Monday 18 February 2013

The Naked Esse

Just a quick taster of things to come; the stripped down esse 700 in place on the hearth. When I have more time I will do a full "How to convert your boiler version esse 700 to a standard stove" super blog post. But for now here is the stove chassis in place:
Fortunately the bare chassis of the esse 700 is not that heavy and can easily be lifted into position by two people, but ONLY after taking of all the bits. This includes: doors, side panels, top cover, boiler, grate and cast liner panels. Top tip, whilst is takes 30 minutes to strip the esse 700 down carefully, this time is well spent. Just think of the 2 months in traction if you try to lift it complete!!

Oh yes and for the past two days the sun has been shining.

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6 comments:

  1. albee18 February 2013 at 18:29

    So you bought (and I helped move) the Esse fire-box thing WITH a back boiler and now you REMOVE the boiler! Clearly the Normandy mud has put you in mental traction and you have lost your mind... :-p

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  2. Mr Lemur18 February 2013 at 22:56

    Its a temporary solution to an immediate problem. The house is cold and to fire the boiler requires an attic for header tanks etc. This way we get heat now and central heating tomorrow....it's a compromise (engineering solution). When the pipework is all in place I'll put the boiler back in.

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  3. Mr Lemur18 February 2013 at 23:14

    Oh Yes and a 3 line whip from Julia to get some heat in the house...all be it space heating rather than central heatings...before she divorces me!

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  4. albee19 February 2013 at 12:27

    Sounds plausible! However, your most rational decision was to marry an angel

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  5. Mr Lemur19 February 2013 at 21:51

    On that Alan I can't disagree

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  6. Emilia@ boiler repair11 April 2013 at 07:18

    My friend wanted to get married his dream girl but unfortunately he is gonna get daughter of demon. Anyway, the above project is nice conversion.

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