Wednesday, July 28, 2010

WARNING: NOTHING TO DO WITH BOATS! - HOUSE CHIMNEY RE-LINE,

OK, the blog is called MOSTLY About Boats, but every now and then I like to throw in a project that may be of general interest.

We live in a home we built ourselves back in the early 80's. Our focus was on energy efficiency, using superior insulation, passive solar gain, solar assisted water heating, and a wood stove for warmth and hot water in the winter. (Our stove, an RSF HF-65, is a massive piece of ingeniously designed welded steel plate, complete with an electric thermostat damper control, 1" stainless steel water coil, and a catalytic combustor unit to reduce emissions.) We have reaped the benefit of these methods for the last 27 years.