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Too bad about the boat Stuart , good news for the bus

Interesting view point Jerry , nice old bus , great solar array.

Desert looks interesting too , like maybe it floods there sometimes.

Regards ,

As an interum measure , get some bubble wrap and tape it over the glass, tape all the way around the edges. it will still let light in but is a good , tho ugly , insulator.

I have a roof frame member directly over the ideal location for the stove, but a couple elbows in the pipe won't hurt. Elbow add great character to the fire :) but they do gather the soot , so your flue cleaning brush will need to be suitable . Either that or be prepared to throw a small chook down...

Lostranger wrote:The stove will still smoke some if I open the door before the box warms up, but it's not bad, and it's manageable

I found that flue temp was a determining factor for the fire to smoke or not when the door is opened . The hotter the flue , the better the draw.

But you're gonna be SO warm

That looks great , while you are considering improvements for the next version , consider a larger flue , you may well find that the 4" is forever getting clogged and needing sweeping . My fire in the range is smaller than this and my flue is 6" . I still have to do frequent cleaning , mos...

Hmmm ... it's amazing how bad this looks in the light of 20yrs of use and a couple of hasty repaints . LOL However it never leaked. I cut the roof and the inside lining for a tight fit with the outer flue , the outer roof hole is just a little smaller than the flue then gently hammered up a little t...

Its a nice sunny day so I will do that now

Leave an air gap (1") between the inner and outer flue.

Have the outer go several inches below and above the roof.

I could take a pic of my finished instal if it would help.

I remember this lovely old Bedford from when we were doing some of the gypsy fair circuit, back in the mid 90's. The Romains were doing some work on it , getting it ready to be legally on the road. I found an entry from the diary in the "house truckers news" http://i43.tinypic.com/rkovuq.j...

The Little Maid of Dreams , and I'd own it in a flash if I had the cash. Yes it's currently for sale (first time in 20yrs)

On The Road Again .........



Regards

Stopped at Lake Pukaki to look at Mt Cook (NZ highest at 12,349ft) A difficult thing to photograph , because it is normally hidden by cloud and today , because the tourists were hogging the view , looking at the truck LOL ... I had to wait for ages.. http://i39.tinypic.com/28kn61e.jpg closer http://...