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The Czechs are master craftsmen and are without peer ... My grandad was from Slovakia and had 8 siblings

Looks like a nice unit. My only concern wood be a larger hearth pad when the inevitable occurs when refueling

Get the best pipe you can ... 3x wall stainless-expensive initially but its one and done ... for the floor get a stove board of appropriate size ...

Looks like serviceable unit ! Where does the water coil reside ?

If you burn dry , seasoned hardwood firewood creosote should be a non - issue provided the stove is installed correctly! A good litmus test to determine “seasoning” is to take a piece you believe is seasoned and split it in half , now check the freshly split area with a moisture meter. If you...

Triple wall for the win ...

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Tulikivi makes excellent soapstone stoves that use the concept of thermal mass to give a steady heat throughout the coldest of winter days ... I imagine it gets considerably colder in Finland than in most areas of the USA so I’m sure it with keep the derrières toasty warm ... There is however...

Gotta be careful doing that in a epa certified woodstove ... they get their 76-80 efficiency by burning the gas that normally goes up the stack ... a coil flowing water may “wick away” enough heat to adversely affect this process ... outdoors with a homemade unit ... lite it up Chris !!!

Stainless steel heat exchanger

I happen to have a tank suitable for this purpose that I fabricated years ago ... I’ll take a pic tomorrow

You can get a wall mounted NG “ventless” heater but u have to pay for gas ⛽️

Construct insulated shed , firewall it , 1 55 gal drum , vogelzang barrel stove kit , heat exchanger inside barrel (can be a simple welded cylinder with npt threads on either end) , taco or other circulation pump , 18 wheeler radiator (fan forced can be added later ) 5 gal water tank with cover...

Just holding down a pc of carpet over the furnace duct otherwise the cats will drag it all over the house ... The bricks around the stove are thermal mass ... each weighs 25lbs and I have 40 of them ... It allows you to “bank” heat and once up to operating temperature I can get 6-10hr burn times...

Sasha and Oliver loafing by the stove ...

I’ve got triple wall stainless - the best available... Even still I’d be loathe to burn unseasoned wood - creosote will stick / accumulate and eventually a chimney fire will occur ... believe it or not rock salt or better yet potato peels tossed on the burning coals can mitigate the risk...

Make a Holz Hausen to speed dry wood ... DO NOT burn wet unseasoned wood ! You’ll get nada heat and risk creosote buildup and a fire... Ash and shagbark hickory are about the only wood indigenous to my are that you can burn slightly unseasoned ! Plan ahead ! Stay 2 (or more preferably 3...

I have my wood stacked in 4x8 (1 face) and 6x8 (1.5face) and 8x8 (2face)racks so the customer can see exactly what he’s getting ...