Finally getting the windows for the stove room

There's still air leakage, as I can feel it below my knees, flowing from the back of the house into the stove room. I'll leave it off for a while to see if I notice much difference.
Might just leave it off until I can get that tape, and in the meantime I can get the drywall up. Win, win....or something.
I like the tape idea. That's similar to the Armaflex used on AC lines. Might be the same stuff, just thinner.
Good find. A big, bulky piece of insulated flex wouldn't be my ideal solution, but this stuff might be.
Started cooling off last night to about zero before I turned on the DV, and the house was still 72 for a long time. Would not have happened last year. The windows/front door have been a huge help so far.

 

Want it back?
I've installed a nice crusty layer of lime...or calcium....on the inside. You're welcome.
It's getting slower to heat-up, but still works.

 

I hate to get going on OAKs, but they are really better. Think of an exhaust fan running all the time. Your hot air from your heated area is being sucked out and cold air is finding its way in through every crack in you home. That is because of negative air. So now you are tossing you valuable heated air into your stove for combustion and sending it out the chimney. Nearly all new heating installs are leaning toward including OAK.
Now about that OAK and touching the wall board. No need. use a trim collar. http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias=aps&field-keywords=stove+pipe+trim+collar&rh=i:aps,k:stove+pipe+trim+collar Easy! My OAK still frost up. It is painted, but the frost isn't an issue. I fold a paper towel and set it under it. Stays there all season taking care of any drips.
Remember, the combustion in your stove doesn't mind the cold air. It is wanting the oxygen in the air. But you house does mind the cold air. Drafts and a considerable heat loss and pure waste of energy.

 

Good thoughts Larry, and exactly why I put in the OAK in the first place.
I'm not at all concerned about it dripping on the floor.....it's tile, and it dries pretty quick once it hits the floor.
The issue I'd like to avoid is the condensation getting into the wall. The old windows condensed, frosted, melted, and the water ran down to the sills where it sat and did it's work of trying to rot the sill framing.
Don't want to have to pull this wall apart again......ever, just because I didn't do something to avoid the problem.
I'm really thinking Jon's idea with that tape will work. It should keep the warm interior air from hitting the cold pipe, which is where the condensation comes from.
I hate the idea of nicely warmed room air being used for combustion and running right out the flue. Seems pretty silly when you think about it. Unsmart. Took me a LOT of effort to make that heat.
Reminds me of when my SisIL is leaving our house, and my wife wants to stand in the doorway....with the door open......to talk about one last thing for 5 minutes.There goes the heat, and in comes the cold.

 

Well, if he finds out (and since you tagged him, he will), just imagine "the Donald's" face while Dave's saying "you're fi-yerd".

 

Aaaand, there he is.

 

Well, it IS Valentine's day, and you're still on the mend and all..........

 

Went ahead and put up the drywall.

 

Got 2 corners and a few screwheads mudded this morning.
I ended up mudding the joints on that last wall last night........I should have waited until this morning.
The worst one (one of the butt joints) is below the window and will be covered with wainscoting, but I'll still finish it better.
Disclaimer......I'm not a professional.

 

SisIL is bringing over her larger knives and some lightweight finishing mud. I might actually be ready for primer by the end of the week.

 

Professional or not, it still looks good to me.

 

x2... lookin' good papadave ...

 

Looking good Dave, one step closer to done

 

It will be nice when you can spend some time relaxing and not working in there. I bet the mud dries real nice with the stove running. Looking good.

 

Always seems to dry at the bottom of the wall much slower. It'll be ready for another coat tomorrow, then I'll see what it looks like.
Definitely ready to relax.
There's a dog crate, a folding sewing table, a rocking chair, and a swiveling-rocking barrel chair in there I have to work around in a 10'X15' room, so it's been fun.