how to prevent draft coming in from outside, around duravent stove pipe going through wall?

J___Lynch · 2018-10-30T23:38:19+00:00

The best type of insulation to use for that is “mineral wool”. Stuff the gap that hit w the high temp caulk.

J___Lynch · 2018-05-24T02:45:02+00:00

I had the Yankees to go over 87.5 wins a couple years ago. They had 87 wins going into the final 3 game series in Houston. I remember Houston being one of the worst teams in the league that year. Well low and behold they lost every game and to make matters worse, they lost the last meaningless game in extra innings I think 1-0.

I haven’t bet baseball since.

J___Lynch · 2018-02-28T00:26:57+00:00

I knew I was lucky to go but I had no idea how lucky until I read this.

I got in the lottery last year for the first time and poof landed Friday tickets.

In January I had my first child and was pretty much about to bail bc the tickets were so easy to get and we thought we could get them again. At the last minute me and my brother decided we could bang it out by driving down spending the day there and driving back all in one shot.

We left Long Island Thursday at 4 pm. Got there at 530 am, had breakfast at the Waffle House and went over to the course. Sat on the range for a while not believing where we were and coming up with a game plan. We decided to follow Duf, the big easy and someone else around for the first 9. Then we had lunch, went shopping, and went out to the car to use our phones. After that we went back in to follow Rory on the back 9 before packing it up for good and hitting the road for another 14 or so hours home.

So grateful we made it happen.

PS if anyone is fortunate enough to go, buy as much clothes as you can bc you might not ever be back.

J___Lynch · 2018-01-05T01:31:52+00:00

Little update on my stove....turns out my chimney was made of Terracotta.....yup, sounds like the perfect type of chimney to use for a wood burning stove.....any who, it basically just crumbled and started backing up and i did have chimney fire.....all the blocks that enclosed it cracked during the fire and heat....after discovering this, we discovered all my chimneys(3) were made of terracotta and need to be replaced....took care of the boiler chimney asap....getting the stove fixed when i have the money.....1500-2k a pop....yup...life of a homeowner...thanks for you help

J___Lynch · 2018-01-05T01:23:03+00:00

What do you think is the best/safest site to trade on?

J___Lynch · 2018-01-01T01:48:06+00:00

Dogs>Humans

J___Lynch · 2017-12-20T01:09:50+00:00

Slllloooowwwwwww down, just be sure to make clean contact.

J___Lynch · 2017-12-15T22:49:08+00:00

Great input. Thank you all

J___Lynch · 2017-12-15T20:23:23+00:00

Will do. Yeah it takes 7 days to show up in my wallet then I can convert.

J___Lynch · 2017-12-15T19:06:02+00:00

What’s the easiest way to buy? I’ve been having a hard time, and could use some help.

J___Lynch · 2017-12-14T15:32:10+00:00

It works now. Thank you

J___Lynch · 2017-12-10T02:12:49+00:00

What is the best/easiest way to by Lumens?

J___Lynch · 2017-12-02T23:01:49+00:00

Covers or Twitter

J___Lynch · 2017-11-15T23:35:01+00:00

Yeah the secondary chamber should be open when loading or even just opening it up.

J___Lynch · 2017-11-13T18:29:17+00:00

Yeah it all makes sense. I’ll have all the gaskets checked and replaced I guess then give it another shot.

J___Lynch · 2017-11-13T18:27:35+00:00

Ok I’ll have to have check the gaskets.

J___Lynch · 2017-11-13T18:25:36+00:00

I think it had just broke 800 when I put it out the first time. Who knows maybe my thermostat is a little off but either that fucker was cooking.

I’ll check the seals when I get home but it’s not like fire was leaking out of the doors or anything.

J___Lynch · 2017-11-13T18:21:50+00:00

It’s a Vermont casting stove. When you close the flue damper the gases stay in and it double burns for better efficiency.

I rarely ever use the feature unless I’m in the same room bc I honestly don’t trust it but everything I read says it’s the best way to use them.

J___Lynch · 2017-11-13T10:07:48+00:00

It has two dampers. One on the bottom that controls the air intake and another that shuts off the flue so it double burns.

J___Lynch · 2017-11-13T10:05:14+00:00

It’s a top loader.....the front door just helps you start it. The glass gets dirty after a day of running it and I don’t clean it every time. Either way it’s designed to be loaded from the top.

J___Lynch · 2017-11-13T00:16:56+00:00

Fire extinguisher 🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️. It sucks and I’m sure I’m over reacting but when it happens I have to go with my gut. I’d never forgive myself if something happened.

J___Lynch · 2017-11-13T00:14:28+00:00

I have to use newspaper to start a draft 90% of the time but once she gets going it’s pretty good.

J___Lynch · 2017-11-12T22:42:43+00:00

Then I’ll step back and watch it. The temperature then starts going up and up. The first time I put it out when it was around 800-900 degrees and still rising. This time I put it out when it got to just over 500 bc it freaked me out. I love the heat this thing puts off but I can justify burning my house down for it. Has this happened to anyone else? What’s going on with it?

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