We have had a busy couple of days, and I noticed this evening that I have not posted in the last couple of days. At some point yesterday afternoon we had the exhaust for the stove completely hooked up; 6' of double walled chimney starting 3' above … [Read more...]
First, I got lots of advice on my last post. I mentioned that we struggled with the perlite/clay slip because it did not stick together and crumbled very quickly. A number of people pointed out that this is exactly what you want with this … [Read more...]
This morning we tidied up a bit around the stove. We placed bricks around the ash clean out to protect the pipe from gravel and cob. After that we shoveled and tamped gravel around the foundation to bring the unfinished floor level to the bottom … [Read more...]