They didn't mind until I had a creosote fire (from burning too much pine) that cracked the chimney. Then they made us line the chimneys at great expen$e.
In the new house we only have a fireplace, and SWMBO likes it the way it is unless I can find a really good looking FP insert. On 4/3/07, R A Bennell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
How does your insurance company feel about a wood stove? Randy -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of andrew strasfogel Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2007 1:50 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Wood Splitters Locust and oak are totally awesome firewood for wood stoves. On 4/2/07, Loren Faeth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Depends on the species of oak. Red oak is easy to split. White oak is a > little tougher. i did so little black oak and other species, that i > can't > remember about them. I think black oak was tough. - I would always split > what I could with a double bit axe, cause it is 8 oz heavier than most > single bits. the next step for what would not split with an axe was the > maul. If I could not pop it with the maul, then I went to the maul and > wedges. Really knotty stuff, sometimes I'd saw it up a little first. It > is easier to split 10-12 inch lengths than 24" lengths > > I never used a hydraulic splitter, so i don't know how the productivity > factors differ. > > At 11:38 AM 4/2/2007, you wrote: > > >I stumbled onto a deal to get something like 3 full cords of oak for > free. > >I hauled about a cord of it last weekend and spent a little time > splitting > >some. > >I'd always wondered why splitting mauls were so popular. For splitting > >spruce or poplar a good axe is much better than a maul but in that oak > the > >maul is the way to go. > >My axe still does a good job but with so much wood to go through a maul > is > >probably worth picking up. > > > >My manual splitter just sits by its lonesome, I can split so much faster > >by hand and at the same time I'm making the jiggly go away... > > > >-Curt > > > >Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2007 17:16:34 -0400 > >From: "Mike Canfield" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Wood Splitters > >To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > >Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > > reply-type=original > > > >The straight grained locust splits nice. I will split that all day > >with a > >maul.......Knots, on the other hand usually get hacked up with the > >chain > >saw. They suck. > > > >Mike > > > > > >--------------------------------- > >The fish are biting. > > Get more visitors on your site using Yahoo! Search Marketing. > >_______________________________________ > >http://www.okiebenz.com > >For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > >For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > Loren Faeth > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
