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Hey Mike! We survived the damage from Helene on the homestead, just losing some large pines that knocked the power lines down. The fans are sunshine controlled, lol. Our thought was we only need ventilation if the sun is out hitting the PV panel. There is a manual on/off switch if you want to disable the fan. Here's a link www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0B4K8H6NT/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1 We installed the the first one about 9 months ago and so far it's working without any problems. Let me know if you have any additional questions. Take care!

@ hey thanks for the link! Glad you two are well. Cheers

Good afternoon. You've probably already goggled this "The 2007 Toyota Camry Solara convertible was part of the second generation of the Solara, which was produced from 2004-2008". I'm guessing they are the same.

@@tbb10785 Thank you.

Hello! Yes, it's still sticking to the blocks after 14 months. The most difficult part is working on your hands and knees, which made rolling the zip-tape for good adhesion a little difficult. I do remember my shoulders being sore for a few days, lol. My crawl space is so much nicer and less humid then it was before. Take care

@@tbb10785thank you! Happy new year !!

Hello Amanda. You are very welcome! One way would be check the manual, it looks like they are available online. The other way, which is probably what I would do, the next time you get a fire going and close the door completely, pull or push in on the air intake adjustment. Watch the fire and see if the flames get larger or get smaller. If they get larger then it's fully open, and vise versa. The biggest tip is use dry kindling and fully dry small pieces of firewood. We've had a Vermont Castings, Jotul, and Ashley Wood Stoves, and each air tight stove was a little difficult to start. Once you have a bed of coals it's easier to keep the fire going. I hope this helps and if not send a another note. Take care

@@tbb10785 super helpful response, I appreciate it and am happy to report I was able to get multiple fires started in the Ashley stove. Thank YOU!

Good morning! Very glad to know that you're making friends with your woodstove 😁. This week I'm trying something "new", new is bad right, lol. I'm trying lighting the fire from the top down. The kindling is going on top of the small pieces of wood. The order of the paper & wood is exactly opposite of the video. I've heard about starting a fire this way and thought I'd give it a week of starting fires before I comment. Take care!

Hello. From the back corner to the stone work about 12 inches and it gets larger as you get to the front of the stove. FYI, we removed the sheetrock and replaced with cement backerboard for the stone work. The hottest fires heat the stone work to about 125 degrees fahrenheit according to my infrared temp reader, so not that hot. The back of the stove has a heat shield so most of the heat is from the sides and front. The pedestal is about 10 inches tall. Hope this helps and Merry Christmas!

I agree, I need better equipment. Merry Christmas!

Hello! We removed the sheetrock and installed cement backer board. The stone/tile was then installed over the backer board which gave us about 1 inch thick of masonry before the framing lumber. Our friend and contractor installed the stove, pipe, and rock/tile. We did as much as we could of the gut rehab of the house, demo, paint, poly, etc. Our friend could only make the trip to our place to work about once or twice a week. Merry Christmas!

Hello Andy. I'm not sure why I removed the whole door. I'm sure there was a good reason, lol. Yes, now I just take off the black box held by 4 screws. I think I had to enlarge the hole directly under the door so the debris the chickens bring up the ramp didn't interfere with the door closing. Yesterday I had to remove ice so the door would open. Gotta love winter time 🙂

I'm glad the video helped. It wasn't how I expected to change the wiper blade. Sadly our RAV4 starting burning oil at 200,000 miles and we decided to sale it.

Thank you! We appreciate the kind words! Any additional info you would like to know about the stove? We're thinking of doing a follow up video since this is starting our 2 heating season with the stove.

Fantastic! I'm glad the video helped you get the fire started. We save all our paper grocery bags during the year to mix with the kindling on start ups. We just had our second snow 4 inch snow in the last week, glad with live in the south lol 😁! Yes, our stove is going

Thank you! Hope you have a great weekend!

Good morning. Sorry for the delay I broke our Star Link dish so no internet at home. Yes, after adding boiling water and letting them sit for about 10 mintues, the mashed potatoes were almost exactly the flavor and texture as fresh. The hash browns we haven't tried yet but expect them to be 99% as fresh. Take care

That's fantastic! Did you find them on Amazon?

Hello! We're a little late on posting any new videos, lol! Life has been really busy, a new grand baby, and we were in the middle of the Helene mess. The starter strip for my vinyl siding was hanging down over the top of the vent opening. To make the new new vent look flush I cut the top off with my hack saw. Any fine toothed blade would make a nice clean cut. New vents are a little work but worth it.

Hello! Are you referring to an electric blower for the rear of the stove? No. We did connect the fresh air (intake air) at the rear of the stove to pull air from our crawl space instead of room (conditioned) air. FYI, our crawl space is vented. Did this answer your questions? If not, send another note 🙂

Thank you for taking the time to let me know 🙂Greatly appreciated! Glad the video helped

Thank you! We could only wait about 24 hours and the vent shades are working fine 🙂. I think it's a good idea that you have to install 2 wait and then install the other 2 a few days later!

Hello. From the back corner to the stone work about 12 inches and it gets larger as you get to the front of the stove. FYI, we removed the sheetrock and replaced with cement backerboard for the stone work. The hottest fires heat the stone work to about 125 degrees fahrenheit according to my infrared temp reader, so not that hot. The back of the stove has a heat shield so most of the heat is from the sides and front. Hope this helps!

Hello! I'm not sure what to do with the small "ash" drawer. I scoop out the ashes once they've cooled into a metal bucket and save for the garden. I can't think a good use for this compartment?

Thank you, great tip!

Sorry for the delay hurricane Helene has knocked out power and internet at our house in east Tennessee. I'm in town catching up on work. The stove will have about a 3 hour burn time with the air intake at the smallest setting. It will continue to have coals and radiant heat for another 2 hours. We usually only put enough wood into the stove for a 1 hour burn. If we burn much longer the house gets over 80 degrees. Take care!

@@tbb10785 No need whatsoever to apologize,thanks for the reply. Sorry for what you are going through. Stove seems like a pretty good deal overall. I'm in New Hampshire. We'd need something to hold a fire overnight. Our house is 1790 and a little light on insulation. I run a 70k BTU Harmon for 1500sqft

Love to see more videos of these stoves. There aren't many. Maybe set up a camera and record a long term burn. Stay safe!

Glad you liked the video. Sorry for the delay hurricane Helene has knocked out power and internet at our house in east Tennessee. I'm in town catching up on work. Take care!

Thank you! Sorry for the delay hurricane Helene has knocked out power and internet at our house in east Tennessee. I'm in town catching up on work. Take care!

Thank you, we appreciate the kind words. These line set covers are as much work to install as the mini split unit, lol. We've taken a break from making videos lately but hope to do a 2 year review of our Mr Cool mini splits soon. I can tell you the units are working great, use little energy, and my condensate lines weeping into an underground bucket are working too. Take care and hope you have a fantastic day!

Fantastic, you are very welcome! So glad it helped 😀

You are very welcome! We love this door too, it's working perfectly after almost 18 months. The only issue is ice build up in the winter which cause the door not to open sometimes.

Hello! FYI, we sold the RAV4 recently because it started to burn/use oil at 200,000 miles. This is with 5,000 mile oil change intervals. I couldn't figure out a way to add oil to the canister during an oil change. Easy with a spin-oil filter which I do on the new vehicle. I agree about the spring in the canister, I always felt like I was over-tightening the canister, and would break the plastic. Take care!

Hello. Thanking you for watching and sorry for the delay in responding. The bottom rocker cover is held on by plastic push pins that you pry off. We sold the car 4 years ago so I had to watch the video again. The cover you remove from the trunk was all 10mm bolts/nuts if my memory is working. You can send a picture to my email of what's causing you trouble and I'll try to help. tbb10785@hotmail.com

Hello! Yes, the same adapters work for rear/back seat speakers. I didn't mentioned it in the video but my left rear speaker doesn't work. I switched with the right rear which was working and still didn't work. I assume my almost 20 year old stereo is to blame. Anyway, I went from 1 speaker to 3 working so it was progress 😁.

Hello. Sorry, we tossed the instructions after assembling the kitty condo. I did search for a PDF file on line, no luck 😥

Thank you! Very glad you can make use of the speaker install video. We really like the Ridgeline and the bed size is way more useful than most give it credit.

I tried but my glasses would steam up. Besides I rode bikes as a kid with no helmet. I'm old school 🙂

​@@tbb10785 for sure 😅😂

Hello! Yes, it needs to be slim in thickness, otherwise the back of speaker could hit the window when you lower it. There's not much room in the door panel and that's why you need the spacer too. Hope this explains it 🙂

@@tbb10785 just got 4 ds18's 6 1/2 hope it fits

​@@carlitosducoing8507 I hope they fit too 👍. I'd suggest slowly rolling down the window to check for clearance after you get the first one installed 😃. That would be a real pain to find out after you installed all 4 speakers. You probably already thought of this!

Good morning! That you for subscribing and I did the same for your channel. I hope the trellis method is a good idea, lol. The tomato and pepper plants seem to like it. Building the framing around the beds is a little work, but we like it much better than last year when we grew without them. You two sounds similar in your desires to grow and eat good food, like us. Let us know if you have any questions. Have a blessed day!

@@tbb10785 thank you!! You too!

Hello, thank you for the kind words. Hmmm, is there any tension on the cable when you try to engage? If they worked before the cable broke, I'd go back and check the installation of the new cable. Why? I had a good friend who was a mechanic and his words of wisdom where, "go back and check the last thing you touched".

Thank you for the tips! We'll admit to being a little rushed and a bit lazy when we harvested our Garlic 😁. The smell from our garlic powder is strong much better than store purchased!

Thank you 😀

6.5 inches. FYI, there's an Amazon link in the video notes for you. Thanks!

Well, thank you very much 😁

Hello, in the notes below the video. Hope you have a great weekend. Link = www.amazon.com/dp/B001GQ2QRM?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&th=1

Hello! You are very welcome and happy the video helps. We sold our Solara a few years ago but cleaning the drains wasn't a horrible task.

Hello! I'm glad the video helped. FYI, my cable broke again about 2 weeks ago. They must be very low quality. Instead of buying a new one I used a clamp and stainless steel wire to coble a fix, which has worked for 2 mowings, lol. Take care

You are very welcome! Glad that helped with your install.

Hey Mike, sorry for the delay. There was a lighting strike close to the office yesterday and some of the computer stuff was fried. Not fun! Hope you have a great weekend!

@@tbb10785 all good! Hope you get everything fixed. Have a great weekend you two! Cheers, Mike.

Thank you Mike! We haven't had much time for making content but this one kind of made up for it. Probably way too long. Yes, I think the fan will help and we'll probably install a second one on the other end of the high tunnel. Take care!

That's fantastic you were able to replace the top yourself. We were living in a condo at the time our top needed replaced, and with an upcoming move to the country we traded for a Ridgeline pickup. The Solara was in great shape compared to the Ridgeline but it wouldn't haul compost and gravel as well 😁. Hope you have a great weekend!

Hello! Thank you for subscribing to our channel and we did the same for your channel. My wife will love watching your meal-cooking videos! 😃