ebinmaine 67,497 #26 Posted November 24, 2020 The whole top polished up. 2 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
formariz 11,987 #27 Posted November 24, 2020 Absolutely beautiful stove. Something definitely to be proud of. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,497 #28 Posted November 24, 2020 27 minutes ago, formariz said: Absolutely beautiful stove. Something definitely to be proud of. Much appreciated. Wait'll she's done.... I'm very much looking forward to seeing this sitting in it's place in the great room. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHNJ701 4,165 #29 Posted November 24, 2020 On 11/10/2020 at 9:09 PM, jabelman said: I will get some pics, I pulled an old 1800s stove out of clean up. It was made in reading pa. The old man restored it. It's a non use piece/decoration lots of cool casting parts Here's a few pics, unfortunately it's non functional now, but at least it didn't go to the crusher. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,497 #30 Posted November 24, 2020 @jabelman Showed this to Trina this morning. She says that's a beautiful stove and a good save. Just curious to know why it isn't usable as a stove? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHNJ701 4,165 #31 Posted November 24, 2020 11 hours ago, ebinmaine said: @jabelman Showed this to Trina this morning. She says that's a beautiful stove and a good save. Just curious to know why it isn't usable as a stove? Unfortunately it has some broken pieces in the cast iron. Not sure the heat rating of jb weld! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,497 #32 Posted November 24, 2020 7 minutes ago, jabelman said: heat rating of jb weld Not a test I'd want to do I guess Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pullstart 62,877 #34 Posted November 25, 2020 Looks like an old pair of boots getting ready for a wedding! Polish polish polish! Great work, Trina! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,497 #35 Posted December 7, 2020 Trina now has the top, front, and left side all polished up. 1 8 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pullstart 62,877 #36 Posted December 7, 2020 Lookin’ great! How long is the polish supposed to last, with average use? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,497 #37 Posted December 7, 2020 Just now, pullstart said: Lookin’ great! How long is the polish supposed to last, with average use? Thanks man! You know to be honest I hadn't even really thought about the lifespan of the polish... I would say it's going to be quite a while in our case because the environment it's in is dry and we are really good about not putting fires together that are either too cold or hot. I wouldn't be surprised if it was a minimum of 10 years or even much much more... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,497 #38 Posted December 21, 2020 This old beautiful piece has been completely polished and rubbed down. Came out excellent. Our friend is making a baseplate for the inside and Trina is going to pick up some more decorative floor blocks then we'll be ready for installation. 5 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
formariz 11,987 #39 Posted December 21, 2020 Great job. What a beautiful stove. Even the back is as detailed as the front and sides. Something that both manufacturer and owner can be proud of. A timeless piece that can be appreciated for as long as it exists. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,497 #40 Posted December 21, 2020 16 minutes ago, formariz said: Great job. What a beautiful stove. Even the back is as detailed as the front and sides. Something that both manufacturer and owner can be proud of. A timeless piece that can be appreciated for as long as it exists. Thanks Caz. We're really looking forward to getting it put in place. It's going to change the entire character of the space it's in for us. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,497 #41 Posted January 2, 2021 Trina and I brought the stove outside this afternoon and she put a curing fire 🔥 to it. Here's a few pics and ...... TA-DAHH!! Trina's first video she's made with her speaking... And a bonus pic of the beast we heat the house with... 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stormin 9,981 #42 Posted January 2, 2021 6 hours ago, ebinmaine said: And a bonus pic of the beast we heat the house with... How does that heat your house, Eric? Do you have some way of circulating the warm air? Our stove in the living room heats the water and feeds the radiators 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,497 #43 Posted January 2, 2021 4 hours ago, Stormin said: How does that heat your house, Eric? Do you have some way of circulating the warm air? Yessir. There are cast iron grates we cut into the floor. 6 in total. 2 are cold air returns in the far corners of the house from the stove. 4 are 12" x 14" in the area above the stove. 2 great room, 1 bathroom, and 1 in the bedroom we don't actually use because we don't heat there. We put it there in case future owners would want it or for super cold snaps. Turns out we haven't uncovered it in (3 or 4?) seasons since putting them in. We also have a fan setting between 2 floor joists that blows up into the great room through the grate closest to the stove. Another of the multitudes of Trina's neat ideas. Works excellent. 2 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stormin 9,981 #44 Posted January 2, 2021 In hindsight, I should have done similar when I renovated my place when I bought it. Installed a fan above the stove and ducting to blow warm air into the other rooms. To late now. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,497 #45 Posted January 2, 2021 2 minutes ago, Stormin said: In hindsight, I should have done similar when I renovated my place when I bought it. Installed a fan above the stove and ducting to blow warm air into the other rooms. To late now. I originally got the grating idea from a fella back about 8 or 10 years ago. He was heating 3 stories with the same basement located source. He'd done some research and asked his own local official for help and came up with places in his house that were a good path for airflow and convenience of the residents. He did his best to keep the hot grates out of travel paths and was able to hide the cold air returns under beds or in closets. I really hadn't been using the stove much at that point. When we began heating more and more with wood it obviously made more sense. We put a bit of thought into the locations here as well. The 2 in the Great room are between doorways and the one in the bathroom is positioned such to be easily stepped over. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,497 #46 Posted September 16, 2023 Well everyone... We FINALLY got around to installing the stove in the upstairs great room today. Not quite 3 years. Don't wanna rush in to anything ya know. 2 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rob J. 1,942 #47 Posted September 16, 2023 2 hours ago, ebinmaine said: Well everyone... We FINALLY got around to installing the stove in the upstairs great room today. Not quite 3 years. Don't wanna rush in to anything ya know. Awesome shape! 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rjg854 11,361 #48 Posted September 16, 2023 2 hours ago, ebinmaine said: Don't wanna rush in to anything ya know. Yeah we know 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,497 #49 Posted September 17, 2023 13 hours ago, rjg854 said: Yeah we know More of the story... She had it fully refinished within a very short time back when we got it. We inspected it, did some research, and spoke with our local Fire Chief. It was "highly recommended" that she had a separate fire box built for it. Trina asked a friend who happily made one up of extremely heavy duty materials. It was about 3 hairs too wide. We had the option to partially disassemble the stove to fit it in but decided that wasn't the best idea. So the friend took it back to redo. Folks got busy. Life happened. Etc. A few weeks ago the insert got back here. We were waiting then for a day that wasn't ridiculously roasting 🥵🥵🥵 outside because we knew it would need to be cooked slowly and off gassed. Yesterday was the perfect day. Cool weather with a hurricane pulling away so the wind was able to ventilate the house. 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mickwhitt 4,624 #50 Posted September 17, 2023 BBT has done a grand job on that stove. As we would say over here it looks a Reight Bobby Dazzler. We have an inset Woodburner and cook jacket potatoes inside the fire box. They are the best jackets, skins as hard as a cricket ball. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
