++ ATOT official NEF thread part IV ++

[bigboxes]

moo

 

[sdifox]

Ni

 

[sdifox]

As I'm typing with cold hands I'm really starting to lean towards pulling the trigger though. I can also kill two birds with one stone, and use it to heat the garage too with a glycol loop or something.

You are gonna warm up your basement so your house will be warm? Huh?

 

[IronWing]

Wood stove guy came. Looks like I can in fact have a wood stove where I want and he's good about where the chimney will go and all that and my clearances seem to be fine too. Need to think this over for next little bit and decide if I want to pull the trigger. Looking at spending at least 5k when all is said and done so it's a lot of money to spend. At current gas rates and projected rate hikes it will pay for itself in a few years though while increasing comfort. That's worth something too.

But yeah need to think this over more.

You'll get soot all over your solar panels.

 

[Red Squirrel]

You are gonna warm up your basement so your house will be warm? Huh?

Going to have the hvac circulate the air. May take some experimenting to get things working, but basement is most practical location. Though I can see myself setting up that area as a sort of rec room as I'll probably want to sit by it. The actual living room upstairs is just not practical layout wise.

 

[Red Squirrel]

This is roughly what my living room layout is like now, the red is where the fireplace used to be.

Excuse the crudity of this model I did not have time to draw it to scale or to paint it. I also forgot the coffee table. The weird rectangle thing is suppose to be the TV sitting on the entertainment stand. The rectangle below is dining room table.

 

[Red Squirrel]

You'll get soot all over your solar panels.

Might have to hose them down once in a while. I kinda want to experiment with a tube with small holes in it to see if I can blow snow off with a leaf blower. I feel it might not work very well though. But if it does, I could automate it to run every 15 minutes while the snow is falling so it gets it off before it accumulates.

 

[bigboxes]

This is roughly what my living room layout is like now, the red is where the fireplace used to be.

Excuse the crudity of this model I did not have time to draw it to scale or to paint it. I also forgot the coffee table. The weird rectangle thing is suppose to be the TV sitting on the entertainment stand. The rectangle below is dining room table.

Still seems like a bad idea. Hauling woods down some stairs? Pass. I still say you should put the stove on the first floor. Hot air rises. No need for HVAC.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Not too worried about moving wood, but I will want to come up with a decently efficient way to go about it as it will need to be moved more than once while rotating out seasoned wood but will be worth it when I consider the money it will save me. It's like a free gym membership too.

 

[bigboxes]

moo

 

[sdifox]

Nyaa

 

[sdifox]

Ni

 

[Red Squirrel]

Dental cleaning nef. No cavities. My mouth just looks like a vampire now. I need to floss more.

 

[bigboxes]

moo

 

[Stiff Clamp]

full moon = fun moon

 

[sdifox]

Ni

 

[Red Squirrel]

My mouth still feels like I got orally raped. That hygienist wasn't gentle with the pick.

 

[bigboxes]

I was looking for a new drill. Home Depot had their Black Friday sale going. I picked up a DeWalt 20V Max Atomic brushless 2-tool set, a compact drill and 1/4" impact driver, two batteries, charger and bag for $149. Plus, I saved an additional $15 with my veterans discount. All shipped to me for FREE! I also ordered a new office chair while I was at work. Merry Christmas to me!

 

[bigboxes]

moo

 

[Red Squirrel]

Power tools are addicting, especially when you're well invested into a certain system and see deals. I have a lot of Ryobi tools and batteries myself. I'm sometimes tempted to get into another system like Milkwaukee or Dewalt but I try to refrain for now. Have not had any issues with Ryobi.

Dewalt has a slight advantage being 20v instead of 18v, not sure how big of a difference it actually makes in practice but typically the higher voltage the better as you draw less current for the same amount of watts used, so better battery life.

 

[bigboxes]

I'm already in the DeWalt ecosystem. The batteries that come with the set are only 1.3ah. That is quite puny. Lucky I've got four other batteries. Probably not going to need big batteries with these low usage tools. I wanted to get the 6ft. fiberglass stip ladder, but they did not have any in stock in my store. I'd have to go to another store in the area, as the shipping is outrageous for that. I'm off on Friday. Maybe I will make a trip.

 

[sdifox]

Nyaa

 

[bigboxes]

moo

 

[bigboxes]

moo

 

[sdifox]

ni