A priority before winter at Leif's, was to repair or replace two Jotul woodstoves in order to work on house systems. This weekend we drove to PA to purchase a 2 season used Jotul F500 ($1000 & sells for $4,500 new) to install upstairs, while we continue replacing parts on the same model downstairs. The repairs may cost the equivalent, however having nonelectric heat in the house has been key.
Both F500's will heat Leif's house until he decides on mini-splits and solar panels (or a fireplace insert upstairs) for this house in future. For now, his dead Ash Trees will be cut, split and burned.
Christian's equally critical Jotul F400 was also $1,000, used twice, purchased in ME and leveraged into a Volvo 740 wagon by Bill & Alex! It was installed before the floors were in, but it was freezing with much work before the new boiler could be used.
Two old beams were notched into place to lay a true 1 1/4" plywood subfloor, after fortifying the stove foundation and hand digging out the basement. The bricks in the new hearth came from our house and fallen chimney stack.
Finally, most sheetrock in Leif's kitchen has been replaced after installing new electrical wiring and Roxul insulation on the exterior wall. The chimney wall of sheetrock was replaced now that both flues are newly lined and operational; drying out the wall from an earlier roof leak and disintegrated sheetrock.
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