Steps Back

The goal is to be moved in by Friday Night. To that end, one of my tasks today was doing a burn test on the stove. So I partially filled the reservoir (because you can’t run it dry without damage),

…and it promptly leaked all over the floor. So, I hauled that outside (that sucker’s HEAVY), and let it leak out in the dirt while I tightened the gaskets on the spigot and plug.

Then I gathered my paper and small kindling, built a small fire, and lit it up

…and smoke POURED into the room from multiple places on both the stove itself and the pipe.

So…looks like I still have some tinkering to do and a learning curve to figure out. Also, it’s supposed to rain Fri Eve, so I’d better figure out the roof flashing, too.

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