Wood Boat, Coal Stove. - Davey & Co. Hot Pot Stove installation and review

Brrrr! Its cold and Shalimar's wood stove needed an upgrade. We install the mighty Davey & Co Hot Pot Stove from England. Watch as we cut, fit, varnish, and get absolutely obliterated by Georgia Sand Gnats during the process.
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[@esquire9445]

Really cool, I have never seen a stove like this. Top loading makes a ton of sense on a boat

[@TR4zest]

Great to spend some time with you again. I always learn something from you. Also, am pleased to see you gave recruited a first mate.

[@Wyllville]

Glad to have you aboard!

[@LyfeUntethered]

I can testify that Wyll’s stove is epic. And warm. Thanks for the tour Wyll and Kim. Freaking love your boat. - Trevor and Leila

[@Wyllville]

Thanks! It was great meeting you guys!

[@larrimos]

Pretty stoked to spend some time in Wyllville today. Selfishly wish my visits were more frequent. Always worth the time.

[@Wyllville]

Glad to have you!

[@___l___]

No meaningful comment here, just to say I love your videos. You're a generous guy to share your knowledge and process, bring strangers into your life, and all that. You strike me as a good man. I'll keep watching while you keep posting. Hope Shalimar splashes real soon, if she hasn't already.

[@melodyguill3946]

DAMN!! Bugs like that caused my dear hubby Vietnam flashbacks! AAAH! Good for you that you "sucked" it up & were successful! All you needed at the end was a celebratory mulled wine in front of the fire!! LOVE YOUR VIDEOS!

[@joeltippens2473]

i thought... "hmm, that looks a lot like St Marys!" Excellent work , man

[@Vince-ml9gw]

Can’t beat a wood stove for heat. Well done!

[@fatherchristmas2998]

To my American friends in England 11 bags of coal will cost you 187 £ you can't afford coal .narrow boats used to carry freight along the canal ways of England and the words tow rag. Was wene you pulled them under a low bridge using a tow rope also some times you got on your back and you used your feet to push the boat under the bridge of course lorries and vans finished off slow narrow boats

[@jimksa67]

Take note my friend- some day that flue pipe is going to get red hot from a flue fire and could catch nearby combustibles unless you have radiation shields in place! I have been a wett certified wood heater installer /Sweep/Inspector for many years. If your nearby combustible walls are too hot to touch they WILL catch fire at some point! Currently retired. cheers from Canada

[@ronhargis9562]

Every now and again, clean your nails😅. Love your vids. 38 years a custom woodworker here.

[@JanisJanovskis]

Great video. Pretty much like a tutorial!

[@johnsmall9729]

Like you say Wyll, AWESOME! And thanks for all the tips in there. One tip I could humbly add - when you will varnish bare wood, if you water wet it and allow it to dry it lifts the grain. Then you can sand and clean the surface before applying primer.

[@JoshNoss]

Neat! I'd like a little one like that to take the chill out of my basement in the winter.. burning firewood upstairs keeps the oil furnace off and then the floors get really cold on the 1st floor.. this would probably save me wood and take the chill out

[@boculjan]

Fascinating to watch an expert at work. And I sympathize about the gnats. They make the outdoors absolutely intolerable anytime the weather is decent.

[@Wyllville]

Thanks!

[@billrose2083]

PRETTY LADY !!!!! Oh....and I guess the stove is cool, too.....

[@davec5237]

Enjoyed watching thanks for sharing 👍

[@darrellhanks6459]

I miss cigar\pipe smoking, getting something interesting done Wyllville! I’m hoping for a new video and update on whats been going on.

[@rodmeisterful]

Wonderful attention to detail, thanks.

[@billlowe3016]

I like to see this guy happy because he works hard for it

[@Wyllville]

Thanks! It’s a lot of work but worth it!

[@SailingFlisan]

I Love that boat and your videos :) Thanks

[@luisadriandelgado5343]

Awesome job... Concise info which helps out a lot...

[@inward_passage]

It will be interesting to see if you get any heat transferring through those stainless steel bolts that you tapped at the base. I would definitely be concerned about that possibility, but the mounting looks fantastic.

[@vapnut]

+When I worked with my dad in his sign shop, he would strain his paint through momma's used panty hose. He never did any silk screening without staining that paint!

[@groundowl3098]

friend, i love your videos. please make many more!

[@maark8496]

Hey you People you need to be watching this, This Pirates Videos are worth a 1000 Davy Jones Treasures... & better than most of the you tub crap. Just eccentric brilliance. Walk the Plank

[@Wyllville]

Thanks!

[@unaoconnor3628]

Here in Ireland we have midges. Nasty buggers too 🇮🇪

[@richardsiddon610]

Great content. Keep chipping away guys!

[@Wyllville]

Thanks!

[@keviny6845]

Tip for bugs, use a big box fan pointed at you.

[@Wyllville]

Yeah, should have done that

[@martinfoster5163]

That's a cracking little stove but way too expensive at $700 (plus shipping) for my meagre budget. I was considering one for our well house but will just get a basic coal stove for about $80. We live in a yurt camp in the mountains of Mongolia, all year round and winter lows are around -40C/F. Heating season is 8-9 months. We recently added a coal furnace / boiler which heats radiators. We are only allowed to burn wood OR semi-coke briquettes. The semi-coke briquettes burn for about 16+ hours which is exactly what we need in winter. We have a couple of wood stoves but can't get more than 2 hours burn time at best which is useless for night time but nice for quick heat in the evening or morning before the sun comes up. Semi-coke is really our only option for the heating season and luckily it's the cheapest too. We heated with electricity last winter and it almost bankrupted us. December was $500 for electricity - mostly for heat. The irony is the electricity is generated by coal fired power stations. One month's semi-coke is $28 by comparison. We still need a bit of electricity for household but I'm hoping to avoid almost all electricity for heating this season. You've gained a subscriber. Your life looks interesting.

[@garrywagner7717]

Finally found ya. Thought it was under will . Happy days ST. Marys, aka rockys. Hope all is well.

[@cedricgreen8460]

Your back 👋 how is the project going, how about a an update vidio of what you have done so far 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@elizaandalisa]

Like1st mate now the cost of brushes today just use em once we had Purdeys $40 a piece we had one for oil base after use wash with turps then wrap in plastic keeps for about a week if storing for a time smear it with hand cleaner swarfega then wrap in glad wrap lot of pissing about but it worked today with aqua based paint jobs a piece of cake very informative vids I loved your work with signage gold leading looked awesome cheers n beers Marty Australia

[@Wyllville]

Thanks, Marty!

[@matthiaspinkert9622]

Very very nice!! best regards from the noth of germany! Matthias,,Katrine“

[@pablooscarcandioti4469]

Hola bien wyll, muy didactico y mucha habilidad !! mi amigo ! lindo barco y ahora te sigo siempre!!1 saludos!!!

[@carlf8291]

Cool stove it should work well for you.

[@Wyllville]

I love the thing

[@armslength2618]

That old stove was made of two layers of sheet steel, which burned out and should have been tossed years ago. You needed something of cast steel and steel plate, designed to burn coal with proper grating. Anthracite is of course the best, but sub-bit coal for power plants works OK too. It just takes 10 or 15 minutes to burn off the volatiles then holds a fire just fine for hours without smoke.

[@billyrusk5645]

Should have been smokin a cigar nets don't like smoke, great job on the stove install.

[@alanlewis7924]

Try garlic, it usually works for me. Best Wishes!

[@karolusmagnus7786]

Just found your Channel, you give real good advices keep up the work :)

[@Wyllville]

Welcome aboard!

[@timreynolds1195]

Top notch work.

[@Wyllville]

Thanks!

[@krockpotbroccoli65]

Man, this is an awesome boatbuilding channel with far too few followers. Just got done binging your entire channel. Great stuff. Looking forward to the next update. A question. Would you be willing to share your "rot resistant primer" recipe? It's no longer manufactured for commercial sale and it seems like the only way to get the active ingredient/ pigment is to have it shipped in from overseas.

[@domalfandari5427]

What is happening? I would love to see some updates on your boat refit. Any chances?

[@jonathanbrandon4658]

Did the heat end up following the bolts through the heat shield and into the wood beneath it? You would think it a bad idea to puncture the heat shield

[@bendaves77]

Go online and order yourself some bug soother made in Iowa. It's natural stuff no chemicals and will get rid of any bugs that may want to bite you. Mosquitoes, gnats etc. We have gnats here in northwest Illinois along the Mississippi River and this stuff works and doesn't have a nasty smell

[@SmokiesDen]

Has you not putting the barometric damper back in had any negative consiquences?

[@Anne6621]

love your videos but i have a question , do you have a splash date ??

[@cawfeedawg]

raising little dents in wood. I restore guitars and raise the dents with a bit of water and a soldering iron. same effect i suppose.

[@rickdavis115]

New subscriber what size coal, how many continuous hours of heat per 40lb bag

[@RobLovelace]

my mum says i hope he cleans his nails before he comes to the table.😂

[@Wyllville]

Of course!

[@JoeBob-hx4dg]

Awesome installation. I have a question: Why isn't the flue pipe double walled? It doesn't make any sense to me why it would only be single wall flue pipe¿

[@Wyllville]

Because the flue is part of the heating system. Since it’s so small the hot pipe helps to heat the boat a lot. I actually have a fan aimed at the flue to spread the warmth.

[@JoeBob-hx4dg]

@@Wyllville Thank you for the explanation. I'm not sure if my mind can absorb that, over all the benefits of a double walled pipe could provide. But l will accept the rationale of it. I will say the silver color pipe definitely looks nicer than the typical black color of the standard double walled flue piping.

[@gdfggggg]

A twin wall is for insulation. Given most of the pipe is inside, it’s no needed.

[@JasonBarnett-YTisantiWest]

Here for the algorithm

[@hughmanatee7433]

It occurs to me that you could ha had a welder make you a similar stove out of well casing or 8” square tube.

[@dale3990]

Peppermint extract in a spray bottle...most insect are repelled

[@hansposselt2096]

If you had smoken the cigar, it would have keeped the bugs away

[@shalaconballard9912]

I do see a big problem with mounting your stove like that it going to have heat transfer through the wood witch could catch fire . You need something inbetween the stove and the base where it sets

[@Wyllville]

Running it for a long time now. Temps never exceed 138°F in the mounting bolts. Wood is never above 110° F. All good!

[@blueocean9305]

FYI Mate - No coal is cleaner than NG.

[@duncanandrews1940]

Try BALLISTOL anti mosquito wipes - they are MAGIC!

[@Wyllville]

I will check that out!! Thanks!

[@maarten_notjustagrip]

Bro! A long sleeved T shirt and a bug net for your head, and you're golden. Its painful to watch!

[@Savannahjbo]

excellent ! , come visit , bring a helmet

[@patrickdeserisy2634]

Flying teeth…….they are definitely brutal!!

[@JoshNoss]

Where to buy one of those stoves?

[@armandhammer9617]

I just found your channel, did you shut it down ?

[@Wyllville]

Nope, still here! Lots of work done, lots of videos to come!

[@armandhammer9617]

@Wyllville glad to hear it. I've already burned through all your vids. I'd like to see your progress on the boat, I know, it only takes money right? Peace brother.

[@fakiirification]

id be scared to death to have a wood stove on a boat. only thing worse than dying in a fire is being forced to chose to jump off into the water miles from shore as the alternative!

[@willbonds]

Maybe a CO2 generator a bit away from the work site would draw them away.

[@seoulkidd1]

Try burning pellet wood in it

[@brunostromme9904]

What's the burn time with coal?? All night

[@Wyllville]

It depends on weather and wind outside but I can get around 8 hours or better.

[@JIFD]

Why would you want 8hrs when you could have 2 with the cubic grizzly like me LOL Seriously though, that's perfect! I really wish there was a 4kw version, but seeing that the grizzly in reality is only 2-3kw perhaps I wouldn't be downsizing at all.... Le Sigh....Although having glass is great for the ambiance, I would happily drop it for a longer burn time and higher security when underway. @@Wyllville

[@davidclark8855]

Those must be simpler to the northern Maine may / black flies. There wicked mean , and nasty little buggers, Then there are the tiny no see ums Small enough to crawl through the screen door ,window screens . Can't hardly see them but will bite till you feel there burn, And in the early dawn hours They will hunt you down like a heat seeking missels even if your hiding under your covers, AAAAAARRRRRGĜGGGGHHH Damb wicked little bastads😊

[@felixcat9318]

Your stove is the Fatsco Tiny Tot, Model 400, which is available new from the Michigan based manufacturer for $229:00, plus insurance and shipping! The Marine Grade Stainless Steel Stove Body, Part No #419-S, is also available new from the manufacturer for $36:00. Likewise, the Cast Iron Grate, Part No #408, is available new from the manufacturer for $15:00. Fatsco Stoves manufacturers each individual component of their stoves and makes them available to customers, in the event that something may get damaged or misplaced. For $51:00 plus shipping your stove would have been up and running like new! I imported the lovely Fatsco Pet Stove, Model 450, to the UK, and being able to obtain any single component of the stove is good, as my stove will most certainly outlive me! Fatsco Stoves were designed to burn charcoal, but will obviously also burn anything combustible, such as found wood, pressed stove logs, etc. I don't know of any other high quality stove, made from high grade components, which is as affordable as the Fatsco Stoves. There was a woman living in a 24' vintage travel trailer in the Michigan winters whose sole source of heating was her 9.5" high Fatsco Pet Stove (the little brother to the slightly taller Tiny Tot Stove). It was all she needed! I hope this information helps, Fatsco were great to deal with and their information may be had via their fatscostoves.com PDF. I have no connection to Fatsco other than as a very happy buyer of their wonderful little Pet Stove.

[@jeffreynerdin3522]

I was almost ready to leave a comment suggesting that you should have left the blue tape in place until you were done sanding, then…

[@Wyllville]

Yep!

[@jeffreynerdin3522]

@@Wyllville Great idea for a tape heat shield while stripping the varnish though. The “fins” probably work very well.

[@billowens861]

I hate knats with vengeance having worked on boats in Connecticut marsh areas. They love type O blood from men working. I always wear long sleeves and a hat when working and stop before the wind drops off in late afternoon. It will make crazy…

[@Wyllville]

They’re horrible!

[@arnolddavisjr5951]

I made a wood stove out of oak it burned down my house

[@marshalllucky7020]

Soooo, who’s the Lady?

[@Wyllville]

My First Mate, Soul Mate, and hardest worker I’ve ever known!