Stove Pictures

OK. Here are the first photos of the stove, right after it was put in. Rob and I built the hearth pad on the bottom. This was our first tile job. This project changed Rob's mind about tiling in the bathroom once we get to gutting and rehabing it. This stove burns dried and shelled corn and wood pellets. We use them in a 50/50 mix. It has the look of an old wood-burning fireplace. Yes, if you notice, the curtains are directly behind the stove. But, all of the heat is in the front. Where the curtains are are all the mechanical and computer components. It's completely cool there. The out pipe is located on the left side of the unit. This stove heats up to 2500 square feet. The first floor of our house (ranch-style house) stays between 70 and 73 degress, which is even warmer than the central furnace, using Natural Gas. And, the basement still stays 58-60 degrees. When the furnace ran, the basement was still at that same temperature, even though the furnace was in the basement.


This is the picture of the stove when it starts burning. We don't have it, but for the front of the unit, there is a fake wood kit. This would sit right in the front glass, in front of the burn pot. You can't see it here, but right in the center, where the you see the flame, is the round, about 2 inches diameter in the center of the pot, sized burn pot.

It does get a little louder in the living room when the stove runs, but overall, it's fine with us. This stove burns with an alternative heating source, also called biomass fuels. Some of these stoves even burn cherry pits, sunflower seeds, soy beans (dried), etc.

I'll start posting my journal for my magazine article here tomorrow. It's getting late and don't forget, tonight the clock jumps ahead an hour.

Lots of love to all,
Cathy
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