Wood stove issue. Damn hippies.

The Heretic · Feb 22, 2014

Oregonhunter5 said:
What's fun about this crappy country is, you have folks that buy a 3k stove, and are told in 5 years get another cause that one isn't EPA friendly.
But since the attorneys and judges own this world, it is our reality.

Only inside your head.

To gov isn't telling you to get a new stove.

The gov is saying you have to remove it to sell your house.

Until you sell the house you can keep the stove.

At least that is the way it works in most states.

As I said, nobody is coming around and inspecting your stove until you get ready to sell.

U201492 · Feb 22, 2014

Redcap said:
I am enjoying this thread next to my homemade stove. F*** the EPA.

No way Big Guy- I happen to LIKE my groin region and I refuse to risk it rotting off from an STD. I will not F*** the EPA.

xlsbob · Feb 22, 2014

I sold my house in Florence last fall with a Convector wood stove I bought in the 80's, it still passed inspection. It wasn't cheap when I bought it, but I was amazed when I didn't have to take it out for the sale.

noyolk · Feb 23, 2014

The solution to the problem is found in the thread title. Do not blame the hippies, just think more like them. Take a hot melt glue applicator(NOT a gun) and decorate the undesirable object with painted seashells, driftwood, etc. and make it into a unusable "ART" stove. Peel the hot melt or other adhesive off after inspection.

U201492 · Feb 23, 2014

noyolk said:
The solution to the problem is found in the thread title. Do not blame the hippies, just think more like them. Take a hot melt glue applicator(NOT a gun) and decorate the undesirable object with painted seashells, driftwood, etc. and make it into a unusable "ART" stove. Peel the hot melt or other adhesive off after inspection.

Nothing wrong with urban camouflage- I suggest we all have backups for that. However, wouldn't it be easier to look on Craigslist for an EPA rated stove? Or call up a few construction re-modelers and ask "Hey, got any old EPA cert'd stoves?" Can't hurt and it'd be pretty cheap.