mrEnergy511

mrEnergy511

I specialize in various construction services, including framing, welding, excavating, fabricating, and all things related to fireplaces. As a seasoned general contractor, I bring expertise and passion to every project. Join me on this journey as we explore the world of construction and craftsmanship together!

DIY Fire Pit

DIY Fire Pit

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  • @ZoomStranger
    @ZoomStranger7 күн бұрын

    thank you

  • @luismtorres2914
    @luismtorres29148 күн бұрын

    Great and easy fix ! Thanks

  • @wobdeehomestead1464
    @wobdeehomestead146416 күн бұрын

    I’ve had both Hearthstone and Woodstock and prefer the latter

  • @John-s7o
    @John-s7o18 күн бұрын

    It seems very dangerous to use an angle grinder without it's protective guard. 2:02

  • @nickpanhead7209
    @nickpanhead720927 күн бұрын

    Nice job. You made it look so easy. Did you renail those shingles that you took out on the upper side of flashing, or did you just caulk the shingles back down. How many nails are you putting in flashing. And are they 1" roofing nails. I never did this type of job, but i know i can do it. I been looking at different videos. Some guys i seen dont put a beed of caulk on the bottom of the flashing. Im just not sure about that also. Im in a high wind, and i do get heavy rain from time to time. What type of caulking are you using, I installed a furnace in my garage, and this is the last thing i have to do. My stove pipe parts are coming this week. Do you have any other video of you doing more of these. Thank you. If you could just answer a few of my questions, i would appreciate it.

  • @jakeb1778
    @jakeb177829 күн бұрын

    Do you cover nails with tar/sealant?

  • @erikacannon5296
    @erikacannon5296Ай бұрын

    Don't you need to add venting in the stone?

  • @mrEnergy511
    @mrEnergy511Ай бұрын

    The stone has a gap allowing for some air flow and extra oxygen for combustion.

  • @scottgluck8360
    @scottgluck83602 ай бұрын

    Does that tube connect with fresh air or just air from within the stove. Was thinking of doing same thing

  • @nickhardwick8738
    @nickhardwick87382 ай бұрын

    didn’t say how to change temp…

  • @calholli
    @calholli2 ай бұрын

    I watched it three times... this music is lit I'm not sure what that other guy is doing

  • @michellejones6039
    @michellejones60393 ай бұрын

    How long does the pipe last?

  • @user-yx2ji8vj6h
    @user-yx2ji8vj6h4 ай бұрын

    just use 25mm tech screws next time

  • @user-qh7ot1im9s
    @user-qh7ot1im9s4 ай бұрын

    Hello I have a concern about insulation behind the insert unit or in the chimney framing . The outside wall for chimney is plywood and plywood panels, the inside wall will be sheet rock. Of course none goes close by the fireplace but up inside the 15ft framing leading to roof is open air which will come through the internal walls

  • @dannyray9544
    @dannyray95444 ай бұрын

    Do you have any of that Marco fireplace chimney pipe for sale I'm having a hard time locating it

  • @mrEnergy511
    @mrEnergy5114 ай бұрын

    Marco is discontinued. If you send me a photo of what you need I may be able to direct you to the right company.

  • @rozchristopherson648
    @rozchristopherson6485 ай бұрын

    What is the purpose of the mesh? Did you only need that because you have carpeting underneath?

  • @mrEnergy511
    @mrEnergy5115 ай бұрын

    The metal lath is for the mortar to grab onto. Concrete with steel is much stronger and will prevent cracking. The carpet is NOT relevant take it out or leave it. If you remove the carpet and you have a wood subfloor you will need to nail down some metal lath to keep the mortar from cracking. If you have a concrete slab i would use some large format tile mortar... thanks for the question

  • @leewilliford2629
    @leewilliford26295 ай бұрын

    Clear as mud! 😵‍💫

  • @mrEnergy511
    @mrEnergy5114 ай бұрын

    The Valor remote is a little bit of a learning curve but once you figure it out it isn't complicated.

  • @user-kh5xw9hx9q
    @user-kh5xw9hx9q5 ай бұрын

    Incredibly frustrating remote control. Does not consistently work, battery is fresh and I read the instructions. If the pilot needs restarting better brew up a pot of coffee.

  • @mrEnergy511
    @mrEnergy5114 ай бұрын

    Did you check the batteries in the receiver? The Valor remote batteries the in the receiver usually need to be changed every year.

  • @stevep7713
    @stevep77135 ай бұрын

    Very smooth control and distance. Great info

  • @mrEnergy511
    @mrEnergy5115 ай бұрын

    Thanks for the kind words!

  • @fred-san
    @fred-san5 ай бұрын

    Cast steel or steel for welds...? + simple: slot at the bottom, 2 vertical sheets - curved sheets at the top, and pierced - a short sheet = low air inlet a long sheet = high air inlet

  • @mrEnergy511
    @mrEnergy5115 ай бұрын

    It is all mild steel welding, no cast. Thanks for the comments! Good luck on the Pizza Oven Wood Stove!

  • @sergiorodriguez1107
    @sergiorodriguez11075 ай бұрын

    My fire place looks similar to that but has a gas line, is it possible to burn wood in a gas fireplace? Someone in our neighborhood app once commented the gas line was a log starter. Thoughts?

  • @mrEnergy511
    @mrEnergy5115 ай бұрын

    Absolutely do not burn wood in a gas fireplace. That being said it is definitely possible that the gas line is a log starter. Is it an open fireplace like the one in the photo. A gas fireplace would be airtight and have a sealed glass front (not a folding glass door). Decorative glass doors can be added to a wood fireplace but they can be opened. The best way to know is to look inside the fireplace and see if there is a damper that you can open and close. The 3rd possibility is that you have a vent free fireplace. If that it the case there would be no venting in the top and you absolutely should burn wood. I don't recommend using a vent free fireplace at all. See this link for an article about the hazard of vent free fireplaces. www.maplemtnfireplace.com/vent-free

  • @sergiorodriguez1107
    @sergiorodriguez11075 ай бұрын

    @mrEnergy511 my fire place is open no glass door, it does have a damper to open and close at the top.

  • @mrEnergy511
    @mrEnergy5115 ай бұрын

    @@sergiorodriguez1107 if that is true you can pipe gas into the fireplace for a log lighter or just install a gas log set and not have the hassle of dealing with wood and ash. My preferred method is to have a real wood fire 🔥

  • @fred-san
    @fred-san5 ай бұрын

    Pizza oven - in wood insert: refractory bricks on the sides, 2-3mm steel plate on top (plate surface = insert surface - chimney flue surface) thin sheet metal folded like a box/flame guard, slate tiles (and/or small electric oven rack) to limit heating to metal plate level makes excellent pizza not very good for focaccia or bread (too muche heat on surface, & not such thermal mass maybe)

  • @mrEnergy511
    @mrEnergy5115 ай бұрын

    Great idea for cooking pizza in your wood insert!

  • @wyominghome4857
    @wyominghome48576 ай бұрын

    You don't say why this is the wrong model for Utah. I live in NW Wyoming. My new house came with a Majestic 36 inch SB60. The whole thing just looks flimsy and smokes, even with a window cracked.

  • @mrEnergy511
    @mrEnergy5116 ай бұрын

    You are 100% right. These prefab fireplaces are not made for cold weather. The are for aesthetics only. You would want to replace it with a more efficient heat rated airtight fireplace. Even a freestanding wood stove would be a much better option and more efficient.

  • @NatalieTaekwondo
    @NatalieTaekwondo6 ай бұрын

    Great video. Covers all the basics. ⭐️

  • @mrEnergy511
    @mrEnergy5116 ай бұрын

    Thanks for watching

  • @josephnakoochee8865
    @josephnakoochee88656 ай бұрын

    Is this video from Ontario?

  • @mrEnergy511
    @mrEnergy5116 ай бұрын

    No this video on stove installation is in Utah

  • @redsresearch
    @redsresearch6 ай бұрын

    so you can put insulation and what not right against the chimney pipe?

  • @mrEnergy511
    @mrEnergy5116 ай бұрын

    The class A chimney pipe that I am displaying has a 2" clearance to combustible materials.

  • @redsresearch
    @redsresearch6 ай бұрын

    @@mrEnergy511 so that means I can put insulation right up against it?

  • @willy895
    @willy8956 ай бұрын

    Had one of those Under if I can install a insert chimney inside?

  • @mrEnergy511
    @mrEnergy5116 ай бұрын

    If it will fit. It is not rated for it so a better option is a hearth heater.

  • @herrprepper2070
    @herrprepper20706 ай бұрын

    We had a downdraft problem. Installed a VacUStack and while it didn’t cure it completely, it was a huge improvement.

  • @mrEnergy511
    @mrEnergy5116 ай бұрын

    The VacUStack works great for high wind but for inversion we recommend a Draw Collar. Another solution for a chimney not drafting is to extend the height of your chimney pipe.

  • @Obtuse94
    @Obtuse946 ай бұрын

    Thank you, doing the same project! Are you concerned with air transfer or one side being blocked/vastly different temps/stagnant air?

  • @mrEnergy511
    @mrEnergy5116 ай бұрын

    Not at all, it is not an airtight garage nor is it insulated. Because it is a garage, it is also not heated or cooled.

  • @TwistandShout257
    @TwistandShout2576 ай бұрын

    Nice gloves! 😉 Great vid, Matt!

  • @mrEnergy511
    @mrEnergy5116 ай бұрын

    Thanks for the kind words!

  • @wnose
    @wnose6 ай бұрын

    =( Hearthstone don't offer it in red anymore

  • @mrEnergy511
    @mrEnergy5116 ай бұрын

    That's a bummer! I loved the red!

  • @Ben-sv9op
    @Ben-sv9op6 ай бұрын

    Do these have a blower ?

  • @mrEnergy511
    @mrEnergy5116 ай бұрын

    You can buy after market blowers for any wood burning fireplace. Call your local fireplace retailer and ask about one.

  • @chelseyjones9390
    @chelseyjones93906 ай бұрын

    Thanks for your video, I am just working on the same project. What thickness of steel did you use?

  • @mrEnergy511
    @mrEnergy5116 ай бұрын

    The inside steel in the cookstove was 1/8"

  • @danielleigh3543
    @danielleigh35436 ай бұрын

    you gonna hurt yourself look up barberchair always need a face cut

  • @mrEnergy511
    @mrEnergy5116 ай бұрын

    Thanks for your concern. Cut down HUNDREDS of trees and I’m not showing how to do it… just what I’m making out of dead wood. Appreciate the comment!

  • @bruceadonnelly69
    @bruceadonnelly696 ай бұрын

    Love the look of that stove. Researching now.. how do you like it?.is there a website with info? Thank you.

  • @mrEnergy511
    @mrEnergy5116 ай бұрын

    This stove is very well engendered and you will pay the price for it! Small stove as well They only heat 1000 sq ft... I've been out of the business for almost 4 years not sure on the price.

  • @user-gi6dc1hv1e
    @user-gi6dc1hv1e7 ай бұрын

    I am from India it's really informative ❤ about traditional fireplace

  • @mrEnergy511
    @mrEnergy5116 ай бұрын

    Awesome! Thank you!

  • @emoneyblue
    @emoneyblue7 ай бұрын

    are plans available for this?

  • @mrEnergy511
    @mrEnergy5116 ай бұрын

    I don't have plans but I sell kits. See my website: bricknflame.com/about/

  • @thefix2573
    @thefix25737 ай бұрын

    Imagine explaining to your Insurance Co that the house burned down due to an electrical fire with the wood stove.

  • @mrEnergy511
    @mrEnergy5117 ай бұрын

    We installed several of these draw collars at the base of the pipe with no issues. The cord comes off the collar itself and plugs into the wall just like a blower on the stove wood. There is no electrical wire in the stove or the attic.

  • @thefix2573
    @thefix25737 ай бұрын

    Just stick some paper up top and light it first. Open a door or window too. I didn't believe the price but uh, yeah $100 item max, not 700,someone thinks they hit a gold mine. Humanity and wood stove have done without this for Millennia. Some yuppie hipster trying to make it rich.

  • @mrEnergy511
    @mrEnergy5117 ай бұрын

    I owned a retail fireplace store and this draw collar worked amazing for customers. It was invented by someone in Utah to help with the inversion issue we frequently have in the winter.

  • @shawandrew
    @shawandrew7 ай бұрын

    Fake

  • @mrEnergy511
    @mrEnergy5117 ай бұрын

    Just trying to get attention so that people understand how dangerous it is. We just had a neighbor blow themselves up with a propane tank. Here is a video on how to do it safely. Propane Safety: How to Safely Open and Cut into a Propane Tank kzread.info/dash/bejne/lZthurt8ZK6rZdI.html

  • @The_Italian_idiot
    @The_Italian_idiot7 ай бұрын

    If there was any pressure in that tank equivalent to a normal propane tank I think the valve would become a projectile

  • @mrEnergy511
    @mrEnergy5116 ай бұрын

    Nice observation

  • @lolzombieeddy626
    @lolzombieeddy6267 ай бұрын

    omg really guys?! yes its dangerus to take a valve off a pressureised tank,but a empty tank is fine

  • @shamansays369
    @shamansays3697 ай бұрын

    Is that bottled fire?

  • @Silent_k225
    @Silent_k2257 ай бұрын

    its a propane tank.. so kinda? its flammable gas but technically bottled fire isnt wrong in this case

  • @handylandlord
    @handylandlord7 ай бұрын

    Way better! Good job

  • @mrEnergy511
    @mrEnergy5117 ай бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @barkonpickleball6966
    @barkonpickleball69667 ай бұрын

    How did you connect your doublwall stove pipe to the class a at the thimble?

  • @mrEnergy511
    @mrEnergy5117 ай бұрын

    All Chimney Pipe manufacturers make a Stove Pipe adaptor that makes it simple. See this link for one example: www.hartandcooley.com/products/tlcspa/stovepipe-adapter

  • @dwayneshephard2575
    @dwayneshephard25757 ай бұрын

    Where do I get one? How much does it cost?

  • @mrEnergy511
    @mrEnergy5117 ай бұрын

    I sale a DIY Pizza oven kit that you can finish at home on your own surface for $1499. See my website for more information and my contact info. bricknflame.com/about/

  • @robertfrisby3201
    @robertfrisby32017 ай бұрын

    I live here in the Salt Lake valley and the only thing I have against switching to gas stoves/fire places is in the event of a major disaster that the gas and power is cut off for days or weeks what do you heat your home with? I have a small pot belly stove and the only reason it's in my home is for emergency heat, other than that it's never used. I don't know how anyone can afford to use a gas stove/fire place just for the fun of it. They need to make stoves that work on both gas and wood. If Biden had his way there would be nothing being burned, everything would be ran off power but if the power is out then nothing runs, no heat, cooking, A/C, fridge/freezers, in the winter people would freeze to death. When I was young we all used our wood burning stoves and fire places, my parents couldn't afford to run the furnace, our wood burning fire place heated the house. We would step outside and some times we could smell the wood burning but the air was still good even with everyone burning. They say our air is cleaner today than it was back then but I beg to differ! Back then we could see both mountain ranges all winter long but now even with no burning during the winter all it takes is one day of high pressure and both mountain ranges are gone in a sea of pollution and we can see and smell it just looking across the street and we are stuck in it for days/weeks. We didn't have to keep our homes sealed up tight and run air purifiers to try and breath clean air back then. It's not the wood burning stoves, it's all the crap that runs on gasoline and diesel plus all the pollution that factories and other plants put out. Even natural gas is not completely clean. If the pollution gets bad enough they start asking everyone to cut back on running their furnaces and other natural gas burning devices. I just think people need to think of emergency preparedness, that's where my mind goes.

  • @mrEnergy511
    @mrEnergy5117 ай бұрын

    You make a lot of good points, and I agree with most of what you said. I also think of what I would do in case of emergencies and prep for the situations that you mentioned. I have a wood burning pizza oven, an old wood burning cook stove, and a freestanding wood burning stove. I live in Utah county. As a retail fireplace store, we participated in the change out program and did find that there were people that it really helped. There are also some things that I had never considered such as people with allergies that are very sensitive to smoke. It is not a one size fits all but as for myself, I will always love the smell of wood-burning stove! Thanks for your comment and thanks for watching!

  • @RICHIE_RICH89
    @RICHIE_RICH897 ай бұрын

    Atupid citys require a gd pipe to be so dam long.

  • @mrEnergy511
    @mrEnergy5117 ай бұрын

    The Chimney pipe code is so it your woodstove will vent correctly. If you go short on the chimney pipe the smoke will not draw and you will get smoke in your home.

  • @Thaz72398
    @Thaz723987 ай бұрын

    Thank you

  • @mrEnergy511
    @mrEnergy5117 ай бұрын

    You're welcome

  • @kennethmacquilliam8278
    @kennethmacquilliam82787 ай бұрын

    Looks like flashing is reversed backwards 😲

  • @mrEnergy511
    @mrEnergy5117 ай бұрын

    I agree the roof flashing looks like it is backwards in the video. If you go to the end of the stove install video you will see that the pipe is level. If the flashing was backwards than the stove pipe would not be level.

  • @PainterD54
    @PainterD547 ай бұрын

    I'd just eliminate that big ugly box and tubes laying there and make some kind of unit that fits up over the firebox inside the fireplace with the tubes just under the upper lip of the fireplace opening to blow the heat into the room.

  • @mrEnergy511
    @mrEnergy5117 ай бұрын

    Awesome! I'd love to see it when you finish!