Whatever you feel like thread.

[jjeff]

Yep. I also drive by flue temp, to some degree. I have a surface-mount one on single-wall stove pipe on one stove, and a probe type on the double-wall pipe on my other stove. Since they’re catalytic stoves, I also have a cat probe thermometer on each. One has a very tall flue, so I added a key damper and magnehelic to that one, to dial draft down appropriate to conditions.

I ran double walled off stove to triple walled the rest of the way I think it was code I was following, anyways building inspector signed off on it. However if I could do it all over would have drawn up my floor plan different so the wood stove and pipe went out end wall and up the gable end outside instead of passing thru ceiling, upstairs floor, knee wall and eventually a 10 pitch metal roof. Never imagined the pia it was to flash a stove pipe on a metal roof. I feel a overkill of snow stops problaby saved that pipe from 3 feet of snow sliding off roof at times. In contrast I only used a few for the down stairs bathroom PVC vent soil stack bloody snow coming off roof snapped it flush with roof. Luckily it was above my utility room and I didn't finish the drywall in there so I cut an access hole replaced pipe with a coupler and left over PVC I saved and added a bunch of extra snow stops above and around it on roof.

 

[tacticalturnip]

I took these photos years ago, and just rediscovered them.

Don't be this level of a-hole.

 

[WinterDeere]

I took these photos years ago, and just rediscovered them.

Don't be this level of a-hole.

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Happens when people who don’t know how to back up a trailer want to play weekend warrior. I see sh*t like this nearly every weekend at the marina.

There really should be a separate driver’s test for trailering.

 

[scootr]

Happens when people who don’t know how to back up a trailer want to play weekend warrior. I see sh*t like this nearly every weekend at the marina.

There really should be a separate driver’s test for trailering.

I just retook the motorcycle test in CA. If they required people to know 1/2 the stuff about a car required to know about motorcycles and safe operation, then 70% the people wouldn't be able to get a license.

 

[Torvy]

@WinterDeere I've had the good fortune? to live about half of my life in very cold climates and half in warm climates.

Growing up it would get so dry the skin on my hands would split. I get the difference. We had humidifiers, but they couldn't keep up. The sad part is summers were fairly humid. Those lakes provide a lot of moisture via evaporation.

This particular part of Texas is almost always humid.

 

[jjeff]

Went snowmobiling today the trails aren't even groomed, yet are open here's a good tip if you ride snowmobiles don't take a skidoo grand touring 600 four stroke ace off the trails lol. Still Had a blast riding with my stepson and his feet were reportedly dry and toasty the whole trip with the new rockies, better than bloody Crocs for sure lol. Gawd I'm getting old used to be able to practically pick up the back end of a a stuck snowmobile one handed to get it on better ground, no pics of that debacle.

 

[jjeff]

Also it's so nice coming to an up north cabin after a day of winter outdoor activities to a fire in your wood stove.

 

[WinterDeere]

Growing up it would get so dry the skin on my hands would split. I get the difference. We had humidifiers, but they couldn't keep up. The sad part is summers were fairly humid. Those lakes provide a lot of moisture via evaporation.

I'm in that situation, now. Between an oil-fired boiler and two wood stoves constantly drawing combustion air from the house, we have so much fresh air infiltration that it's damn near impossible to keep the humidity up. Moreover, when running mostly on wood stoves, distant rooms go cold from the fresh air being pulled in thru every seam in every window and door, in order to provide make-up air for what's going up our three chimneys.

I have a plan to install outside air kits on each stove, but it means core-drilling 3" or 4" diameter thru 22" of mud-stacked granite walls filled with loose rubble. It hasn't come to the top of the priority list yet, there are always others taking priority, but we'll get there someday soon. Core drilling is a mess when you have to do it for a drain pipe in the basement, let alone in your office or living room!

 

[jjeff]

I'm in that situation, now. Between an oil-fired boiler and two wood stoves constantly drawing combustion air from the house, we have so much fresh air infiltration that it's damn near impossible to keep the humidity up. Moreover, when running mostly on wood stoves, distant rooms go cold from the fresh air being pulled in thru every seam in every window and door, in order to provide make-up air for what's going up our three chimneys.

I have a plan to install outside air kits on each stove, but it means core-drilling 3" or 4" diameter thru 22" of mud-stacked granite walls filled with loose rubble. It hasn't come to the top of the priority list yet, there are always others taking priority, but we'll get there someday soon. Core drilling is a mess when you have to do it for a drain pipe in the basement, let alone in your office or living room!

Why does everyone insist on air tight homes? I purposely bought less expensive egress sized sliders over casement or double hung windows allows just enough airflow yet still efficient when it m not burning wood. I also flipped the upstairs bathroom fan baffle so it's always open with a screen on the end of course and insulated the entire exhaust pipe when I ran it 15 ' to the gable wall. I foam insulated and used tyvek though. Anyways I think I got my setup right up here anyway.im definitely not an HVAC or mechanical engineer. Been told by people I felt were much smarter than me a cold air intake on a wood stove isn't a good idea 10+ yrs later staying for extended periods burning wood only when I'm lucky enough to be up here I agree.

 

[WinterDeere]

Why does everyone insist on air tight homes?

lol... if that was directed at me, then you're under some wrong assumptions about my home! The "newer" doors and windows in the room in which I am sitting now were installed in 1775. The older ones in the room directly below me were installed around 1734. I can see the morning sunlight pouring onto the floor from outside thru the big gap under the door next to me now, and we get SNOW coming in around the edges of the door below me. We have 13 exterior doors and 60 windows, most of which were built and installed in 1775. This house is so "not airtight" that I'd doubt there's a blower door motor powerful enough to actually run a leak test on this big old house.

As to why others aim for air tight? I don't think they do, anymore. HRV's are the name of the game now. People learned their lessons with mold and other problems in the 1970's and 80's, I don't think anyone is going for air tight today, but rather controlled air flow with heat recovery.

 

[jjeff]

lol... if that was directed at me, then you're under some wrong assumptions about my home! The "newer" doors and windows in the room in which I am sitting now were installed in 1775. The older ones in the room directly below me were installed around 1734. I can see the morning sunlight pouring onto the floor from outside thru the big gap under the door next to me now, and we get SNOW coming in around the edges of the door below me. We have 13 exterior doors and 60 windows, most of which were built and installed in 1775. This house is so "not airtight" that I'd doubt there's a blower door motor powerful enough to actually run a leak test on this big old house.

As to why others aim for air tight? I don't think they do, anymore. HRV's are the name of the game now. People learned their lessons with mold and other problems in the 1970's and 80's, I don't think anyone is going for air tight today, but rather controlled air flow with heat recovery.

No not at you but over 20 yrs ago all home builders seemed to talk about was trying to make homes practically air tight. I think there's a combination that can be reached by letting a home breath without cold or hot drafts blowing thru it.

 

[WinterDeere]

I think that for the last 20-30 years, the goal has been to eliminate any unintentional leaks, and direct all ventillation thru heat recovery ventillation (HRV) systems. I suspect the recommended size and number of HRV's probably has increased some over time, but since my house is so leaky that adding an HRV would be like pissing in the ocean, I've never really researched them myself.

 

[Grumpycat]

No not at you but over 20 yrs ago all home builders seemed to talk about was trying to make homes practically air tight. I think there's a combination that can be reached by letting a home breath without cold or hot drafts blowing thru it.

Worse than that: many progressive politicians decided to write airtightness into local building codes. Around here one can build using certain practices such as taping all seams of the outer sheath, gluing the tops and bottoms, around windows, document with pictures. Or, hire a certified test contractor with a fan and manometer.