On Monday, we had a friend of ours come in and install some ceramic tiles.
The dining room became a bit chilly because we had to turn off and remove the electric baseboard heater to make room for these tiles. You can see the small electric heater we plugged in to help dry the tiles overnight...
Tuesday afternoon, the next stage began. What have they done to my wall??!! Betcha just guessed what we are doing here now!
Yup, we are making a hole to the great outdoors. Yes, that is snow you see through the portal. We are turning our house into a submarine LOL.
Of course not, we are having a wood burning stove installed. And even better, it has an oven on top! This is a J.A. Roby Atmosphere stove with oven. And I am so, super excited. I can't wait to bake bread in this baby over the winter! It will also be just perfect for keeping hubby's supper warm waiting for him to get home LOL
My first time lighting this stove (about 6 p.m. Tuesday) taught me a lesson about the flue. Yes, it is supposed to be open when first starting to catch the paper and kindling, and it is also best if the door is not fully latched to allow a bit more air intake so that the smoke goes up the chimney and not into the house. I love the smell of wood smoke but you could have cut this with a knife...and I did prove that my stairwell smoke detector does work very well.
Once everything started burning nicely, we enjoyed the flames for a while but about 11 p.m. I put on the last big log and shut the flue down for the night.
So, now today, we are busy changing rooms (living and dining), but I will leave that for another day once we figure it all out. We could just as easily revert it all back, it would not be the first time. LOL
I have wanted a wood stove forever. One that I can cook on should the electricity go out. I do not like pellet stoves, and hubby does not like the price of propane. Since this house is not made for a cookstove (which I would absolutely love)...this is what I got instead. I am in seventh heaven! and toasty warm too! Harpo and I had a little catnap in front of the woodstove last night. Mmmmmm. Scrumptious!
What a lovely idea! Wood-burning stoves are banned in this area, but I remember the days of that wonderful scent in the air! Having experienced a power outage (about 1.5 hours) just recently, we were certainly thankful for our natural gas fireplaces for heat and our little butane stove for cooking dinner and a cup of tea. So good to be prepared for those emergencies!
ReplyDeleteActually, I suppose we are taking a chance, where but an hour's drive away, wood burning stoves have already been banned. The last major power outage we had lasted 8 hours. Thank the Lord it occurred during the summer! The one that occurred a few weeks ago was much shorter in comparison. So until they tell us we can't here, we will keep burning *smile*. If they banned 1/2 the motor vehicle traffic I bet they would see a difference in air quality...especially since air quality is worse in the summer months when no one burns wood LOL
DeleteGreat new stove! I have one and love it! I can't imagine them being banned here as we need them when the power goes out in the winter.That happens a few times each winter during wind storms. One Christmas day we were without power for 12 hours!
ReplyDeleteI really like the additional stove on top of yours, if we ever have to replace ours i'll look into that feature!
Hello, I see you have the stove I am planning on purchasing, and I wonder if after about 2 years if you still like your stove. If so what are some of the things you like about it.
ReplyDeleteMuch appreciated, since there are virtually no reviews of the stove anywhere except yours!
Sarah - Oregon