Where did you get the stainless tube with holes? or did you make it?

Interesting

I have the same problem. Thank you for posting this video. I don’t have the equipment to make the brackets. Are you able to sell the same brackets to me?

How much does this heater cost?

I had one in my parents' house original from 1984 still going strong, got one original from 1985 in my townhome, and was hardly used, still looking new. Here in Colorado, it gets the job done in the winter.

Where does the heat go? Up the chimney.

What is the lever on the left for? I would like to see what that does. Thanks!

Is this a kit you can buy

Are those straps on top for keeping flue pipe steady?

Thank you very much 😃

I love my valor fireplace but whoever thought this remote design was a good idea should be fired.

Save your money folks. While this may be a solution for weak draft or windy days, these items tend to drop dead on you with no notice or apparent cause for failure. If you feel that your flue pipe is too cold for starting up your fire, take your wife's hair dryer and you will be surprised at how quickly it warms your flue pipe. If excessive winds are causing your flue to back puff, you can install a relatively cheap in-line fan down the line somewhat. If you give some thought to the problem, there are many tips and tricks to solve the issue,

Any alternatives than water for doing a bigger size tank like 80/120/150 gallon size? Dry ice? Shop vacuum blowing air into and forcing vapor out of tank? Thanks!

These remotes are not good.

Where is the electric heater sold?

It's unreal just how much heat you can pull off of a fireplace. Almost as good as a woodstove!

what if you only have carol gas to weld with Let's say we wont to weld a lath. cross vice

I'm trying to do something like this with my Jøtul 602. What I don't understand with your build is how the air comes into the stainless pipe?

Mr Energy, nice work. How did you figure out what size to make 2nd burn pipe & hole size? I have a old Timberline that is large 8" flue, it's 28" wide 24" deep 24" tall and has a metal smoke shelf 4-1/2" from top of stove. High tech in 1979 lol. I gasketed the door and machined doors where air input spinners go. I can shut fire down now by closing them now. Plan is to add insulation to top of smoke shelf and add 2nd burn pipe(s) I have 5/8" sst tube .065 wall and 1-1/2 square tube to work with. Looking for clues on hole size in sst tubes and how many tubes. My modern cat stove upstairs has 3 smaller tubes with smaller holes than what appears on your set up. Thanks in advance for your input

how can i tell if this will benefit me? I have an old Sierra 150, would i get advantage out of doing this and where would i place it? Also, maybe i'd benefit from a second row of bricks. Only thing is, i don't have a welder, i'd have to try and JB weld it in or something. I could send dimensions or something if you have some advice.. my stove has Air entry holes to throttle incoming air so i'm not sure if a secondary burner would help or not.

So this might be a dumb question but I'm thinking about building a rocket stove hot tub, I was planning on using the vertical pipe to wrap the copper tubing around for the water, would this type of damper allow me to control the heat in the vertical stack itself? I want to be able to control the water temp so I don't burn / cook myself in the tub.

What Size tank are you using to run that stove?

Would've helped if I learned something...

What are the eco bricks made of? Like what kind of wood?

Killer idea. Perfect for my problem. You Rock!

What in the world 👀

Hi Matt, i am trying to figure out if i can safely install a wood burning insert into a factory pre-built fireplace. Is this something you could help with?

My lever for intake vent is stuck closed. Is there a way to access without busting open the walls?

Drag tip or pilot arc??

I wish you'd show The Underneath connection to and what it takes to lock those pieces together

Hi! Awesome video, thank you so much! Did you seal the back and the sides with bricks for the baffle so the only way for air to exit is by going in front first then up and back to the chimney?

Is there a test fire video? If so I have located it yet.

How would 1in wrap work vs. the 1/2 in you used?

I had exactly the same idea, before I do all the work; how well did yours work?

How many sqft are you heating and at what temp? How often are you loading up wood? I am very interested in making my old stove efficient so I don’t have to load it as much.

Thanks for this! Helpful for an intermediate construction guy. I appreciate straightforward, no bs, no music, informative videos.

But brass is not that strong though?

I am looking at the Castleton model soapstone. I live in the Catskills in NY and am concerned if it will heat my ranch home. The winters are cold here. Do you think the Castleton model will put out enough heat??

Thanks for video it help me out

Yeah I won't do it this way it's not very water and wind-driven rain tight. Also shingles not tiles.

I have this exact insert in my home in Indianapolis. I talked to a fireplaces store about replacing it with an electric fireplace insert. I thought they would need to remove this unit to install the new electric fireplace and they said no they don’t need to remove it. He told me they would need to remove the brick surrounding this unit to remove it???

I’ve got one of these old inserts in my house. Hasn’t been used in a long time. What’s the best option for a replacement, would a regular wood stove be better?

Not much beats an original Milwaukee sawzall

And years later, they haven't tried to improve this baffling, counter-intuitive remote

I have a very old wood stove and my husband wants an efficient stove. I was wondering if we couldn’t do it ourselves. You put some kind of stainless steel thing inside how can I learn more about this thing and why it helps? Also there’s some thing hanging on the back that’s made of iron that looks rusted and when I touch it it falls apart any idea what this is and what it does?

Just a trick: add a No5 shade in front of your camera next time: we'll be able to see the metal melt ;-) Amazing brazing!

Does not look very professional

How do you bypass the damper plate?

I have an existing concrete patio where I want my gas fire pit. Can the gas pipe run across the top of the concrete patio? Or have to bust up the concrete?

That's just fatigue. Cheap doors all do that. The only fix would be to strut them up.