Osborn wood burning stove

[SwampDonkey]

The stove crew had to adjust my flu a little. The carpenter installed it during the build, against my better judgement. The crew said, that's alright, they rarely see one put in properlly. I already wanted them to inspect it anyway. So be aware, the carpenter might have put a few in, but  not neccessarily right. 

So anyway, I love the stove and the whistle in the flu from a nice breeze. The stove is brick lined, non catalytic. Has a blower, damper, and ash pan. In these parts, the combustion chamber must be at least 16" above the floor, so it's up on blocking with patio slab on them for the stove to sit. Pictures coming in the future, once I get my new laptop. Picture posting from a PS4 ain't gonna happen. 

[SwampDonkey]

Had some old brick in the furnace that I couldn't replace with the rest a couple years ago because I didn't have a saw and masonry blade easily accessible. Well, today I cut those odd dimensioned pieces from some standard 4-1/2" x 9" x 1-1/4" fire brick. It's a bit of a pain because the stove has to be absolutely clean of ash or grit so that the bricks fit. Don't let anyone sell you a stove with that synthetic brick, it ain't worth a darn. This is the real stuff. Some of them bricks in there are ones from 2 years ago. The lighter stuff is new, including narrower corner bricks, and bricks up front around the grate and door. There are brick in the wall below the door to.  Well, it's done after farting around all morning.  But don't wear a light colored cap crawling in a stove.