The Bennett House:

heater installed

The wood burner (# 151 REX coal stove) is in! The first fire of the season is burning now and it's done a fine job of taking the chill out of me. I mixed some furnace cement from a tube of caulk(Home Depot) with some white silica sand to make a cement mix to patch a few gaps and then put the stove in place. Next I cut and installed the 6" flue pipe. I was missing, for sure, my crimpers for making the male end on the last piece but managed. I used a piece of 3' x 4' tile backer/cement board on the floor under the stove. The chimney is drawing real well.

my wood supply is  almost non-existant

The bedroom received a 2nd and final coat of paint on the ceiling and a wall crack was secured with a few drywall screws then mudded after fiberglass joint tape.

What else...the CX 500 motored home between my legs, so maybe this weekend I will at least start the front rotor swap. Oh, while at home depot, I saw trees and shrubs were 50% off so ended up buying all their fruit trees (all were semi-dwarf; 2 peach and an apple) and 2 good size Red Bud trees.

5 trees for about $60