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Best way to get stove down stairs.

Discussion in 'Modern EPA Stoves and Fireplaces' started by Warner, Feb 14, 2020.

  1. Warner

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    New stove is in the garage, it’s final location is up one step then down a dozen. In the past I have called a few buds and we carried it down. Now nobody wants to come help when I ask! Lol. DABCD6EF-9466-46D8-9BF9-E36B6ABC2F54.jpeg I don’t think the slide will work out too well.
     
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    Remove the slide, replace with 3 - 2x6 boards, tow straps securing the stove to your vehicle, one person back up slowly another person guide the stove (from the top/behind the stove) and lower to the basement. It'll work, did it with more than one appliance!
     
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    Unfortunately there is a garage where the vehicle would need to be to make a straight shot.
     
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    How close are you to Littleton? We've got heavy duty dolly's we use. One guy on bottom, one guy on top holding the dolly.
     
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    Thanks! 200 miles round trip. Do you know what brand they are?
     
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    And take the door off and firebrick if it's easy to put back to lighten it some. Also I hired a place with a mechanical stepping dolly to get our gun safe down stairs.
     
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    So nothing to anchor to up top? No door or window to run a strap through? 2x4 across the opening, tie a trucker strap to it, use that as your winch to lower the stove down the forementioned boards/slide...
    More pics of the area would help us help you...;) :yes:
     
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    Once it is at the bottom, 2 wheel dolly, or 4 wheel cart for sure!
    Or rolling it leapfrog style on a couple pieces of 3' ish long pipe works well on concrete too...
     
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    Probably an escalera. They are pretty much the industry standard stove cart. They have a power stair climber.
     
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    Not having much luck finding one locally
     
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    Yeah unless you are friends with a stove guy that probably won't happen
     
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    I am sure you could anchor to that garage somehow then use a pulley to lower the stove down ramps
     
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    1C6F12DF-7D27-4BCC-8C4E-F1D62D8B4B25.jpeg Only issue I have with that would be getting it over the lip on the bilco
     
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    I suppose I could put a pallet in front of the lip.
     
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    Dad put a door for 2x6 construction in a 2x4 building. That might require some blocking so I don’t rip the door out of the wall!
     
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    Thinking more about it the way the garage is built it may just pull the whole thing down:picard:
     
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    :rofl: :lol:
    This is a stove, not a truck...you may be surprised how little it takes to keep it from sliding down the boards.
    Setting it on a pallet in front of the Bilco lip is dead on.
    You will probably want one other person to help make sure things don't get hung up and slide down in a well controlled manner.
     
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