The Wood Heater Has Been Installed

I admit it. I’m a procrastinator. Over the years I’ve tried and tried to kick the habit but I just can’t.

So, I FINALLY installed the wood heater … just in time for spring. Go figure, I guess I’ll warm the garage next year.

Check out the pics below to see the installation. It went well. I had to call in Tony to help out with the roof top stuff because I just can’t handle heights. We did have one cold day post install and I was able to raise the temp in the garage about 20 degrees so I guess it’s a success. I’ll report back next year when the ambient temp is around 35ish and we’ll see if it does the trick.

About the project: I got the wood heater from Bruce of Asheville (see previous post). I installed it on some brick adjacent to the auto lift. I figured that I would be working over there most of the time so that location made the mot sense. Plus, the distance to the ceiling was shorter there so I didn’t have to invest in as much stainless steel pipe. I ordered a industrial ceiling fan from Grainger to help keep the air in the garage moving – heat rises so the fan keeps it flowing. Stan, my father in law, did the wiring and installed the fan.

This fire is super hot. The stove has a really good draft and the blower works well.

This fan moves lots of air!

Justin is testing out new equipment.

New Wood Stove

Obviously, it gets pretty cold out in the garage during these winter months. To help take the chill off, I just bought a used wood stove from a really cool guy that lives out near Asheville. He was kind enough to deliver it to me during one of his trips to the area. Thanks Bruce!

I ordered all the pipe for the chimney and that should hopefully arrive this week. I also ordered an industrial ceiling fan from Grainger that will be used to circulate the warm air. Here are a couple pics of the stove.

PS, I wanted to take the time to plug a cool craigslist application called “Ad Notifier”. I used it to find the wood stove by entering key words into the software. After that it would pole craigslist every 5 minutes for new ads that matched the search criteria. Highly recommended!!

Ad Notifier Website