I mentioned a few months ago that my friend Junior gave me a small pot belly stove that belonged to his late father-in-law who I knew as well. My original plan was to use it in the workshop but instead decided to use it in the cabin initially as a conversation piece but maybe as a functioning stove down the road.
Before Junior gave me the stove I had already bought one, per above paragraph, and today I hitched it up and ran a test fire. Everything went as planned. It even raised the workshop temp from 40 to 48 during the short test.
This stove is an 'Atlanta' wood stove and other than flipping the stove pipe connector (below the white label on the stove pipe), it appears to be working well. I had to extend the stove pipe 2' above the edge of the roof to insure a good draft. That was the tough part...but now it's done and I can enjoy some warmth on those cold days that keep me in the workshop.
This photo was taken Friday. I kept Tim's scaffolding until Saturday so I could finish the trim around the ceiling fan in the living room. The trim includes poplar bark and twigs for the ceiling mount. It's about 16' high and the scaffold made the job much easier. I took the scaffold back to Tim's house Saturday.
Tomorrow (Monday) it's back to work on the walls. It should go smoothly because all the subs are finished and I can rock 'n roll without interruption.
More coming,
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