my first Ideal Steel as the infamous pooper....in any event, the replacement...
What exactly on that stove has been "refurbished"?
"Cowboy charcoal is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you gonna get". Rocks are pretty common among various brands of charcoal. When I...
Glad to help :drunk:It's perplexing as various Shoe Goo, Lexel etc. tubes cost a boatload of money, but a tube of the PL S30 goes for a whole...
That is wrong on so many levels....no king studs, jack studs, header, cripple studs, wall insulation or insulation around the frame. My house was...
Go to Lowes and buy an industrial shrink-wrap dispenser and two rolls of shrink wrap. The stuff is like wide, thick Saran Wrap. starting at the...
Looks like Ash to me as well. Ash was referred to as The Firewood of Kings....it splits easily, seasons fast and has good heat output.
Wow, this is a timely thread. I've got a big indoor job coming up and not a lot of time to get it done. My mother, bless her heart, had rather...
Quoting yourself is very cheesy, however, I saw this one coming a mile away.
The wind is howling, the Ideal is cranking, a fridge full of beer and a load of takeout on order. Winter can go get stuffed....
Ah, meatballs. With spaghetti, ravioli or gnocchi. On a sub roll with marinara and mozzarella. On a pizza with hot peppers, onion and garlic. Oh...
In terms of long burn times, I cold-started the Ideal Steel yesterday at 4:30 PM. At 10:30 AM today, it was still cranking out home-heating...
That is simply hysterical.....I can't stop laughing....
Erh, um, uh, that is subject to debate. I had a Quad 1200 that made a baseball-sized clinker every day and required two shutdowns regardless of...
When starting cold, top-down lighting has been much more effective than bottom-up. I've got a mountain of pine rounds sitting in the yard from...
Oh no, not this again....my new Ideal Steel has not produced a drop of creosote into Erh, um, uh, that is not a safe way to use a generator. A...