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Installing the heater Flue part whatever: I am bad at fiberglassing

December 4, 2014Matt 3 Comments

So my plan didn’t work, to build up the lip using marine-tex, so my next thought was to use some wood as the primary platform and build up to it. So I got some pretty sweet free wood from work,… Continue reading →

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Searching for the cure

December 2, 2014Matt 2 Comments

So there were like a billion ‘cure’ jokes I could have put here but I decided on the one above. You are welcome. Long and short of it, temperatures have plummeted and it’s too cold for the marine-tex to fully… Continue reading →

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Installing the heater Flue part 2: Brrrrrrr

November 30, 2014Matt 2 Comments

So I woke up the next morning to find a small hole from the centre of the hole saw in the ceiling and snow on the ground GREAT. So I carried on with the hole saw and managed to finally get… Continue reading →

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Installing the heater Flue part 1: Making a mess

November 28, 2014Matt 1 Comment

So with all the parts of my heater in place, it was time to install the Flue! First, I marked off the length I needed to saw off the pipe.   Then I cut the pipe with my beasty electric saw… Continue reading →

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Last piece of heater arrived finally

November 25, 2014Matt Leave a comment

Yay! Now to wait for it to stop raining continuously so I can drill + seal hole in roof

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