Homestead Wood Stove Installation

Just like any other self-respecting survivalist/ emergency preparedness geek, I chose wood as my best option to heat our homestead. We do use a modern, forced-air furnace as well for convenience, but the wood will supplement it well (saving us $$$ on our electric bill) and will be our fallback in the harsher times to come.

In the picture on the right, you can see the mess of a job-in-progress as well as the stove pipe peeking out the bottom of the flue. It took 14 two-foot sections to completely by-pass the 100+ year-old mess of a chimney that we were afraid to use.

Then, in this later shot to the left, you can see a bit of how we got it all into position and set, using cinder blocks and boards as a fulcrum to help us lift and hold the heavy bugger.

It is positioned for the ash to fall down a chute into the basement to then be hauled-off to the composter for the garden at our convenience. No muss, no fuss.

And below, a few shots of the finished product, sporting a warm and wonderful fire!

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