Hello, for the newbies and not-so-newbies, the forum's seminar on
RMH in Sept
should include some real-time, real-world info about the liabilities, code/s enforcement, fire insurance, legal-beagle stuff about building your own
RMH. This was brought to the fore (again) just recently, when I visited a fella who is selling his collection of good, used hunting bows. When I visited the guy at his apartment, he made mention that he 'needs' to make some cash on these (he has 20 something..). Seems his house burned last winter (it was cold here in PA, well 'cold' for us, not like Montana..), he had his chunk stove a-roaring. Seems a little too much, since he caught his house on fire...lost everything (the bows and hunting equipment were kept in the free standing garage). I asked him about 'rebuilding'.., he sadly said that wasn't going to happen! Seems he did NOT read his homeowners Casualty Policy. He , himself installed the
wood stove, and NOT to codes, single wall piping, and was 'squeeze fit' at that...no steel screws to secure the pipe joints. SO< long story short...they denied the Claim, as it was written into the policy (that he had), that any..."wood burning, or heating device, the installation of and use of is to meet all
local and applicable Codes, and the Insurer is to be notified of such installation, before any such use"..! Now, THAT's a very expensive lesson to learn. To the wise, all of life is a lesson to be observed and learned. Nevertheless, I wish ya'll's well, and a successful RMH heater seminar. Be well, do good work, and see ya's later, Sincerely, Mikhail