Coal Burning Stove Install | Lighting First Fire in the Shop
We install our coal stove as our secondary heat source for the shop and get the chimney ready for the first burn. We attempt to plane our end wall siding but run into issues with wet wood and postpone this project for a later date.
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Everybody saying exactly what I’m thinking - whoopee, one of your videos has landed! Always different, there’s no way yours are formulaic and predictable. I love them, you are brilliant.
So true!
Planning boards just like making a you need to do it when the sun shines and your wood is already dry but more not the worst it can be sometimes
Same here. I showered after a day of yard work and gardening , the whole time thinking pleeeeease let there be a new SLA video to enjoy.
It's non-fiction. Who, out there, is waiting for a surprise twist ending? LOL. The title says what will happen.
I was kind of shocked, when you said you have a coal burning stove! I really don't know enough, about burning this kind of fuel, except from all the horrible stories of factories, putting out so much pollution! It seems you already have a huge amount of wood available, so to me, that would be your choice in fuel! Is it economical for you to have to buy coal? Do you have to drive far to buy it? Is it expensive? Do you feel good about how much smoke it produces? Let us know what your opinion is on this subject!
Not only do I love watching your videos, I love reading comments from people with suggestions. You have built a great community.❤
Okay I sure hope that the people that buy items from take-note of the way the two of them curtailed all that stuff that is used by this amazing team!!!!!!!
Totally agree 🙌🏻
Get a 4x8 sheet of cement board for between the stove and wall. You can set that stuff right on a hot surface and not feel the heat on the other side. Stuff is great for keeping heat away from flammable surfaces. Another thing is a fan behind the stove up high blowing down at a 45 degree angle really helps keep the heat down at the floor where you want it.
They are probably waiting on spray foam installation before constructing a surround for the stove. They installed surround at old cabin and it looked great.
I would go for a thermal mass like stone or besser block, will absorb the heat from the stove and flue and hold that heat like a heat bank. Yes, all the way to the thimble!
I just love your videos. They're always interesting, always different, and - I have to say this - I REALLY appreciate that not a single one of them has ever been marred by an awful "this week's sponsor" ad. Instead, if you like stuff, you tell us, and if you don't like stuff, you tell us. Thank you for that and for taking us along on yet another adventure.
Yes!! I love this too! Refreshing!
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Pesonally I can't see how any video is "marred" by a sponsors ad. These YT channels are all about revenue raising to support the YT creators way of life that they share with the world. Many people help support the channels by being Patrions but others need sponsors to survive. Seems a pretty selfish attitude that you'd begrudge these guys the support of sponsors money, just so your viewing isn't interrupted. These 2 make beautiful videos and deserve all the support they get. Including sponsors if that's the path they choose. Time you lifted your viewing attitude to match their presentation attitude.
Oh, goodness, YES! I understand people have to do that to make a living. I get it. But man alive, I am SO burned out hearing nearly every video I watch always shoving products in my face.
I watch many Alaska KZheadrs because I am originally from Alaska and your videos are absolutely the BEST, as a couple I admire your relationship, as a videographer you are amazing. I always look forward to your videos every week. You fill my loneliness for Alaska
God Bless Alaska!
Everything comes to a screeching stop when I see the notification. Another amazing episode of The further Adventures of 2 brave souls and Bandit.
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By far my favorite channel on YT!
Me too😁
And don't forget Pepper the glorious cat.
It's like Simple Living Alaska TV on cable. So natural and unpredictable, always entertaining and educational. Great stuff!
I remember when you guys first came to Alaska and you have come so far, learned so much, and accomplished even more.
Putting the braces at a wider angle was a very wise move, that will help stabilize the pipe in high winds. Great job. 😃
Suggestion from my woodworking man is to take less wood off with the planer at a time. Saves your blade and wood will be smooth. Love spending a little time with you two interesting people.
And if you are going to do a lot of planning then maybe upgrade to a more expensive planner as you won't regret it. They have good resale value too if you get a good one and look after it. Also buy good quality know branded blades. Good luck. Love the sawmill and the new storage shed. Pretty cool.
Snow is still on the ground and already prepping for next winter 😂. A dream life.
I didn't think Ariel could get anymore huggable but she did with the new hairdo. Lol. The coal stove is really cool. When your shop is heated in the long winter days you will be doing all kind of projects. So happy for the two of you. Be safe.
Boy will that puppy dry laundry in a hurry in the dead of winter! You guys always find a way to adapt and overcome. Have a blessed week!
I bet it will too!
So true-multi functioning tool! Love wood heat
Love your videos. Here's a pro tip for you. The chimney piping is installed backwards. Stove discharge slips inside the exhaust pipe, the end of that pipe will be crimped down to fit into the next. This ensure no exhaust leaks as the flow of gas slipspast each joint. Also, you're bogging down your plainer. Take smaller shaves, you have really rough cut lumber. the blade will last longer. God bless y'all. Much love!
Eric bloopers are the best on this video! I love when Arielle loses her train of thought. Shows that you both are human and not machines! The best channel on youtube in my opinion!, shop is coming along great you two. Fantastic videography as always!
Yipeeeeeee!!! Oh my gosh, once you get that spray foam insulation done that place with be an INCREDIBLE asset! Who am I kidding, it's already an incredible asset. But it's going to be SUCH a luxury to have so much heated space with excellent lighting to work in and store everything in under cover. This is going to allow you to take on all kinds of projects in the winter that have never been possible, and to do a lot of things you have always done outdoors in winter (and frozen your fingers off) in a warm conditioned, well lit space. Having this shop will greatly increase your comfort level, productivity and the number of projects you can take on, in winter especially. All your hard work is really paying off. Congratulations!
I think they should move their house in there 😁
@@TomGiffin LOL, if they did they'd no longer have a problem with space right?! 🤣
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😂 I really hope people stay til the very end for the bloopers and fun stuff you top off your videos with!
How do you manage to get so much done between videos? Im amazed you manage to do so much
This is their job...
Hey, Eric & Arielle! If the paint was poorly done at the factory then it all needs removing and degreasing before repainting or it will keep flaking away. When you're drying out freshly milled lumber, try to put spacers/stickers between every layer in your drying pile. Good problem solving on the chimney installation. I'm looking forward to all the major projects this summer.👍🏼
All I know is the 2 of them can do anything. Maybe not in the first shot, but they always figure it out. Great team. For the 2 of them to move a 1050 lbs stove by themselves amazing
I swear, i live for these videos man. You guys are the best.
Totally agree 🙌🏻
You did the flue pipe backwards. The bottom part goes inside the pipe. That is how you keep the combustion within the pipe. But you made it work!👍
Agreed 💯
Not according to the instructions I received with my wood stove, and with the stovepipes that came with it. (Two different brands). The idea behind that is that when you install it as they did, any dripping liquid tars and creosote will fall back into the combustion chamber rather than oozing over the top and sides of the stove. Intuitively , you'd tend to think that you'd want to "funnel" the rising smoke toward the top, but in reality it's more important to "funnel" the dripping creosote in each section of stovepipe into the section of pipe below it, and from the bottom section back downward into the stove. I've seen it done both ways and seen the results of both. Their way works better. As long as the chimney draws decently, escaping smoke isn't an issue; it just doesn't happen.
Wow what a burner! I can just visualising a washing line strung up in the shop when you have a tonne of wet washing to dry on a wet day!
You should stack and sticker the green lumber in your shop with the wood stove to dry it out and keep the moisture from settling on the boards at night.
This. Stickers are needed at the very least, but inside the shop with the woodstove running wouldn't hurt either.
Yes, you could also use one of the diesel heaters to push air thru the stack. But the stack must be able to breath spacers would be a must and not too hot!
Move the wood into the shop and use the shop as a kiln to dry the wood. Let that new stove work for you. Love your videos
Great idea!
I've learned a lot watching yall for the last couple years
Arielle a woman after my heart. A true frontier woman. Love you guys.
Greetings from Pakistan.Really appreciate your efforts for installation of coal burning stove so professionally.Now you will enjoying working in heated workshop. Keep working,traveling, camping, fishing, hunting,cooking, eating, gardening, canning and smiling.
Holding my breath while she climbed the roof. Great video on that gigantic stove. You guys crack me up.
During your saw milling process, stack your lumber with spacers on every row high. It allows air to pass through and your lumber to dry. The spacers are called stickers and should be spaced 18 inches and directly on top of the previous sticker. This keeps your lumber straight and greatly helps with warping.
that stove being able to burn coal is a game changer, less wood to cut & the coal will burn hotter for longer!!! the shop is coming along very well.. thanks for sharing with us & be safe!!!
You two are great,,, very sorry about BO,, I always watch for the dogs,,I never miss a video from you guys, always something new and fun going on 👍🐕🙏
Y’all know that every one of us enjoyed that first fire! I found myself saying…..ooooh it’s getting hot! Hahahahahahahaha
I love your videos. Not too little, not too much; just the right information given. It is not boring. Very informative But interesting. One of the best Alaskan videos. You two make the videos fun and interesting. Keep going.
Super cool stuff and great content keep up the great work together ,, looking forward to the garden 👍
😃I can only admire the effort you folks put into "SIMPLE LIVING" in Alaska. Thanks for taking us along on your awesome journey, your videos are a learning experience. 💥👌👍
I have to think that getting the stove installed is a really important completion as it signifies that you guys are here to stay! 🙂
A great looking wood stove, guys!! Small wood stoves typically weight good 200 pounds and more. I can't believed this big buy weights 1000 pounds and Eric is moving it. Wow, dude!!! You're one strong guy!! Great job on troubleshooting your new generator, Eric. Having a good working generator is very crucial when you live off-grid. I really enjoyed this video. Thanks!
I can’t imagine that beast being shipped! Lol…
Guys, you’re killing me, PPE let’s go come on your way out in the middle of nowhere!!!!!! Love the channel
that's amazing that that stove weighs over a thousand pounds,and u two were moving it with just ur combined strengths! way to go Eric and Arielle!!
It’s a beaut. Massive fire box. Coal burns for much much longer periods. 👍❤️👍
i watch alaska the last fronter and what I've seen and heard coal is easy to get in alaska in va I have not been able to buy it for about 10 to 15 years
@@maverick5794thats too bad about the coal!! I'm so sorry!
Nice stove, coal works well in cold weather at long periods of time
Thanks for including us in on another great project! That will definitely come in handy during the winter.
Love the projects too 🙌🏻
It never ceases to amaze me when you bring out yet another tool or bit of kit! I'm still waiting though, for the day when you get a pig and a house cow 😁
But, nice as it would be, having a cow would greatly curtail all their hunting and fishing trips. There is not a lot of pasture for one either. They have their priorities right.
Wow, now that's a decent firebox. It will make a huge difference working in the hut for you both. We are starting into winter here in the south west of Western Australia and had to light our fire last week. We burn Jarrah trees here as it burns hot and has minimal fine ash. Keep up the great work!👍😊🇭🇲
I highly recommend getting a helical replacement head for your planer. The carbide inserts last a long time and the cut is smooth. I have been milling hardwood for at least 6 or 7 years and thousands of board feet, and just now rotated two of the inserts (each insert has 4 cutting edges and it takes like 2 minutes to rotate one) . There are companies that make the replacements for virtually any planer on the market. They are pretty expensive but with the saw mill, I'd just about bet the savings in planer knives will eventually pay for it.
You ought to y awarded a great big blue ribbon for being the finest working together couple of the world!!!! What a blessing you are to humanity. God be with your spirit Sherry Montez Mississippi USA
I went from burning a fireplace to a big heavy wood stove and the difference was day from night. My place is good size and most of the time I can get a fire burning that's just right. I so enjoy it. So glad yours is ready when it gets cold. Thanks for the videos. From Central Oklahoma
When I lived in Alaska they called them mo-squitoes because they were so big. The Stove Is A Beautiful Stove. I personally think that it's going to give you many years of service.🙏🕊️🌹🥀🌼🌻☕💜❤️
I have a coal stove at home, 200 m2. Coal has a lot of calories, gives a lot of heat and burns for a long time. And the chain on the side of the stove is a very good device: it regulates the air flow and slows down combustion. cool!
As much as i enjoy your content and admire your skills, i would hate to see Alaska one day, filled with expanding properties that become almost factories and farms in one. As beautiful as it is to live in the woods, close to nature - it is the exact thing that shrinks the nature around.
Fantastic accomplishments again; thanks for sharing! Loved how Bandit got close to the warm stove. Funny bloopers & I’m amazed how smoothly you talk to the camera most of the time. You’re very talented in so many ways! Blessings to all 🤗🇨🇦
Always love your videos, thanks for doing them. Not only are the entertaining but also filled with how to tutorials. Mosquitos??? Dang, isn’t that early? Love how you figure things out out and always work in tandem.
Your guys videos are great evertime a video drops I stop everything I’m doing to see what project you guys are working on next. Keep up the great work. 👍🏻
I do the same thing
me too!!!!
the ending bloopers are killin me
MY FAVORITE ALASKAN KZhead COUPLE !! 😁👍🏼
Awesome job! With that monster stove installed, you should be able to work and store comfortably out there year-round. A great find and install. Looking forward to seeing your first batch of coal run in it! Thanks for bringing us along and enjoy your glorious spring!
..u guys and the veggie boys r pretty current on my list of viewing...
A helical cutter head on your planer will be a HUGE performance upgrade
☆Guys, my stomach was turning watching you on top of the hut today! Gah! Please be careful.. tie yourselves off somehow when you're up there... ♡ love the channel~
Is too funny I'm watching your show and I'm in Florida with the air conditioning on and I'm getting pellet stove advertisement LOL😅
That skeeter was the size of a hummingbird! Lol! Love the variety in your videos, it's amazing how much mult tasks you've got going on at once, keeps it all interesting, being innovative is a must living there, you'all are masters in so many different fields, keep it happening! 💪👍🤠
Your ability to troubleshoot issues, research them and ask for help when needed are such good attributes to have. I always click on your videos because you work so well together and really seem to enjoy each other. Keep up the awesome progress and thanks for sharing.
Their winters are about to get alot easier. Love the bloopers at the end, would love to see a video of all of the bloobers over the years
I lived with a coal stove for heating in Massachusetts many years ago. Compared to wood stoves the burn is much more consistent and easier to bank over night. We had a couple cast iron antique parlor stoves and a kitchen cook stove which used gas for 4 burners and woodbox that we'd use coal or wood on the side. With the cast iron we'd polish it with stove polish and use newspaper as the rag. We stored the coal in the basement but our house was set way back from the road so we had to haul the coal in ourselves (ugh). We also had a kind of mailbox looking thing that we'd put the ash in and reclaim any clinkers. Nice memories. :)
I always remove rattle can paint nozzles and keep them in a glass pimento olive jar filled with lacquer thinner .. not acetone. They work like new every time I need one.
I love the out takes at the end, you guys are awesome.
OH LOOK .... A COAL BURNING STOVE !!!! WOQ, brings back my childhood memories as our farm house kitchen range was a coal burner. Mother made many wonderful meals on and in it for a family of 9. It was a very small house that Dad added rooms onto to accommodate us all. Abovecthe table in ftont of the stove he built a clothes dryer pulley system that was used a heap in the cold wet winter months. Can't wait to see your modern day creation of it ERIC . Except it wont be above the kitchen table it'll be in the quonset shed. Fabulous video again Eric & Arielle. So greatly appreciated and those ending bloopers .... icing on the cake, my friends. Mwah Mwah 🇦🇺🤗🙏💞👍✌️👏✝️🇺🇸
I've had a small saw mill (Woodland mills HM122) for 3 years now and I found when you cut the wood if you put stickers in between the layers the wood will dry much better. You two are my favorite channel to watch. Always anticipate the next post. Thanks . Bob
That should keep you toasty warm for sure great job once again. Love ❤y’all!
"Good thing I'm fast at screwin', huh?" That's not always a good thing, Eric. 😂🤣 Another great video! You two blow my mind. I really enjoy seeing the hutzpah you have to take on the projects that you do.
That's what she said. 😞
I love that yall are starting to show your realness more 😂 like the little bickering & the jokes. Im about it!
4.5 cu.ft. is a huge amount of space, that's bigger then most dorm refrigerators hold (3.5). Those planks are going to plane out beautifully and look great on the QH. Always good to see you two are doing well.
Those snow geese left their winter hang out here in the PNW about a month ago. Glad to see they are back to their summer digs. Always a pleasure watching you guys . Take care
What a huge stove. You go guy's. Doing a great job.😊🎉😊
We burned coal for a while.. it did give off heat.. BUT... it was just SOO boring to watch. Wood has so much more character! 😊 🔥
I absolutely love your video's. I think the two of you work and play so well together.
On that stove distance from the wall: the back of the stove actually should be 26 inches from your studs, because you need to allow for the inner wall cladding PLUS you need a heat deflector/shield that has a 1 inch air space between it and the wall. An easy way to create that air space is to make your own spacers using 1-inch pieces of copper pipe: run the bolts through the heat shield and the pipes into the wall. You can't just put your heat shield up against the wall because it will conduct heat into the wall boards. The air gap allows air to flow upward via convection and actually keeps the wall cool, even as the heat shield gets super hot. You probably know that you can buy heat shields that are asbestos board, covered with black metal on the stove side. Or you can make your own using cement board and sheet metal. Fire safety precautions are even more important in very cold dry climates like what you will experience there in the winter because the air is full of static electricity and that adds exponentially to the fire danger. Probably not telling you anything you don't already know, but just saying. The building is looking awesome!
Everything looks good! When mishaps happen, we call them "adventures" :) Glad spring has arrived for you!
Another video from my favorite people online. Thanks for sharing
Glad to see that you are putting heat in the shop with the big stove it looks like it can warm everything up inside and I'm liking the new shop thank you and have a nice week. 🇺🇲🇺🇲 💞☕💞
😅Last line got me…Getting real fast at screwing! 😅🤣😂 As always, great video… Excellent problem solving! Love the stove… And then there’s those mosquitoes 🦟 ! 😫
Dude…finally, someone with the guts to use COAL as a heat source! Keep up the good work. So Sorry about Bo😢
You were both making me nervous up that high. I don't do heights. Glad you got it up and in
That coal ash is no joke and builds up fast! Please wear a mask when cleaning out the ash. Great show!
Tks for video guys. When I was a little girl at 5 or 6yrs old and spent weekend at my grandmaw she used wood stove to cook on and woodstove to heat. At night time is when she would add black coal to wood stove and in the mornings she always had embers to start up again. She would then put me on her lap in her rocking chair and near stove to warm up, it was awesome times sleeping on her feather mattress. Much love from Blue Ridge Mtns of North Carolins
Great memories! I remember grandma’s feather mattress to, we slept on the screens in porch with down filled covers and a feather mattress, we were warm too! The fresh air was great out there!❤
I do all my outdoor living vicariously thru you.
Last line- hilarious 😂
💜💜💜 Epic, just epic - a heated shop in the North is a game changer! So excited for this winter for you! 💜💜💜
Can't wait!
You work well together.I am amazed by your knowledge when doing projects.Stay safe .
That poor stove looks like our F150 in 1988. But because it was already on a boat to Germany ( army posting ) , Ford would not honour their recall! Good Luck with the stove! You guys rock. Love your weekly visit in our houses!❤❤❤
Calling it a chimminey gets me every time!😂 you guys are the best!
You two have come sooo far on your new home. I really enjoy watching you two accomplish so much! The stove looks so awesome!
If we don’t hear from you we will know the mosquitos carried you away. Huge. Lol. Stove looks terrific and will put out the heat. Give Bandit and Pepper a hug from me.
Getting a new stove is right up there with buying a new car, maybe even more so. Getting to set it up, and tinkering with all of the cool features looked like such satisfying fun. With that new stove, and the in floor heating you installed, I would think you could make that shop a very pleasant place to be even in the harshest of AK winters. I really enjoyed this one, nice job!
I started watching you kids when you were nugging out the foundation in one episode. And then, I think, y’all were pouring the next one I watched. I guess I’m most curious about it because it was about the same time we started having a conventional metal building built on our property for our business to do woodworking. But I do go through the same consternations you guys do to an extent. Like, I’m building an entire wooden frame covering the building on the inside to have a wooden structure to hang the drywall on, tongue and groove panels. Wooden ceiling. Basically a wooden frame building in a building. Without many doing that that I’ve seen, kinda figuring it out as we go along. But my point I guess, is that I can’t imagine being as far as we are now if I had to chronicle it mostly every step of the way as you guys do. Then all the editing, QCing your product and uploading, monitoring your channel. Amazing organization and time management. May I just add that a couple devices I think you guys would use the heck out of. One would be small pallet jack to move heavy items in the Quonset Shop. The other would be a Fuji HVLP sprayer for your equipment and motorized gear. Both would have been handy with your coal furnace. And last thing is … being a curmudgeon here … PPE when you’re doing the industrial chores. Sanding wiping spraying. Gloves and respirators go a long way keeping you safe.
Always something important going down at your place! The stove seems like a big boy.
I absolutely love your videos Thank you Both of you God bless you both 🙏🙏🙏 Linda in Ct
As always, FUN ! I get excited when I get notification of your video. Love each week, always something fun. I felt your nerves up on the roof Aerial 😅😅😅. Fireplace is really 👌
As always…two amazing people taking care of their business. Always impressed. Blown away by the two of you. Keep it up!!!!