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Go to your local lumberyard and ask for lumber wraps. They usually just throw them away after open a new skid of lumber. They’re free and seem to last a few years. Lumberyards are also a good source of pallets for storing lumber on.

I didn’t read all the posts, so this may have been mentioned. I was experiencing the same thing as you. Next time you build a fire open the closest window or door(exterior) to your wood burner. Mine used to be the same way, even after getting a new flue built. Opening a window while building a...

Edit.....The pics of those stacks don't look near as bad as they do in person lol.

Some of next years wood. Some ugly friggin’ stacks lol. I have no idea how some of you guys can stack so straight. This is next years wood also.

That's the one thing about double wall I do not like.......is the looks. I still prefer the look of a traditional brick and mortar flue. I may just run the flue bare now then cover it up with a more traditional flue later. I've always wanted to try and lay up my own flue. I'm not sure I'll...

Yeah I after pricing the double wall it's kind of a no brainer over a traditional flue. It's better and safer (I think) over a masonry flue.

Thank you for the good write up. I'll definitely keep that in with the mini-split. And will go with a Mitsubishi. What kind of stove would you recommend? What add on for the hot water coil?

I don't have those kind of tools so I'll probably just have HVAC guy do it. I'm fully of aware the possible mess and dirtiness of wood. My parents have heated with wood and coal since day one. I like the pallet jack idea. How do you hook your DHW to your stove?

The mini-splits are looking appealing for back up. Has anyone ever installed their own mini-split? I'm a carpenter with a well rounded background in electrical and plumbing and wondering if I could do it myself. Does anyone know of wood stove that is able to heat DHW?

So right now I'm leaning towards using a stove in the basement. What you guys use for a flue? Double wall pipe or a traditional masonry flue?

That's what I was thinking. Most wood stoves should be able to fit through a 3/0 door shouldn't they?

I haven't even broke ground yet, just want to get all my ducks in row. I would love to able to have a walk out basement but I don't know if that's feasible, it's a pretty flat lot. I'd prefer to stick with wood because it's free and there's plenty of it around. I thought of maybe putting a...

It get's a little cold here in PA lol. I wish I had natural gas available. I'll probably go the domestic water heater route while I'm building it. A water heater would still need a pump though wouldn't it? The route I was kinda thinking for now was a stove and then a water heater for back up.

I'm in the process of possibly building my house this coming summer. I want to use wood to heat it. House is going to be 860 t0 960 sq. ft. R-21 in the walls R-38+ in the attic. How do you suggest to heat it? Just a stove in the basement for now? If not a stove an OWB? I'd prefer to stick...

If you guys (and gals) could give me some some help I would greatly appreciate it. We're putting a heat shield behind our wood burner at camp. We're going to use 1" emt conduit to space the 1/2" cement board off the wall. I've found all the clearances that I need except for one. How wide...

I'm going to use 6" rigid single wall. I should have everything by this weekend, and install it on Saturday. I need to it's getting cold in here, haha. I can just reach the crack from inside, so I will clean it up and patch it the best I can with refractory cement. I know it will be a tight...

That's exactly what I would like to do. I would like to reline it with single wall stainless steel. Sorry I should have been more clear in my original post.

Safety is the utmost concern right now. My neighbor lost his house due to a flue fire earlier this fall. The flue needs to be rebuilt from the ground up. I didn't really want spend upwards of $1000 to line it and get me through the winter. Don't get me wrong I will spend the money if I...

That duravent system does look really nice. How would you go about busting out 18.5' of terra cotta liner?

Thank you Wisneaky for the advice. I thought of 6" but didn't know how difficult that would be slide down the flue. I agree with the tee but I'm still not sure how it goes in? It would have be bigger 6" in diameter wouldn't it? Rwoods thank you for getting back to me. I've never had a flue...