Old Wood Stove Gets New Look | Upgrades and Maintenance
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- Life during summer in Alaska includes preparing for the return of the winter season. Today we sweep the stove pipe and replace the Fire Brix. Beyond maintenance, we paint the exterior and upgrade the wood stove door to glass for a clean finish.
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I want to be as confident as Eric cleaning a wood stove in a white t-shirt.
That's hilarious xD I wouldn't dare wear white to walk out of my room much less cleaning =/
I only found this channel a couple of weeks ago and have been binge watching ever since! I'm enjoying these two and their projects so much that I click the "Like" button before I even watch them to make sure I don't forget!
Same here! I've been catching up and loving every moment! Eric and Arielle feels like Family (I wish they were😉)
Their skills are just mind blowing!! 🙌
Don’t be unsafe with the ladder. You have it backwards sir.
Love the channel.
one safety thing would be for Ariel to stand at base of ladder once you are on it and support side with hands and step on feet of ladder with her toes. My one accident with the ladder it slipped out from underneath me. If I had a person stand on the bottom it probably wouldn't have happened. Both going up and coming down, it slipped on me coming off roof.
As stated, the ladder is backwards, the feet are supposed to sit flat on the ground. As per NFPA the ladder is to be placed 2 to 3 rungs above the working level, like he did. The NFPA requirements for using a ladder is at least 2 people, one to climb and one to heel. There are 2 ways they recognize for the heeler to do it, one is as stated above of holding their arms level to the ground and either standing on the bottom rung or place their toes on the feet of the ladder. Second way is for the heeler to stand under the ladder with their arms at chest level and lean back towards the building, the one must for this technique is for the not to look up and have head and eye protection. Lastly, is to use a rope to tie the bottom of the ladder to the structure at the bottom but a heeler is still needed when someone is one the ladder
@@jwcinc12 I had the exact same thing happen...when cleaning a chimney coincidentally.
ladders are so dangerous. I feel safer climbing rock faces or trees on ropes and a harness than being 10 feet up on a ladder.
@@donhepler294 mine was washing some windows 2nd story above the first story pushed out dining room. I am glad my fall was from 10', but onto cement, standing and hurt a vertibrae. I am so careful about ladders ever since. I hired a person to go with me every time I had to use a ladder, if only just for that.
,We have a stove with a glass door in our cabin. It will go dark , often, when you burn in it. If the soot do not go away during firing, you can wait till the stove gets cold, wet a piece of kitchen roll paper, dip it in the ash, and scrub away the soot. Then dry off remnants. I have seen people use expensive sprays, but that is not necessary. I just think I would tell you in case you did not know. The stove turned out really beautiful! Regards from Sweden!
I use them same method. Works great !
What a great upgrade! It looks like a brand new stove to me. It turned out really well!
I bet the glass door will be beautiful with a full fire going in winter. 👍
I get so excited every time I see a new post from y’all. I’ve never had anyone explain why things are done this way or shown how much work goes into simple living. Every video I learn something new and fall deeper in love with the content! Stay safe and much love from TN ❤️
Get a piece of stainless for your woodstove top then you have a great cooking area and don't have to worry about damaging your stove .
In the darkness that UA-cam can be... you two have the most lovely community. They are so supportive, positive, full of wisdom, as well as great advice. Your videos are awesome but I must admit, that reading the comments brings me almost as much joy.
Well per usual you guys are on top of things. Stove looks great, the glass is the way it should be on a cold winters night. I'm mostly impressed with how much wood you have stashed away! You appear to be in pretty good shape for an early winter and look how much you have accomplished this summer woodshed , new privy, orchard, water tank, and soon a bountiful harvest. The work never ends but when you are doing something you love with someone you love the reward. Is contentment peace and joy. I have to give a shout out to the chickens, I have often thought about what other livestock would work for you and actually chickens are enough and a good choice , that they produce so well is testament to your good care. Hindus have an expression " Save the cow and the cow will save you" That's how I feel about having chickens.
Yes those cold nitez will now have a mesurmising entertainment!
Save the metal from door incase glass ever breaks I had mine break and close call!!!
Was going to say the same thing, mine blew out and the stove got white hot it was pulling such a draft.
Yes and keep your wood from laying against the glass. Since you have had a similar glass stove I am sure you u already know this
that is a super idea
My thinking exactly !
Fireplace glass is usually made from not normal glass. But from a ceramic. Now they have tempered or Termisil Glass. Stay safe.
You two never stop impressing.
Save the owl. That was awesome.
Fireplace looks great.
Eric reminds me of my husband, he can do anything handy and doesn’t like heights!
Wow. What a difference 3 coats of paint, a window, and new fire bricks make to a 30 year old stove.
Great job
What a fabulous job the two of you have done ✅. Thanks for helping the Owl for treatment 👍. Your stove is so romantic and creates a soft tone looking GREAT.
Such a cute owl!! I’m sure that animal rehabilitation place will take good care of him, I hope they give you an update! We had a company come out and service our pellet stove and they used the same paint, it did give off fumes the first few times we used the stove. You might want to fire it up a few times before you start using it for cooking again.
folks like these 2 that built this country. America needs millions more
ROFLMAO...if they did, they did it with their ladders backwards 0:27 check rungs and the INSTRUCTIONS on the side clear as day....If ya turn that ladder around you might not tend to fall off as much...We all done something like this before at one point. Love this channel though 😁😍
Love your channel! Y’all are amazing! It would be so cool to stay there for a week and try the delicious food y’all make!
Looks Awesome, 3-4 more weeks and is fire time 😁... is getting colder already in Fairbanks.
LOVE it brother. Thanks for sharing guys. God Bless..
Just watched this full episode on the big TV, but came here to be able to comment :) You kids are so, so smart! I looked over at my husband and we talked about how you put first things first, your wood shed is all done, filled with wood (too), your outhouse is moved and ready, fishing your limits, drying them, you are growing your food, canning, now while the weather is nice you completely cleaned out and repaired your wood stove! If I was your Mama I would be bursting with pride with how smart you two are!! My goodness ya'll are going to be ready for winter this year!
Great vlog! Hope the 🦉 pulls through, but bet it was pretty cool getting to see/feel him up close! Keep the videos coming. You guys are a top favorite of mine and I’m so glad to see your subscriber count soaring!
Hi!! My name is Susie, my boyfriend Kent and I are moving to Fairbanks from Miami, we’re driving there, right now we’re in Tennessee, long way to go! Haha We’re planning in a few years to own a self sustainable home like yours, if we could help you guys around the cabin in exchange for knowledge and you guys teaching us how to build and maintain our place that would be amazing! We’re very excited for this big change 😊
That's awesome.
Best of Luck to you!
Patrick Wagz thank you! We’re in Colorado right now, half way done! Haha
Im just here to say thank you for making a safety harness for yourself. So many people go on roofs without any form of safety and it is terrifying.
But great job! Always learning a lot from Eric and he is always a great motivation to do things yourself!
Lol why do you always film choppers like you want to be rescued? XD
Eric is very good handyman and you are equally a good handy women to two together are a awesome pair,God bless you.
That flue needs to be cleaned more often. A good general rule I was taught is every 1 1/2 cords. This is what I do. The house cools down a bit but that's ok. It doesn't take that long.
With your burning pine you may have to do it more often. You don't want a chimney fire.
Check into a Rocket Mass Heater Stove to help take the stress off the wood burner.
Pine seems to have more sap than the hard woods. If it is smoking a lot when you open the door, stove pipe may need cleaned. If we have a cold spell & put a-lot of wood thru it, we clean it. Our wood is mainly oak & hickory.
@@trutsieo5430 I have cherry and oak. I mill the cherry for lumber but there's always scrap to deal with. That's what I'm burning this winter.
The way Eric says “cimminnny” I just can’t even it’s so adorable 🤣
Also how in the heck did he keep that shirt white?!?!?!
Hey, small safety tip - extension ladders should always be set up with the narrower section on top. FYI. 👍🏻
Its a one way ladder has perm attached feet
cmetz201 he means turn 180 on the long axis, not the short one.
Yes, have the sliding section facing away from the building, then the rungs would be level to climb up
That's the first thing I noticed, ohh crap ladder is backwards 😉
Luv this channel
The wider of the two sections of the ladder should always face the surface the ladder leans into. The extending part should be on the outside.
you can shave the bricks with a grinding wheel very easy and they will not damage,
Thanks for this video - I learn so much from your channel.
Nice job guys stove looks great thanks for sharing 🪓
love that you did this dirty project in a clean white shirt and in the end it was still clean, impressive!
Damn I love that you take care of everything you have. I want everyone to.
It looks like a new stove!!
Poor little owl--he just wanted a chicken snack!
YES! Its almost 1:30am and I need to like and watch this video.
First off let me say me and my wife really enjoy your channel. Our son is the same age as you and why that's important is, We hear alot of negative things about younger people, and we say bullcrap to that ! You and your wife are very positive, intelligent and hard working people. They said the same stuff about our generation too, LOL. Anyways wanted to let you know you guys are doing amazing things, Keep up the great videos and take care.
WoW, amazing. Always a great show. Now we are looking forward to seeing the fire at night...
Nice view up there indeed. Great job and thanks for sharing. “Outdoors and Country Living” - Tom
Enjoyed this revamp, hope to hear how the little owl is.
Great job on the stove! Refinished our basement wood stove last year ...it was definitely a PITA but so glad we did it, it turned out nice and it's done! Yhea! 😁
Great job guys! Looks amazing!
Hello !!! Love your channel 😷😷😷 please be safe when doing dusty work 🌸⭐️
Great job all the way around! 👍👍👍👍👍
That ladder would be a lot more comfortable if you rotated it so that the D steps did not point down.
When you put up an extension ladder. Remember where if two rungs meet. If you put a level on them. They should be level. Stay safe.
@bruce clothier he's NOT a "dingaling". He's not perfect but I'm sure he's better at a whole lot of stuff than you are!
Thank you for sharing this with us! I think this video is very helpful for people who want to start living off the grid. That you have to do things like that get easily forgotten. The stove looks awesome!
Nice lookin stove! I love mine! I pulled some old gas logs out that no one used and installed a wood stove insert. It burns all fall and winter! Love the channel!
You guys rock! Thank you for your videos.
Ariel, you are such a momma bird, I loved your reaction and momma bear concern for that sweet little owl. Such a sweet soul. :)
Well done guys! I hate letters too Eric lol
Good job on the stove!!!! READY FOR WINTER!!!# Your the man!!! Love your channel!Thankyou for taking us along with.
Buen trabajo y super importante. Una pregunta, el búho lo llevaréis a algún refugio, por favor comentad cómo acaba. Gracias.....
When your glass door gets dirty on the inside, use damp newspaper dipped in ashes to clean it. Works like a champ!
Looks like a brand new stove
great job on the stove. Im a general contractor and hate going up on roofs or shaky ladders. Have had some give way or shift and fallen a few times.
It looks brand new! Good job
It looks brand spanking new! Now, can you do that to me! Favor for an Oregonian?! Turned sixty on July 27th, could be a birthday present!!! Ah, well, you can't blame me for trying! 😂😂😂
Great job guys, that stove is without a doubt one of the most essential pieces of equipment you have so a bit of preventive maintenance in the summer will go a long ways towards a great heat source for the rest of the year. Stay safe
Stove looks brand new. Love glass doors so you can get the cozy feel of the fire.
The stove looks awesome! You guys live a blessed life.
Wow that's awesome job 👍
Always wanted to ask but never have. I loved the videos on the root cellar build. Love how it turned out. I seen some time back you folks had an earth quake, (7.2?) I think??
How did the root cellar and you're provisions hold up through that? Also the the simplicity of your smoker. I grew up using alder wood for smoking. Never have any of us spent the time to debark it first tho. I guess I thought it was a silly waste of time. Love the informative videos!👋👏👋👏✌
Very nice video. 'Liked/Subscribed.' Looking forward to viewing other video clips. Stay safe.
Fantastic job Eric.
Your stove came out so nice
I so appreciate you both sharing your lives.
There is nothing on your show that I don't enjoy.
Your family is very Special.
I love your fur babies, they Love doing anything you do.
God Bless you. Please continue sharing your every day lives.
PLEASE... It's chim-nee (chimney), only 2 syllables not 3. Nice job of cleaning the stove pipe.
so your only 32 going on 33 no wonder you two have so much energy, I want to get out of here so bad but I'm 58 going on 59 this February And I don't know If I have what it takes to do the Long cold winters let along the time you have to prepare for winter. I've done a lot of car work in my life and pretty much ruined my body, but I think it's time to liquidate and start taking care of myself. I'm not married and I've never had children. I always put other people and cars, trucks, big trucks and equipment before myself and all my tools I have 30 ton log splitter that I've only used twice. I've got about 6 cords of wood in my shed and over a cord of cottonwood split and stacked and covered primarily for out door burns, sometimes I mix it in wood stove. it was storm fallage. then I've had I huge hemlock come down in a storm and I had to pay to have 2 monster hemlocks taken down because one was dying and the other one was over 160ft tall and it sat 30" away from my mobile home but in the storms it would bend all the way over the mobile home, it had to go. I have rounds stacked and covered everywhere and had to cut it all up into 16" rounds just to roll them out of the woods never finished it. I'd like to sent you pictures of my place, maybe on messenger if that's okay. I'm the only one here that can handle winter out here, I have 9 older costco car covers out here one with 33" extension legs on it for 33' motor home, two of the makes a 40' cover. never lost one to snow load. lost one tarp to falling snow tree bombs. I know where to buy the real cover and all the parts for them 2003 and up ( TSY Taiwan Shin Yen) Costco uses them. don't buy a new Costco car cover they're junk. I love your shows, I watched then all night long again. I'm retired.
I had the same exact problem with my stove pipe. When I installed it, I didn't think to calk that rain collar. Leaked, and talking with brother, he asked if I caulked rain collar, umm...no. 🤣🤣
Curious on how many hours a day you both spend on chores and maintenance during the different seasons.
That might be a good idea for another video, I think. Maybe they do 🤷.......
Debb Webb I’m curious if they ever get a vacation!
nice video.... much more nicer the stove right now
you make happy
Alejandro
Asturias - Spain
Hello! I love your Videos!
Since im interested in using similar stoves....
How many sqmt can i heat with this Type of stove??
Greetings from Germany
I guess I'm fortunate to live in an area where I only burn hardwood and only have to clean my chimney every 2 years and could probably go 3 or 4 years. Please be more careful with your chimney and Always make sure your vent cap is at least 90% clear. You guys were a couple fires away from having a Chimney fire. Love Your Channel!!
My top cap only gets a scraping with a puddy knife. You'res got a bath, it must be special. Lol..
Those collars always leak.
Beautiful video of cleaning wood stove,you guys are really amazing and well organised in your daily routine work.Keep cleaning, cooking, eating, fishing, hunting working,canning,traveling and smiling 😂
Well done. Awesome job on the wood stove. Should keep you guys warm during winter. Greetings from Brazil
Eric is the man for all seasons!
I loved the video!! You should have more subzs!!!! Just subscribed to your channel!!!! Here to support!!!!
Great job! The stove looks great. I just looked and I watch ...lol...every one of your videos. Thanks.
Another great video! Nice work on the fireplace! SO sad when these videos come to an end, lol. I always look at the few people that give these videos a thumbs down and think "what the crap, what's not to like!?! Seriously!"
I have missed you guys!!! You haven’t posted in forever!!! 😁 ...also...yeah I hate heights too!
WOW. That was a lot of soot. I had a thirty foot chimney and only had a quarter of that. Maybe too much pine?? I always started my fire with pine but kept the flute wide open. Best to have small fires in the chimney than a large one. So burn off little at a time. I do understand being in a small place and being too hot. Just run the stove wide open and open a window for awhile. Just my opinion. Love y'all's videos.
Just to further clarify my previous comments. No more climbing over the top of a ladder on your hands and knees. That is just not allowed... You are upright and vertical when you step around the ladder and onto the roof...The height of the ladder above the eave, will allow you to do that safely. That distance is actually from the bottom of your feet to your center of balance above your hips. If a roof is wet or has frost STAY OFF. I have never fell from a roof but have came close... I really try not to even go up there anymore. I just do not think that I bounce well today and would really not like to fuck up both of my brandy new knees. Be safe. Peace Jim
A good grade of duck tape on that collar will last 5 to 10 years.. Stoves like cooking oil every week or so just like your frying pans.. I keep a rag in a Crisco can ,, keeps the stove looking sharp,, like a seasoned frypan!! Aloha
It turn out very nice, and looks much better. It looks brand new. Great Job!👏🏾👍🏾
Eric, just subscribed and really enjoying your channel. Arielle is right on time, she's a keeper...
I didn't listen properly because I was doing something while watching so I first heard "Just got back with that owl it's sitting out in the truck.. So I'm gonna show you how much SOUP came out of that thing" and I legit thought you had cooked soup on the owl there for a second and had to rewatch :D
for next time; Dawn dish detergent and vinegar would make quick work of your woodstove cap. It does wonderful magic stuff!
Andrew Storie is correct, ALSO fire fighters are trained to extend the ladder, in my time 3 rungs, but I think now it's 4 or 5 rungs above the the point of contact. Then you can be fully upright with a hand hold and step straight onto the roof
My grandmother used to grease her old cooking wood stove surface with pig rind (with the inner, fat side). Preserves the metal and also blackens pretty good after cooking. You can use one rind multiple times.
Just bought a homestead with this exact same stove so this video was super helpful. And tips on using it would be appreciated.
As a 66 year old fart with one knee replacement and another to come, with a bad back, this is not possible for me. But if I could turn back the clock to my twenties or thirties, I would love to live off grid in Alaska. The main negative to me is the fact that if you never work at a job that you pay into Social Security, you won't have it when you turn 65.
Hi Mate great job and workmanship. Just remember a 6ft fall can kill you and your up 20 plus so be good to wear a harness (roofers kit)
I hope you know you had your ladder facing the wrong way……the rungs were tilting away from you as you climb the ladder.
fireplace looks great..glad you're off the roof..I can't even drive over bridges so projects like that make me happy when they're over
Look into a poly brush (or plastic). When you use the metal brushes they tend to eventually wear (score) a groove in the double wall pipe. Over time with the heat and cold causing the stainless to expand and contract. We got about seven or eight years out of our pipe before it split and the rock wool was showing. Found that out when I was cleaning the pipe and all the insulation was coming out. Low and behold there was a huge crack and after talking to our manufacturer (Selkirk) we should have used a plastic bristle, metal is for stone flavors.
Heys i know it's been 11 months but noticed a missing single with an exposed nail on the roof when you did your chimney. That could leak. I'm sure you got that already. Sure I'm a few days late on this text
YOU might want to think about buying a 2nd cap. That way you'll be able to remove and replace the cap at the same time. Then clean the removed cap put in the shed and you'll have it ready for next year. This way you'll only have to go up on the roof 1 time each year. Just a thought.
If I observed correctly your wife was using an Olight flashlight in helping you to clean the stove. Awesome love that Olight flashlight.
I have a similar stove, 12 feet of chimney pipe. I clean chimney from inside stove. No going on roof. I use a cheap drain cleaning snake. It's a flat metal tape on a little spool with a spring on the end. Like an electrician fish tape. I work it up to the cap, then wiggle it in a circular motion slowly back down to the stove. Wind it back up on the spool and done. I have a big pile of soot in the fire box like you did. Real easy and no roof work, unless I'm going to clean the cap.
Great episode but I really would have liked to see more about the owl and the rescue center. Part of the reason, I watch your show is in hopes of seeing wild animals as you naturally see them. But, if you recognize my login, you know I love your show and have seen every episode. The stove revamp looks awesome!