Our New Fireplace Sprung A Leak
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- Our new fire place sprung a leak. We started the five day process of seasoning our masonry heater and on day one we filled the room full of smoke. Building a house from the ground up has been a journey I hope you guys stick around to see what else we can get into.
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Hey brother, You might want to build a nice wood rack for on the front porch. You can move it out for spring/summer time. That'll save you from having to get wood in bad weather. House is looking great, and TempCast is awesome! God Bless!
Very good Idea for a winter blizzard. We lived north a bit, but had 2 weeks we were snowed in. Snow drifts over the hood of the pickup!
That masonry heater is gorgeous! House is looking great! Thank You for taking us on your offgrid journey!!!
Caution! Install CO detectors now, since you are sleeping in your house now. Just one low, in the living room near the fireplace and one high, outside your bedroom door.
Already have
Carbon monoxide in a wood burner? That is funny .
@@smithlinda8901 Peter must of skipped that lesson lol
@@smithlinda8901 so does all the air you breathe. What's your point?
Do you have the miraculous gift of ability to breathe smoke?
If the fireplace is leaking that bad, the smoke detectors would sound before CO detectors.
In my opinion you should put the shingles or clapboards on or what ever your going to use sooner than later, if not, whatever is exposed will not last as long as you’d like, from my experience that’s what I see, I’d hate to see it be more expensive in the long run for you, you have put a lot of effort in this project, and I’ve enjoyed your journey, never the less I appreciate your work and channel, 👍
I am a german oven builder with 32 years of experience. Half of the german population has masonary heaters in their houses. Watched your video on your build, you guys did a bunch of things wrong during the build ! The concrete pieces that you have used was the biggest mistake. You should use Stones called Schamott !! Also, after the build, you need to let it dry for about 2 weeks and then start slow with only a few logs ! You oven will work, but i can see that it is not very efficient ! When you light the ofen, i can see that your draft is terrible ! If i would of installed that oven for you, the draft would almost blow out your match . That the oven sprung a leak right after the build, says it all. Sorry, your oven is really a piece of junk !
Brandi …. You are a rock star!!!
Hope, I used to love helping my daddy too. Thank you for letting me relive my childhood!!!
Blessings to you all, debby
Some of my fondest memories.
@@ruthdunn1525 glad I'm not the only old timer who sees this lifestyle! 😊
For those without 24 minutes to waste -- "My damper was closed". That was the cause.
Your heater is awesome and really beautiful !! I would be interested how the bedrooms and bathroom heat registered with it going. Just curious, do you have to leave the doors open at night to keep the rooms heated?
Hope loves to help her dad! Such a sweet and pretty girl!!
That masonry heater is gonna be awesome in the winter! Loos really nice too! ✌🏼❤️🙏🏼
Please, please, please do as Jerry says and put in the detectors. My family was almost asphyxiated many years ago. CO is very dangerous!
Already did
CO2 = Carbon dioxide
CO = Carbon monoxide
You are right! My bad… CO=bad news!
Your heater looks beautiful and is very efficient. Looks like you have this ready for winter.
I’d love to find out if he could adapt a second door to feed from the exterior? For a much cleaner wood burning experience!
I think it’s totally plausible but I need to go back and watch the build process! I am still building a 22x33 heavy timber frame carriage house with rigid 3” foam insulation strapped to the exterior for a full 8” frame exposed inside. I’m in it for under $75k . 100% diy, full basement and 2-3rds loft, 1800sqft. As a ex-union Mason (local#15) I’m planning a stone fireplace and to veneer my 12”cmu block walk out foundation. I heated it with a temp wood/coal the first winter but used a mini split I installed this winter. But ultimately want to use wood primarily.
There was a new home construction I used to drive past every weekday on my way to work in Northern Illinois, it had ZIP sheathing on and sat for 14 months without siding and didn't have any issues. This was in everything from -35F to over 100F and high winds. Pretty good stuff.
I've never used a brand new wood stove but, on a traditional wood stove if smoke seeps out from around the doors it is an indication that the door gaskets aren't correct.
Out of experience all builders should be cautious about creating a situation to invite mold. Water is always a concern when building and plastic does hold the moisture out or even in...When I listened to you about putting plastic up on your house as winter would be approaching quickly I thought of my daughter's journey with Mold in her home. . Mold is an issue with 66% of American homes and that includes new builds. Insurance Companies will not cover Mold... Long Story of why ..... Mold can cause serious illness that can take a long time to get over so hope you all pay attention when building or adding onto your homes, Tending to water sources spills like overflowing toilets, washing machines, dishwashers, bad weather on new builds , etc... clean it up immediately and add a fan to make sure things get dried out.... My daughter house had mold issues not of their own fault. The previous owner put the exhaust from the dryer under their crawl space and that is where the issue came from in the first place... the whole house had to be remediated from the Attic to the crawl space , all of the flooring had to be removed as well as drywall and ceilings.... They had no idea because they even had a professional inspector come to give the house a clean bill of health before signing the purchase agreement. But to their disappointment my daughter d they found out that this killer mold was a major problem... When they got the mold tests back, they were immediately told to move out of their home ( 1 year ) and finally got the go ahead to move back. My daughter had to go to a Detox specialist in Indiana, she lives in Michigan and had over $5000 worth of tests to help them find the path she needed to go to recover plus another $150,00 to put the house back to where it should be for them to move back home. . So when I see plastic being used as a barrier I immediately think of what my daughter and her family went through ..Houses do need to breath or have a system where there is a air exchange regularly.. Not that a barrier is bad but just be sure you are not trapping moisture under that plastic... Hope all went well with that for you. Love your Video, well done. Looking into all sorts of Fireplaces.... I am liking what I see on your video but still doing some research on them. Thanks for taking the time to share your journey .
Our house has been ZIP for two years without any issues just waiting for siding prices to come down and such. You don't need the Tyvek and adding it might actually hurt because your are creating an area for water to become trapped. I'd take it off.
Glad you got it figured out. Sounds like it's gonna heat your house very good. Great job Brandi installing the plastic around the house. Hope is a good little helper. Can't wait to see you cook in the oven. Love watching Y'all living your dream. GOD BLESS Y'ALL.
Beautiful fireplace glad it works for you so well.
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I knew you could figure the fireplace out. Mmmmm, homemade pizza! It won't be long and you'll be moved in.
Hi Dutch and Brandi. Great video. Masonry heater is cool House is looking great and yall should be proud of what yall have accomplished in such a short time. God bless and love yall 💖💖
I’m so happy that you have it all seasoned, ready to go. It has been a long time coming . I think this is going to keep your family warm. I have been waiting patiently for this day ,so exciting Take care , stay safe ❤️🙏👋👋👍🤗🙏❤️
Hi Dutch
Glad you figured out the masonry heater. Can't wait to see how it works when the temperature is in the freezing range outside.
Always glad to see when the girls are working with you
It seems like hope is getting bigger every time we see her.
Glad you decided to wrap the house. I was getting worried about the zip board because I knew it had been 6+ months.
Always glad , as probably you are that one more thing has been accomplished.
Always wishing you and the family the best of success health and safety
Dutch you can also wrap up sandwiches bread, meat and cheese in foil and put where it's warm. Just flip them and take off and add all fixen's for a quick meal. I have done that on a wood burning stove and they taste good. So far looks good to me and happy you will be staying warm. Thanks and Love y'all.
So excited for you all with the masonary heater. It looks awesome. I bet a pizza would taste great ❤❤❤❤❤
That flame blasting up to the arch and returning back through the Masonry Heater looked amazing! Being able to see the heater function in that way was unexpected and impressive! Thanks for the work, Dutch and Crew! You've got a great little helper there, too!
Don't forget to shut your dampers after fires out
Gorgeous fireplace. Excited to see something cooked. Hope ya'll have a wonderful night. Love you guys
Be a good idea to colour code your damper so you can visually recognise what position your damper is in .
I can't wait to see a pizza baked in there! 🍕🤩
I had a outside wood burning boiler for our home. I wanted to keep the fire issue outside away from the house. It kept the mess out and I didn't have to haul the wood in and ashes out of the house. As I have said on many subjects and many times, there are many options to get an end results! I hope that your plan makes you able to meet your expectations.. My outdoors boiler was the way that we went and it made my wife very happy that it eliminated a lot of cleanup on her part. I am disabled and my sons were able to stoke the fire for us. The boiler was large enough that in the winter we were able to put large logs (12=14" and three foot long) in and we didn't need a wood splitter. Again I say to each his own pleasure. Good Luck and God Bless....
Things are really coming together. House looks great!
you HAVE to SEAL that top chamber,,, you can NOT have smoke coming out.. even if the damper is not open!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Good evening from Syracuse NY everyone thank you for sharing your adventures and your farm
Congratulations 🎉🎉 Dutch! I bet you have a ton of pressure lifted off your shoulders. Be safe love you and your family 💜
I did text and I was surprised at the gift. Thank you, I remember you telling the viewers a couple times that you never ask for bank information or delivery cost. But when I replied and you shared what the gifts were going to be I was stunned and overjoyed. But then you asked for me to select 1 of 3 types of delivery charges all of which were over a 100.00 dollars I was surprised. I am on disability so I turned it down. But I just wanted to know if it was you that sent me the gift information and delivery fees or was it a scammer 💜
If you are wrapping the house what about the pump house...it has been zipped a lot longer...???
One thing at a time lol
I use to have a fire place & I'm sure glad I don't
any more, cause 1 we're up in age where we can't
handle cutting & stacking & cleaning out the
fire place & 2 the mess they make is a job too.
But for those who have 1 & can keep it going
good for you but when you get up in age it's
not that easy to keep up with just remember that.
Love the look of the Masonary Heater. Looks fantastic in your living room. I hope the seasoning process goes ok for you.If I were doing a new home that would be a must have. ❤️🇨🇦
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The fire in your fireplace looks so comfy and beautiful.
We have been burning wood in our home for 51 years. We for sure don’t know everything there is about the subject but 51 yrs experience has taught some lessons, some of them hard ones, over the years. To make kindle cutting get a wood splitting drill bit for your hand drill. We have a tip-up splitter for the large logs and a Ws drill bit to break it down into just the right size for your use. Check on line to find them. Cost less than $20. Saves all kinds of energy, both yours and gas for lg splitter. Additionally save your self from bending over to pick up split pieces by throwing them directly into your wagon. It’s fun now to do this chore but when it is cold and wet this winter the romance of cutting wood will quickly wear off and the endless need to heat your home translate into endless need to split and haul wood. Save your back, save fuel, save time.
I love this Video! You are definitely set up to keep the Family warm in Winter. I’d like to see another video of Clean out of this unit. Again Thanks for Sharing!
That fireplace is gorgeous!! Can't wait till everything is done and yur moved in!! So exciting!! Thanks for the update!! ❣❤❣
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Love your fire place you must take of carbon monoxide inside the house while sleeping but your fireplace truly and the home looks so lovely
Another advantage to the smaller pieces of firewood: if you split it smaller to start with, it will dry out faster. 😀😀💕💕
Hello. Are you hearing bells??? This fireplace is gorgeous. 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉.
It works just the way you wanted
Great job
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Dutch, just figured out how much blown in fiberglass insulation you will need. 12" deep in the attic to get R39 insulating value. I couldnt remember the exact dimensions of your house. 2300 sqfeet would take 3060 lbs of fiberglass. I think you said you had about 1975sqfeet, so less than 2075lbs of fiberglass. Google it and plug in your dimensions of your house and it will tell you exactly house much you will need. Looked up how much insulation need in OK and they recommended an R39 which is about 12 inches in the attic blown in.
You don't live inside your stove... it's the outside or room exposed masonry temperature that heats your room air... 50 pounds twice a day (~7,000 BTU/lb x 100lbs/day = 700,000 BTU) is not very efficient unless you have a forest of timber to harvest. Good luck, report back after a month how much wood and mean outside temperatures.
The masonry heater looks awesome, glad you got it figured out.
You’re gonna burn the crud out of your pizza in that pizza oven.
Or are you having to not have a fire going when you bake a pizza?
That won’t work when you’re cold dude.
Many cultures have mastered this, not our culture.
Just a heads up in your video, the outside photo you showed of the chimney up top not sure if that’s our two NFPA 211 standards (10’ 2’ 3’ rule) may be adding to your draw issues in Laymans terms you should be able to come to foot down from the top or 24 inches and be able to take a tape measure in a 10 foot circumference without hitting anything it could’ve been your angle of the camera, but it appeared that it may need to be slightly extended coming from a certified sweep I hope that helps
I have been heating my 3500 sf home with a masonry heater made from soapstone for nearly 3 decades. Love it. It’s a Tulakivi.
I love your radiant masonry heater. It’s awesome and beautiful!!!
Howdy, new scriber here. Looking forward to learning more about this stove. Btw I love your dog.
Please be advised that the proper way to test moisture content of your wood is to bring a split inside and allow it to come to room temperature before resplitting said split and testing along the face of the fresh split..testing unsplit wood will give low readings and not give you a true reading as a fresh split reading will be higher..also beware of buying so called seasoned wood as 99% of the time it is not...hardwoods like oak and locust and hickory take a minimum of 2 years to reach the sub 20% moisture content mark...I have been watching your videos as I was intrigued by the masonry heater concept...how is it heating your home now that winter is in full swing?
We built a a kindling bundle using old angle iron nbolts and screwed a 12"x12"x 12 framework and after you filled rectangle used two el cheapo dollar store bungy chords to hold together then stacked bundles just like wood pile.
When needed ya just grabbed couple weeks kindling and do not need seperate box
Plastic barrier on the outside!
The plastic should be put on the inside. If moisture gets into the wall, the heat from inside the house will push the moisture against the plastic and the moisture will stay with the plastic and start to mold. the plastic and the freezing point should not cross each other.
Edit:
Where the freezing point is, there will always be condes.
Good luck
Good looking stove I will be watching how that stove operates down the road
Please, you and your daughter both need eye protection when splitting wood and kindling for your heater and for any other chores where flying objects and particles are possible!
How warm is it inside of the house ? That's what's important.It's not even winter.Will this thing be able to keep them comfortable in the real cold ?
Dutch... It was honestly really hard watching you work that log splitter. You should never never never have your hand on top of the wood while driving forward with the wedge.
I reported someone trying to get me to send you (Dutch) a telegram to win a prize, I'm told that its not you but a scam. I hope this doesn't effect you adversely!
What is the name of the Wood Splitter and small one that you are splitting the smaller pieces to get kindling?
If we want to get them.
Suggestion: Number your videos with name, so we can plug in if we want to go back to it for information.
As a mason for over 30 yrs, don't overlook that leak. Damprered down and shut off the stove shouldn't leak. One leak on the first burn isn't a good sign at all, once the stove heats up a few times there will likely be more.
I watched you put that wood back and said to my husband. Look just like a man. Puts the wood back without swiping the area clean. LOL
Should have went with a rocket mass heater. WAY more efficient, and safer!...
I don't know about that but propane stove on low to midium with a pot of water inside of it will give of more heat less expensive, plus you can put some type of fragrance to smell good with a topper you can cooked your pizza,, free wood ok ,, free water ok as well,
I always with a wood stove would leave door cracked until chimney heated up. I would think same process with yours.
East coast beach area installed a lot of these. Stove on inside pizza oven out on deck. Pipe and connections far superior than a wood or gas FP. Well worth the much inflated price
Just a quick tip for installing the house wrap (shown at 12:50) ... put a laser level up on something tall and stationary to be able to mark a perfectly horizontal line around the house, just slightly above where you want the house wrap to come up to. That way you can hang it straight, right from the starting point. (And having a second person also on a ladder helping pull it straight is pretty much imperative.)
Use the same trick later to quickly mark around the bottom of the walls for where you want to run the starter strip for your siding. This will save a lot of time and effort. If you get started crooked, impossible to correct it as you go along.
He's using the Zip System. You don't need to use a house wrap with it. You seal the seams with tape.
@@cindyjohnson5242 Good point ... so not sure he why he was ALSO adding House Wrap on the outside of Zip board? ... unless perhaps to protect the Zip boards from UV rays because he wasn't planning to get to putting up the outside finish for an extended period of time?
My laser level tip was for people looking to put up house wrap perfectly straight the first time, so can pretty much wrap the house straight with a single piece. An inexpensive laser level is indispensable for anyone putting on house wrap, exterior siding, etc, especially when it is going to be seen by others in a video that one is planning to post.
I wanna see a slow roasted turkey or a slow roasted pork in the pizza oven! The cooking possiblities r driving me crazy 😆
I recall from the factory video that the combustion air enters the fire box from below the hearth. If this is true, it's a bad, unsafe and a non energy efficient design.
Yeah these masonry heaters are gorgeous but very costly! Many wood stoves including mine only need a couple feedings a day to heat your home as well.
100lb of wood per day? That sounds like a lot. How many square feet can it heat?
I noticed the glass on the door is pretty dirty. I thought the temp cast guy said it would stay clean? Very nice heater though 😎 I would like to get one in my house and get rid of my outdoor wood boiler. The wood boiler works well but it goes through the wood!
You put that upside down. I want to be able to read a letter in on Earth. E wording on it, but it's upside down. Gotta take that back off turn it or each other l o l joking
Tyvek needs to go on right to left I see...There is a newish cork siding board... just saying
Santa needs to bring you all Carbon Dioxide detectors for the new house for Christmas .
I like that johnny cash shirt. Nice fireplace, try adjusting the handle on the oven to help it seal. Look at the gasket and take note where it's not making perfect contact.
Get the girls to go get a barrel full of pine cones and keep them in the house they work really good as fire starters. Plus it adds a pine scent to the room. Since you'll be lighting so many fires you won't have to cut kindling wood.
Wood bin needs to be bigger that way when you can fill it up so when you don't want to fill it less clean up on wood splinter ,bark sawdust .and mess
Hope you have a Fireplace rider on your home owners insurance??? I'm not impressed with the Heater
Hi Gary, from uk, so didn't Pat say open the damper to get the fire started and get the flue hot, then close it, and this will make the flue gases go down and into the heated hearth.
Great videos are very informative and interesting, a good tip for cleaning the glass doors is to use the old fly Ash on a damp cloth when the doors are cool for bad stains and a clean damp cloth to finish off cleaning the doors only on the inside
I would have suggested not to like for the first time at night. Probably would have been better to do it the next morning. But that's a little late now
The answer to why it sprung a leak is at timecode 24:40 - He forgot to open a dampers because it was his first burn.
wondering if you could generate electricity if you hooked up generator use the gases from the firer.
As soon as I saw the smoke in both chambers I figured a damper wasn't opened. Glad you got it figured out and it's working well! You guys will definitely be staying toasty with that beautiful masonry heater!
Apply stucco finish to exterior, u wont regret it. Great insulator, long lasting .
i wanted to get into your channel but you are hard to watch. too much repetitive and unnecessary talking.
Seeing your daughter help you, reminds me so much of my Dad & me years ago. I miss him everyday!
Your heater is awesome! 💖🇺🇸
Those memories are Priceless 💕
My parents kept their wood inside & they got termites real bad from it. I sure hope that doesn't happen to you.
Shawn, please put CO Detectors up in the living room and outside each bedroom , just because safety first and we love your family. All homes in Texas require CO Detectors.🙏👍 Thanks for sharing. Be safe
I Love the beautiful interaction with the Girls ,Hope is such a great Helper
How many square feet does it heat? Just the room you’re in or an entire moderate house of let’s say 2000 ft.² or so
Will you be teaching your children how to start a fire and the safety precautions 💖
Be great if you / they could figure out how to incorporate a radiant system into this concept.
*Keeping it Dutch Homestead appreciate your videos Fireplaces Listening 🌟 from Mass USA TYVM 💙*
I’m in Mass too. Hope you’re enjoying this warm weather.❤🙏
How many bedrooms does this heat? the entire home? Look wonderful!
I thought the glass was supposed to stay clean and soot free? Why is it completely coated?
Dutch, safety glasses would prevent you from getting a splinter in your eye while splitting that wood‼️😳
Nice fireplace should keep you warm this winter. God bless you from Michigan ❤️