I put the top section and the rain cap on the chimney. That was a little sketchy standing on the top of my ladder. None of my helpers were home today.

I broke up a couple of fire bricks to line the bottom of the stove.

I connected the stove to the chimney and did a final check of everything. I put the concrete board behind it as a heat shield. I added a piece of aluminum flashing behind the chimney to reflect the heat away from the wall.

I put some osage shavings in it and lit them. I had a crackling fire in no time. It put off a lot of heat and had my workshop toasty warm in no time. Once I got a good bed of coals I just tossed in a small chunk of wood in every now and then to keep it going. I'm excited to have free heat for the winter. I want to get some fire rope to put around the chimney where it goes out the window.
