Installing the Wood Stove
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- Опубліковано 21 сер 2024
- Finally installing the wood stove in the living room. We will use this for everyday use - but it's especially comforting to know we will have heat when the power goes out! It is a Vermont Castings stove, model Aspen C3, which heats 400-1200 sq ft. Our house is 900 sq ft.
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Just an FYI from a professional installer: you should have trimmed out the shingles for the first 2 rows down past the ridge vent and slipped the flashing under them. Rule of thumb is have the shingles over the top 2/3 of the flashing. Rain can seep/blow in the sides of the flashing if exposed, and no sealant will last for long under those conditions. And the damper issue is because of different brands of vent pipes. The damper is for Dura-vent and you are using a different brand/model of smoke pipe. The combustion air pipe elbow also could have been regular single wall 4" 30ga pipe which has an inside radius of only about 1" vs the double wall b-vent which has a much larger inside radius. Just some tips for anyone else watching this video. Otherwise looks great! Enjoy the warmth!
Make us a short video next time you get a opportunity. Add it to your comment . Ty
Thanks for the info
Seems like they worked it bass ackwards. If they would have started from bottom to top they maybe wouldn’t have ran into the problems of the 45* pipes and could have made it a straight shot. And working from bottom first you could have checked basement for cold air prior for joists.
Good comments here. No fun having your mistakes out in the open but it sure helped me with my install.
Father and son should do a home improvement show
It’s great that ur son is there to help u out. I’m so happy u moved there to be with ur family.
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I love wood heat. I was raised on it, and miss it a lot. It's so peaceful to relax by, on a cold winter evening too. 🔥
Can’t wait to see you burning wood, it looks really nice. Your son Barry sounds just like his dad, it’s so great that you have his help and his family so close to you! Great video!
Barry does sound just like his Dad! Fooled me at first
I love how you guys explain everything. I was just thinking, why put in a cold air supply, then Barry read my mind! Beautiful stove.
That was wonderful job you and Barry did. Can’t wait for you to show us when you fire 🔥 it up !.
Bought mine today and I have a great handyman that is going to install ours next week. I CANT WAIT! ❤️❤️❤️
Here's a tip you should wrap some wire screen on the floor vent side hole so bugs and mice can't crawl through the floor vent when not in use. Good job
GOOD MORNING Bill.....I am sitting here with my little Grizzly goin' on a cold Michigan morning! I thank God I found you and the ever so lovely Elizabeth because I really would never have found out about the Cubic Mini stoves had it not been for you two. (you have BOTH been such a blessing).....so, I am making more coffee, sitting back and relaxing and will be watching you "boys" install THIS stove. God bless you and your family always!
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Me too. It was because of Bill's reviews that I got my Grizzly. And I absolutely love it!!! Thanks Bill
Enjoy the coffee 🤣
You are very blessed to have a son who is willing to help his family. Not to mention how handy the both of you guys are!! Enjoy the heat from your stove!
How far from the wall is the stove base?
Hi Bill, Wow!! I am always so impressed with what great work that you and Barry can do!! Can’t wait to see when you fire it up. You’ll all be warm and toasty this winter. God bless you, Elizabeth, Pop, and Leo, Mary 🤗
Owwww ... I love your channel ... You and Rain country started me making vinegaretts
What a fun video watching father and son work together! Such respect and love for each other came right through. Enjoy the warmth of the fire in the cold days ahead!
Love it and Barry - thank you so much for helping your dear mom and dad. You are a wonderful son. I am very blessed, I have 3 sons and a daughter just like you. God bless all of you! ❤
Wonderful video, Barry truly is a gift from God. Beautiful wood stove Bill, thank you for sharing 💕👍
He has humor. I laughed and had fun. 😃 Great son! Love your new adition! Best time to be as self sufficient as possible!
Love Barry’s sense of humor. Good job guys. Always thorough and informative
God bless your son!! It's so nice to see and hear him appreciate and acknowledge all that his parents did for him!!
Praise God for this video! Thank you! Jill from Baudette Minnesota 🤗
you should do a pre-burn before it gets cold and close all the windows. that way you can air out the house to get the burn off gases.
The family cooperation you all have I believe helps you a lot and gives you the incentive to keep going. Great!
you "Americans" look so "benevolent" I think your faith makes you that way, thank you. Hello from France !!!!
Our faith gives us peace. ❤️😊
Great watching father and son working together.
I miss your tiny home videos but your new living situation is best for all of you - great video
Enjoyed watching you and Barry install the stove . It seems when doing a project it’s always more enjoyable when a person has a good helper . I remember my Dad and I restoring a jukebox. Dad and Mom have it in their basement that is set in the 50’s . I’ll never forget what a great time we had together ! God bless and have a wonderful day !
Such a blessing Barry is and what a good feeling to have "backup" systems in place!❤️
It is a blessing father and son working together. Good work! 😃
nice family working together and your grand daughter is getting so big
Another interesting project thanks ♥️♥️
Much love,
Patricia & Daniel
Beautiful. I loved watching the install.
You are so lucky to be able to have a wood stove. Very lucky to have a helper to put it in. Now if you put a couple water storage drums in crawl space you are going to be in great shape for anything. Congratulations on another job well done. God bless & enjoy
You are so blessed to have such great kids. It's a real joy watching you two interact with each other. Great job all around.
Nothing like wood heat❤️🙏🏻✝️
Three times the heat from one third the wood of a fireplace...
I love that you and your son are doing this together. We have been waiting for our wood insert to get installed for over 5 months now. Great vlog and very informative. Greetings and warm regards from Maryland my friend 🍻🔥💥
I put in a wood stove last winter, and I love it. I have mine up on cinderblocks and I have the same thing that you have on the floor, on my wall. I have two of them because my stove is in the corner. I bought it for the same reason. The lights go out here a lot. I want to be warm no matter what.
The turn gives it character!
Thank you for explaining things as you go!
I’m going to need you to come to my house and repeat what you just did. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Looks great!❤️
If he doesn't I will lol.
@@donaldatkinson7937 🤣 If you live in Ga I would hire ya! 🤣😎
@@kjvonly2451 when you see videos a lot of the work has been edited out, they probably have 2 hours walking around looking for tools, I built a cabin back in the woods and a buddy and I did the same thing, then few years later replaced it, next time got to thinking I'm not getting any younger and went through the wall lol. I'm in SC by the way.
You can come do one for me. I grew up with a wood stove. Great heat
I wish there was some way to show you the pictures of all the WOOD we have from the 2 trees taken out of are yard last weekend.
We have a fireplace and we've had to use it a time or two for power outages and snow.
We were able to share it with 4 OTHER neighbors! BOTH wood sheds are FULL!
Oh, we got word from our landlord, she has 2 other trees for us from other units/duplexes. SO, we're letting our next door neighbor's have one whole tree! Now, what to do with the other?
God has a way of answering prayers!
We were just discussing last month about how much $$$ for a cord this year and we ended up with 3 FREE!
Wonderful! God is so good!
Check out my Facebook page! The pictures are there!
Love the stove. You have a great son that helps his mom and dad You raised him right .🥰
I always love seeing you and Barry working together, but this video of Barry helping you might be my favorite. He's a great husband, father, and son!!
Beautiful to see you all doing another project! God bless and Keep up the Good work! Love from Canada!
Y'all need to come install mine. I've never seen it done so neat and precise
Well...how about that!!! We're moving into a smallerish 1105 sq. ft. home in Fallon, NV. at the end of June!!! You guys sold us on the Vermont Castings and our little 36 x 36 foot wood stove area will be JUST RIGHT!!! It's in the corner so the outside corner juts out into the smaller living room area & will work just perfectly!!!
Grateful you can even cook on it! There evidently was a stove in there before because there's already a chimney through the roof & about 9 inches of piping sticking down into the stove area already!! Eliminating the roof work for sure!!! Going with Dual Wall and all should go well :D!
Thanks again you guys for yet another great idea on being independent from the utility companies!!! It'll look grat too
Best wishes on your new home!
@@LiveSimpleLiveFree Thank you sooooo much!!!
When I saw that stove, I almost fell out of my chair .. I have what I believe is that exact same radiant stove. It's excellent, along with a 2000 watt inverter generator, a weeks supply of aged wood and about ten gallons of stabilized fuel for the gen' ... together, .. they have allowed me to have almost no fear of outages .. even several days off grid ... thanks for sharing. Cheers.
I have 50,000 pounds of firewood left to finish splitting for this year
Watching the camera bounce between you and your son is so weird. It's like seeing you young and then you "seasoned" 😉. He looks just like you. I love your channel and you and Elizabeth stay warm this winter. ❤️🤗
I thought he said it was his grandson
Same here, I was more listening than watching, so I thought he'd suddenly went bald, then shaved, then he was back with his regular self, then both in the same shot; but the voices are almost identical too. I claim distraction, as our outdoors just went from regular looking fall to covered in WHITE s***! Thanx for sending that our way,BTW!
Good job, Folks! Enjoyed the ingenuity in adapting the damper. That would have taken me at least two or three days to figure out, if at all! Look forward to seeing and hearing how you get on when the cold kicks in. Good luck!
Great job Bill. 👏 your wife loves wood heat and its astetically pleasing . 👍 enjoy.
Happy warm days and nights watching the dancing flames!
Hey Bill you guys are awesome I love ya Bill it’s always a pleasure watching your videos you are so knowledgeable and you’re son is just like his Dad very nice job Thank you 🙏 you guys Take Care..❤️🙏☮️🇺🇸👍
"The least I can do is keep you from freezing to death" 🤣 that's love. 😊💜
So I had to pause the video and be productive. Had to do my annual maintenance on my pellet stove. Thanks for the motivation. Now ....back to the video...
The heat that you get from wood is so much better for you. It is a dry heat that warms you so much faster. Love it!
Amazing to watch!! Your son handles the drill like, cowboys twirled their revolvers. It was cool to see his talents by assisting you! :) Great job! Great INVESTMENT!
Peace of mind, I love it and it will be so nice. We paid way more for ours , we could use coal and and wood. Also could cook on it.
We can cook on ours as well.
Tip for spotting the run through the ceiling.
Chuck up a 9 to 11 inch straight piece of coat hanger to drill through to the attic. Easy to spot up there and leaves a tiny hole to patch if needed.
I waited until October as well to install mine....had to build a hearth first...after tearing out a closet, ripping up a tile floor, redoing the drywall, building the platform, tiling it and installing the chimney.....took a total of 6 weeks...a woman who did it all by herself...while taking care of an 18 month old 5/24...
I really liked the ARROW thing...didn’t think of that and have them available as well....oh well...its done and we are NICE and toasty today...
That is awesome!
Wow, so nice! Thanks for sharing the cost too, I was wondering about that.
Y’all are blessed.
Wow great job! Always amazed at people who can accomplish things like this! I am very creative but not mechanical at all... Your son knows his stuff!! My Dad was a heating and air conditioning man and he always spoke of how fireplaces and such draw the air from other rooms in the house and it makes them very cold. The addition of the pipe to draw air from below is awesome! The apple did not fall far from the tree, both of you are very talented!!
My grandparents also had a wood stove in the basement of their house for emergencies, if we would ever lose power for two weeks during the ice storms as well. I don't remember them ever using it, but it was nice to have the reassurance that it was there just in case.
I hope you can take us touring around the inside and outside of your homestead there... I love seeing the progress you've made. How cozy and charming... I could just imagine Pops all cozy & cuddled on the long sofa watching an old movie or reading a book...
Excellent, got this on a to do list myself!
When we had our house built in 2016 we had a wood stove installed as part of our build. We are so glad we did. Our main living area has 14 foot vaulted ceilings (open concept--Living room, kitchen. and dining all one room) We have a heat pump which blows cold air so our living area is cold as a cave in the winter. First thing I do when I get up in winter is fire up the wood stove. We filled our indoor wood rack yesterday so we are prepared for the first cold day!!! Our wood stove has an electric fan but that doesn't do any good if the electric is out. So we bought one of those heat powered little fans that sits on top like you all had in your tiny home. That things moves warm air like crazy!! We haven't used the electric fan since. In 2016 it cost us around $4600 for ours with professional installation. And our stove is the smallest one of the type we bought! It is enameled cast iron and a mahogany color. We wish we had bought a bigger one.
If you have a ceiling fan , you can put it on the lowest speed and push the warm air down. Some say to reverse it, but what I found was that it cools the air down to much and keeps it cold since it is flowing down the cold walls.
I just want to say I appreciate you showing all the details to do this. Most people just do a video for entertainment with music but then I don’t end up learning anything that way.
Thank you. I consider myself more of a teacher than an entertainer. 😀
Cordless tools, that's one of the greatest inventions.
That's why a couple chemists won the nobel prize. Light powerful batteries allows tools to go cordless.
A wire coat hanger also works well for locating attic holes.
Hi Bill and Elizabeth that was so interesting to watch from start to finish. I watched every bit of it. Bill you and your son worked so good together, nice and calm through out the process. It was a lot of work for you guys but it all came together so well. So on the cold nights ahead get your comfies on and sit and relax in front of the stove and watch the flame. Put some nice music on and pop some corn on the top of the stove. I hope Elizabeth made a nice lunch or supper for you. I give you guys an A PLUS many times over!
Good for you guys! Wood heat is the only way to go. I have two wood stoves, one is an Arrow air tight wood stove that works great. It was bought used 7-8 years ago out of a barn for $35.00, All it took was some new fire brick, some heat resistant black paint, some elbow grease on the brass trim. It will heat the whole house without going out.
But, My favorite stove is the 1917 Model AC Home Comfort kitchen wood cook stove. It is not an air tight. I have more fun with this stove than any other thing that I have. It is like living in yester year, lol
BTW, I watched your cubic mini video and ended up getting one for my lifetime trip in an RV back to Alabama and Florida a couple of years ago. Anyway, I do hope that you get as much fun cooking on your new stove as I do.
You should get one of those rails that go along the side.....even though that would heat up....it would prevent serious injury
They only need to bump into the stove once to then always give it wide birth ....... been there, done that. Shoot, my mom grew up with wood stoves being the only source of heat (and for cooking) ...... and there was never a rail around any of the stoves ...... and none of the nine children in the family ever got burned on the stove ....... maybe on the handle of the steam pot on the top of the stove if they forgot to use a pot holder (or the pot hook that was hanging on the wall right next to the stove)
I would say the elderly are more at risk, im not but if im ill, i will sometimes get out a chair and stumble a little or trip over a blanket.
Agree - it’s sitting right at the door to the living room! I would be afraid of running into it!
@@That1ufo good point
Don't forget carbon monoxide detectors.
Yes! We had a security system I won’t mention names but it was supposed to cover carbon monoxide and I’m paranoid and bought a cheap detector from Walmart for back up well that saved my 4 kids husband and my life!!!!!!
@@kayleighm7856 My grand grand parents lived their entire life in houses equipped with wood stoves, so did my grandparents, my parents and me with another 3 brothers. We never ever had any issues with carbon monoxide. It can't happen, simple like that. The only way i imagine is if unexpected, a chimney suddenly get blocked, but even that has to happen at night. If it happen during the day you'll see immediately that the stove doesn't evacuate properly and you see/smell the fumes inside your house. Cleaning your chimneys from time to time doesn't hurt. Here In Europe we have law that required you to do just that!
Eyes open, No fear, Be safe everyone!
@@SpiderF27 - Have found flu-pipes and chimneys partially and fully blocked by wasp nests that were installed during the summer as well as a good accumulation of 'cobwebs' . Am surprised by how resistant the cobwebs were to heat ! ( Am an ex- Air-Heat Service Tech )
The first start / fire-up when it gets cold is when you should do your pre-season safety check , and often with the windows open since simple dust accumulation can produce some smoke & odor . Take care , RH
@@richardhobbs9038 As i said, a periodic clean up is required. Thanks for your input!
@@SpiderF27 not true we had CO2 poisoning and there was no smell or smoke and it was from the pipe of our Woodstove. The fire department said if we had went to bed we wouldn’t have woken up (had 4 young children at the time) my husband was like you and thought I was crazy calling the fire department when the CO2 detector went off but when the fire department got here they ended up having my kids get oxygen go in the aumbulance and my house had to all be opened and huge fans for like an hour the levels were extremely high they showed me with the CO2 gun they had. Sometimes only the paranoid survive.
You guys did an awesome job I love how Bill has shown his son Barry how to have skills to be a man. This was awesome to watch
My husband can do a lot of things around our homestead but that is one thing I would leave to the professionals. Hoping to one day have a wood stove in case of emergency. We currently have a kerosene heater for emergency (I hate the smell). We have a heat pump but living here in the south our bill isn’t bad during the winter. (It’s our terrible summers when our power bill is the highest.) You and Barry make an amazing team! Blessings ❤️
You and Barry should start a 'how to' channel called 'FREE HAMMOCK'. I would watch for sure! (Name was better than Live Empty...)
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Just wonder why the engineers haven’t developed a triple wall pipe or a Siamese where the stove would draw cold air from the attic. It would keep the flue cooler on outside. Prevent having to drill additional holes.
The flu must operate at the highest possible temperature. Above steam, above hydrocarbon condensation point. The more insulated the pipe the better the draw and the less creosote. Extracting heat from the pipe for combustion air, or any other reason, results in poor draft and creosote accumulation. I super insulated my SS steal pipe and I haven't needed to clean it for 35 years and draft is never an issue. Wood is my sole source of heat. I have no central heating system.
@@geraldmoore6257 how did you super insulate the pipe? Thanks for the idea. Wood is my main source of heat.
@@vecamiolo Every situation is different. You have to look at what your situation is and figure out if you can do it. The principal is sound - keep the flue gases as hot and possible and don’t take away heat on the trip up the flue. I bought an old farm house with a fireplace. I ran single wall SS pipe up the large chimney, sealed the bottom, then poured vermiculite (expanded mica) in until chimney was full. As soon as the smoke exits the back of the stove it’s in a super insulated environment. I can’t tell you how to do it in your situation, but I can say that it works. I check the flu every year and nothing but grey fly ash in the “T” at the bottom clean out. No black creosote. I do build one hot fire every morning with well seasoned wood and do not “bank” a fire at night. I super insulated the old house so doesn’t really cool off much overnight. Sorry I can't be of more help.
Good information and explanation, thanks for the video. We have a natural gas fireplace and have used it many times when the power has gone out midwinter. Make sure to film when you fire it up, please. I’m sure Elizabeth will be happy with being able to see the flames. God bless you all❤️.
Walter is that you?!
Kidding of course. This was a very informative video. Thanks for all the explanations and context
Make sure you film/vlog your first fire burn in the stove!!!
Yup, soon, 😁
@@LiveSimpleLiveFree might want to fire it up on a "just cool day" so you can burn it in...it will smoke a little cuz it has oil res to keep from rusting...that way you can open the house up to let smoke out...hope you understand what I'm trying to say...
RUTH HERE, I HATE ICE STORMS
I love these install videos you do! You can tell Barry knows all the tricks of the trade..👍👍
Thank you for the demo. I’m sorry people were rude to you regarding the location of the stove pipe. This is my first time watching, and you and your wife are as likable and kind as they come. God bless.
Welcome!
Just curious :) Are you putting vents in to other parts of the house? When I lived in Newfoundland years ago our friend had a similar woodstove and he put vents in the walls which he could open to let heat into other rooms or cool down the living room if it gets too hot...it worked great!
Possibly, but I haven’t developed that idea much yet.
We have a heat pump that we did not use for almost 20 years. We heat 100% with wood. I have a thermostatic switch on the wood stove that turns the forced air fan from the heatpump system on when the woodstove is warm and off when the wood stove is cold.
When you were filming the pipe installation from the top, was that a Flue Shot?
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Wonderful video. Your son is very talented. Nothings beats the cosy warmth from a wood heater during winter. Yours is really beautiful and will keep your lovely home warm throughout the long winter. We have a Nectre (Australia) wood heater and regarding cost it is better to pay more for a better brand. We are in our downsize cottage and paid around $3300.00 seven years ago. Great video, I never realised how difficult it was to install a wood heater. We have ours on rustic second hand bricks.
Great addition to your beautiful home! Miss seeing you guys around town. Wishing you well! Loving your raised garden beds! I've had mine for @ 10 years, but I'm liking the height of yours.....plus the concrete blocks as opposed to the wooden ones I made. Also, LOVE the "cages" that protect the plants from foraging critters. I don't have that , although my garden is protected by fencing. Doesn't stop the smaller critters and birds from getting in and devouring all of my peppers....even the Ghost Peppers, believe it or not. Ugh! I'm going to have to rethink my garden for next year. The zucchini take up so much room! Darn it. But I love them! Haven't had much luck with cucumbers this year. So nice to see you both in the video. wishing you well! ❤️✌️👍🏻
What is it about this channel and Wood fired stoves!!....☺️😀👍..
"Prepper" heat! We will never be without a heat source.
Yes, know Barry did a great job but I still start to hyperventilate when I see someone cutting a hole into a watertight roof. Good work!
The real problem is that they did that all wrong. If it's not leaking yet, it will.
Lucky you. I had a Ben Franklin stove 30 years ago when I got my Master's Degree I bought a little house Ben Franklin in it. A cord of wood outside and I was in heaven, until I realized I didn't know how to close the flue properly. I thought I was hot stuff in those days. Nice job I love the way everything went
I just noticed that your son not only looks like but he talks like you too.
No difference if you don't see them to keep them apart.!
@@tinekejoldersma I noticed that.
I noticed that too. Genetics are funny.
Nice stove with expert installation by you and Barry. All the best to all your family. You will stay warm when those cold winds blow. 😁💙💙
This morning was a test on how I had planned for when things hit the fan. I’ll only say THANK YOU GOD! I missed a HUGE thing we needed.😱 I was shopping at 9:00 this morning.
But I’ll still need you to come to Ga and install our stove.🤣🤣🤣 just text when your on your way🤣🤣🤣😎
From what i hear you will be very luck if you get one in the next 3-6 months, so order early.
@@That1ufo Thanks for the tip. I looked it up and yes indeed they are going already selling fast. 👍😎 Thanks.
So interesting. Love to see yall working together. Looks great.
Pops is gonna be toasty warm this winter. Hugs to all
This was a good Father and Son Home improvement . Look good . May you be Blessed .
Watching after a year. Love to hear about how the stove has been working.
We don't use it all the time. Only on really cold nights and when the power goes out. But it works great to heat the entire house!
Y'ALL ARE TRULY BLESSED WITH A GOOD SON & DAUGHTER- IN- LAW.. ALSO THOSE GRANDKIDS TOO. (I love that they had you move so close) GOD'S BLESSINGS ✝️
Great job guys! Can’t wait for colder weather for you to give us an update on how the stove performs. God bless. -Stephen, Ohio 🇺🇸
we are remodeling our home from the 70s it originally had a wood burning stove but was taken out in the 90s. me and my wife are going to put another stove back in to heat our home. this was the perfect video to help with the install! thankyou so much great vid!
I love my woodstove. The heat is so different from any other type of heat source. Here in the mountains of California we lose power regularly in the fall and winter. My stove heats my entire small home. My woodstove is in the kitchen. I also use a offset pipe. It is the hub of the home. Great info from your son about the cold air intake.
In Ireland the farmers have a similar system to a wood stove which is fired by native peat ( turf) harvested from our local bogs. My cousin recalls building his house without a turf fired stove ( range ) but could not live without the intense local heat such devices give out as opposed to contemporary central heating, especially as he works outside a lot on a farm and needs heating up when he comes in from his work at night. HE quickly fitted a solid fuel range after finding out the need for their intense heat after a long cold days work on the farm.
In another place, the clubhouse for a local sailing club, the club members wisely installed a Franco Belge stove in the centre of the clubhouse, very useful for drying out and warming up half frozen sailors in from a days sail on our sometimes wintry waters around Galway bay. Wood fired stoves are great but nothing beats coal fired stoves for sheer heat, a Dublin fish and chip shop up to 10 years ago used to fire its chip pans from a solid fuel appliance built specially for the purpose. The heat produced was amazing, so were the chips.....french fries to the colonials out there.....
Its really nice to have help with projects like that! Nice job.
Barry was a great help. Elizabeth is thrilled.
enjoyed watching Dad and Son put in your woodstove and your discussion afterwards thank you