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Post by Doc Sheldon on Dec 3, 2008 18:25:54 GMT -5
Hey, guys & gals. I'm asking for a little help here, especially from those of you that live in more rural areas. Coco wants a potbellied stove to put on our patio, and they're not as easy to find as I thought! If you know of anyone that has one in their shop or garage, that might be willing to sell it, I'd appreciate it if you could put me in touch with them. I'm just looking for one that's in decent shape, and functional. I figure I may have to repaint it, but I don't want one with broken cast iron, or rusted through. Maybe you even know of a dealer in antiques/junk that might have one. If so, please give me a shout. Thanks! Something similar to this:  |
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Post by Dave on Dec 3, 2008 18:53:55 GMT -5
Our son Josh just took the one out of my shed to put in his shop. LOL Why a potbellied stove Doc?? If it's gonna be outside wouldn't you rather have an outdoor free standing fireplace thats all screened in?? Did you ever see the one we have?? If you have an chimmney companys around there you could check with them. We have one here and they also sell fireplaces, grills, and cast iron stoves & potbellied stoves.
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Post by Doc Sheldon on Dec 3, 2008 23:07:55 GMT -5
Our son Josh just took the one out of my shed to put in his shop. LOL Why a potbellied stove Doc?? If it's gonna be outside wouldn't you rather have an outdoor free standing fireplace thats all screened in?? Did you ever see the one we have?? If you have an chimmney companys around there you could check with them. We have one here and they also sell fireplaces, grills, and cast iron stoves & potbellied stoves. No, I haven't seen the kind you have. I wanted to get a firepit. I've seen some nice ones on the internet. Pricey, though, and not a lot of variety. I was thinking of just building a fireplace out there, myself. But she wants to be able to take it with us when we sell the house and head south. Do you have a picture of yours? |
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Post by Debbie on Dec 3, 2008 23:53:36 GMT -5
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Post by Dave on Dec 4, 2008 3:56:20 GMT -5
We really enjoy ours Doc. The nice thing about the fireplace instead of a potbellied stove is, you can enjoy the fire and it's great for cooking hot dogs, mountain pies or whatever you can think of. As you can see in the pictures I have ours sitting on a cement slab. After you've had a fire going for awhile it's as hot as an oven between the cement and the stove bottom, I have cooked frozen pizzas under there. You don't have to worry about bugs because it's to hot for them to come near it. Both the front & back screens open up so you can put more wood in or food to cook in the coals like corn-on-the-cob or potatoes. Like Debbie said, we got ours at Target and I think it was only about $80. It also comes with a rain cover. This is the second one we've had. The first one lasted 5 years, but I let them sit out all year round. If you don't have a Target store there many other stores sell them and you can buy them on-line too. You may want to check your local ordinances to see if you're allowed to have one where you live. Many places don't allow open fires like that if you live in town. Many people have them here and our boro passed a law that allows fires in a screened in fireplace like that. On another note, the cast iron stove I got in the shed I lucked out on. I found it at an antique dealer. It's from an old caboose and has a date of 1918 on it. I only paid $15 for it, but that was 25-30 years ago. Our son just asked if he could borrow it to put in his shop till he gets a bigger one. I'll probably never see mine again. LOL Here's a couple pictures of ours, not the greatest pictures but you can see it's a pretty nice size.   Here's the cast iron stove I have. It's sitting in the corner of our sons shop. At the time I took the picture it wasn't hooked up yet and needed cleaned up and a new coat of Stove Black on it.  |
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Post by Doc Sheldon on Dec 5, 2008 12:50:31 GMT -5
Thanks, Dave. Does yours have a removable tray for cleaning out the ashes?
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Post by Dave on Dec 5, 2008 14:37:20 GMT -5
Nope, no tray Doc. I just use an old dust pan and a bucket.
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Post by Doc Sheldon on Dec 6, 2008 18:59:29 GMT -5
Well, I decided to improvise for the time being, while we look for what we want. I have a gas burner "disca", which is just a disc from an old farm disc, with the hole welded shut, and a lip welded around the outside. Normally, it looks more or less like this:  I just put it on a three legged stand, and built a small fire inside it, and it makes the patio nice and cozy! And now, it looks like this:  |
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Post by Dave on Dec 7, 2008 16:16:01 GMT -5
Thats pretty neat. They make patio fireplaces that look about the same, except with a dome screen over the fire.
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Post by Doreen on Dec 11, 2008 10:30:19 GMT -5
We have an outside firepit screened in as well. We use it at night too when it is cold, but just for heat and cooking I like the idea of the pot belly so if you get tired you don't have to watch and see the fire is out... afterall most of the fires here have been attributed to the fact they thought the fire was out and the wind picked up a spark.  as you know Ca is fighting mother nature. It was a desert and mother nature says it won't tolerate all these trees and shrubs being planted. You can't fool with mother nature, she is going to make it a desert again. |
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Post by jippsy on Dec 17, 2008 16:06:33 GMT -5
as you know Ca is fighting mother nature. It was a desert and mother nature says it won't tolerate all these trees and shrubs being planted. You can't fool with mother nature, she is going to make it a desert again. That's an interesting precept - I never thought of it like that! Being a non-American, I often wondered why Ca had so many fires - seems to happen every year. You're right, don't mess with Mother Nature. Unfortunately, we have done, and on a very big scale....Gaia is fighting abck.  |
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