We decided that after last winter we were NOT going to go through that much heating oil again and went out and bought ourselves the most efficient wood stove on the market. Our thinking was that we could always open a window if we were too hot. I wanted a flat top so I could cook on it if the power went out and we wanted one large enough to heat the entire house without having to stoke it every 4 hours.
So we bought the stove....
Then we chopped some wood...about 7 cords worth...
After we figured that we had enough wood for the winter we started to play with tiles.
First Pete had to center the wood stove to find out where the big hole had to go...
Next came the big hole...and nearly trying to kill off our neighbours getting the chimney liner installed!
Peter put in the electrical for the fan and ducting for an outside air intake..then the tiling began...
Still needs to be grouted, but the tile is up!
In true form, one project ALWAYS leads to another in our house...so while Pete was busy laying tile, I was busy removing old lino. I call these photos "purging the 70's"
and I could not be happier! Bring on the tile! :)
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