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Installing our Jotul Direct Vent Sebago

Installing our Jotul Direct Vent Sebago

We have pretty much finalized on the Jøtul GF 400 DV Sebago.  We just have to check all of the clearances now and make sure it will fit and won’t burn the house down. The PDF begins with “If the information in these instructions is 

Comparing Vented Gas Stoves

Comparing Vented Gas Stoves

We want to have a fire in an antique mantel we bought. We have concluded that the mantel will go on the outside wall and the fireplace will vent through the wall. We gave up on the idea of it looking like a fireplace, so 

Comparing Vent-Free Gas Stoves

Comparing Vent-Free Gas Stoves

I kinda had my heart set on adding a gas fire to make our antique mantel look like a real old fireplace. But it’s just not working. Anything that will fit doesn’t put out much heat. With the clearances it says we need, they won’t 

Vented or Non-Vented Built-in Gas Fireplaces

Vented or Non-Vented Built-in Gas Fireplaces

We bought an antique mantel to put into our new house. We want to make the best choice for a gas fireplace to go in it. Vented or Non-Vented At first it seems like a non-vented fireplace might be better. They say they have up 

Finding a Gas Fireplace for Our Mantel

Finding a Gas Fireplace for Our Mantel

We found an antique wood mantel on Facebook Marketplace while we were building our house. (It is mantel, el. A mantle is clothes. Spellcheck doesn’t catch this one.) We knew we wanted a gas fireplace to go with it, but which one? There were so 

Building a 1350 square foot Spec House

Building a 1350 square foot Spec House

We heard chainsaws a few weeks ago that went on and on, so we walked out to see what was going on. They were clearing trees for a new house. They cut so many trees.

Meadowbrook Terrace Streambank Restoration Day 2

Meadowbrook Terrace Streambank Restoration Day 2

By the time we got out there again on the second day they had already been working for hours. The pumps were set up again and the brook was nearly dry. Now they were up to the bamboo roots. It took us a while to 

Meadowbrook Terrace Streambank Restoration Day 1

Meadowbrook Terrace Streambank Restoration Day 1

We had pretty much given up on their ever showing up to work on the Streambank Restoration by our log cabin. We figured with everything going on, our brook was not going be a priority. And we were no longer looking forward to it after 

Patton Park: Meadowbrook Terrace Streambank Restoration

Patton Park: Meadowbrook Terrace Streambank Restoration

We waited and waited and finally they came and surveyed for the project. They stuck flags all over our yard so we could match it up with what the project map said was going to happen. I stopped doing anything at all about the bamboo, 

Broken Retaining Wall: Meadowbrook Terrace Streambank Restoration

Broken Retaining Wall: Meadowbrook Terrace Streambank Restoration

The Streambank Restoration project promised to get rid of the retaining wall that had turned into a retaining dam. The project will also consist of… removing the retaining wall. City of Hendersonville – Engineering Department Multi-Area Streambank Restoration The neighbor’s basement floods when it rains.