Getting Gretel Going...green Jotul507

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PostBy: Poconoeagle On: Sat Nov 27, 2010 1:04 am

Everyone knows slate is too dry right? :o
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so after a little hand massaging....

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Re: Getting Gretel Going...green Jotul507

PostBy: Poconoeagle On: Sat Nov 27, 2010 1:09 am

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it does bring the color out better ;) who woulda thunk it?

now onto the heat shield and chimney.... ;)
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PostBy: wsherrick On: Sat Nov 27, 2010 1:10 am

That looks really nice. The green and the wood tones compliment each other very well.
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PostBy: Poconoeagle On: Sat Nov 27, 2010 1:15 am

wsherrick wrote:That looks really nice. The green and the wood tones compliment each other very well.


Thanks! the i phone dosnt do the colors justice. were still tossing around the back stop. copper, brass ....

now theres talk about more stone!! :shock:

im gonna have to park a 20 ton bottle jack under the floor joists!!.... :D
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PostBy: buck24 On: Sat Nov 27, 2010 2:28 am

Nice set up. Stove on that slate looks really good. Blends together well.
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PostBy: dlj On: Sat Nov 27, 2010 8:44 pm

I sure like to looks of those Jotul's! Fine looking stoves. Your set-up is really nice.

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Re: Getting Gretel Going...green Jotul507

PostBy: Poconoeagle On: Mon Nov 29, 2010 9:34 am

Half-Penetrated.....

I'm off to the stone store again

seems like a 3 ft by 6 or 7 ft piece of slate is going to be the backdrop! :o this ought to be fun! 8-)
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PostBy: 009to090 On: Mon Nov 29, 2010 10:44 am

Gene, how about a piece of sandstone instead of slate for the back piece? With its naturally tan color, I think it'll blend into the wall better.
I got the same Dewalt shop vac for the small ash spills. Its hepa-filter works great on coal ash.
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PostBy: Poconoeagle On: Mon Nov 29, 2010 11:09 am

Yes that vac is very cool ! battery or corded. It has sucked much ash...

I think your sandstone idea is great! Having Pocono Lake Supply two miles down the road tho, kinda trumps that idea.

She was lurking thru thier outdoor yard Sunday afternoon and spotted the complementry piece and So....

thank goodness its only 1 1/4" thick! and distressed to boot. :|
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PostBy: Poconoeagle On: Sun Dec 05, 2010 11:26 pm

Well thank goodness no one here is obese nor are any friends cause they floor joists are one octave away from the fat lady singing!
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Due to the 4 wheel dolly's 3 inch height the back-stop slate slab had to be tilted to clear the doors :roll:

Due to a small crack 1/3 the way across, we used a durarock sheet as a back board during moving and placing.
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As a "lean-against" rear standoff/insulator I figure these old glass electrical insulators should do fine. salvaged from an old steel mill abandoned supply room i was poking around in..
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PostBy: Poconoeagle On: Sun Dec 05, 2010 11:35 pm

and to keep the rock from jumping away from the wall and onto Gretel , these old ladder brackets will "clamp" it up against the wall. some 5" long 3/8" dia steel pipe, slipped into 6" long 3/4" copper pipe will be the bottom support so as to give a air space underneath for convection and thus a heat barrier to the combustible wood wall...
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I already have some spare coal for the little green girl ...
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Gretel is a Hot one!! just in time...

pics tomorrow 8-)
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PostBy: Wood'nCoal On: Mon Jan 03, 2011 8:23 am

Nice! I gotta get me one of them new fangled temperature readin' boxes.
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PostBy: coalkirk On: Mon Jan 03, 2011 9:29 am

Poconoeagle wrote:
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Gretel is a Hot one!! just in time...

pics tomorrow 8-)


I see you maxed out the thermometer. Gretel is a hot one! The manual says the metal can excedd 932* f when firing intensely.
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PostBy: Poconoeagle On: Mon Jan 03, 2011 9:40 am

Was blessed to have a day as such. weather bug said almost 50 but it was all of 40 in the shade. just right for a pipe-job!
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