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Post by michaelanthony » Fri. Sep. 19, 2014 2:10 pm

I received my Vigilant last fall and did a quick install in the living room. The stove sat on a layer of bricks and sand for the season and now it is time for permanent solution. I now have the time to do it right and move the stove back as far as possible. I will also be installing a new floor and making a hearth pad. The fireplace had a 1' x 1' raised brick hearth which I removed and skimmed over the rough buttress below. Next will be to pick out the flooring and lay the tile.

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Post by franco b » Fri. Sep. 19, 2014 2:17 pm

They will just figure NEPA is the name of some hearth god.

 
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Post by DePippo79 » Fri. Sep. 19, 2014 2:44 pm

Cool Mike. Sure it will look awesome when finished. Matt

 
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Post by Sunny Boy » Fri. Sep. 19, 2014 2:50 pm

franco b wrote:They will just figure NEPA is the name of some hearth god.
:D

Or, maybe they'll think it stands for, "Never Endure Propane Again " ? :D

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Post by Lightning » Fri. Sep. 19, 2014 8:44 pm

Sunny Boy wrote:Or, maybe they'll think it stands for, "Never Endure Propane Again " ?
How do you do that??!! :lol:

Mike, that's awesome man!
Keep up the nice work and keep us posted on progress. I love how you etched NEPA in the cement, how clever!!

 
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Post by michaelanthony » Fri. Sep. 19, 2014 11:06 pm

Lightning wrote:Mike, that's awesome man!
Keep up the nice work and keep us posted on progress. I love how you etched NEPA in the cement, how clever!!
What are you talking about, the letters just appeared like in the movie "The Exorcist", the words "help me" appeared on Regan's stomach! :eek2: toothy

 
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Post by freetown fred » Sat. Sep. 20, 2014 7:23 pm

ma, get back on that hearth project!! ;) Times a wastin!!!


 
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Post by michaelanthony » Sat. Sep. 20, 2014 10:11 pm

freetown fred wrote:ma, get back on that hearth project!! ;) Times a wastin!!!
I know, I know but that four letter work keeps poppin' up "work" :lol: I'll be back at it on tuesday I don't go into to work until 4 p.m.

.............see u next tuesday :P

 
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Post by freetown fred » Sun. Sep. 21, 2014 6:38 am

INDEED:)

 
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Post by michaelanthony » Thu. Oct. 16, 2014 1:21 pm

I didn't want to bring any chemicals into the house so I'm staining the brick. The last couple seasons I had dur-rock blocking the fireplace opening and I sealed the seam with furnace cement. This season I will block the damper opening with fire proof insulation and dur-rock on each side of the pipe that will go up into the clay liner...which still looks new!

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Post by freetown fred » Thu. Oct. 16, 2014 1:28 pm

Don't forget ma, ya can use regular insulation to close up any gaps in the smoke shelf area:) Kinda like SEX---tight is good :clap: toothy

 
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Post by michaelanthony » Thu. Oct. 16, 2014 3:54 pm

After many conversations with myself I decided to go with the classic Victorian look of 20 coats of pain on the brick and mortar. only 18 to go!

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Post by Lightning » Thu. Oct. 16, 2014 3:58 pm

Looks great man! Looking forward to seeing it with yer stove in place. :D

 
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Post by freetown fred » Thu. Oct. 16, 2014 4:09 pm

Real nice ma:) Just remember, any spaces between pipe & durarock CAN be safely closed up with insulation.

 
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Post by michaelanthony » Thu. Oct. 16, 2014 4:22 pm

Lightning wrote:Looks great man! Looking forward to seeing it with yer stove in place. :D
Thanks bro! Hopefully tomorrow the stove will be in it's new crib :D
freetown fred wrote:Real nice ma:) Just remember, any spaces between pipe & durarock CAN be safely closed up with insulation.
You got it Fred,, an old timer in the boiler biz gave me a sheet of the stuff they put around boilers, and I have some of the pink stuff, (oops it's yellow) :?


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