Victory!!!

As my extra pair of hands leaves today after chowder for lunch, I dove into the stove for the fix. We’ve been focused on other things…

The innards of the stove made it impossible to fix the flu issue the way I had devised. I went into the bottom of the chimney instead.

I utilized the extra hands once a collar had been fit (a lovely little scrap leftover from the J-tube rocketstove) and the stovepipe needed to be reconnected.

I laid a medium sized fire once things were put back together. The stove is now, finally after a variety of trials and tribulations over the course of its first four months, running optimally.

What a huge relief.

Deedles has made his bed, staged his luggage, is futzing with some homework. I’m heating chowder and we’ll hit the road just after noon. He has a basketball tournament in the Boston area this weekend (or I’d be keeping him!!!)