Home heater: applying for permit in Portland, OR

[ekw]

Hey, we just finished our new living room stove.
We're going to have it inspected within the month.

Pictures are at
picasaweb.google.com/eawisner

and I may throw a few more onto:
picasaweb.google.com/eritter

(Donkey, I'm afraid you may have to go to the library to see these. They're big files, though I did at least cull out the inadvertent videos taken by our ragtag camera crew.)

If anyone with masonry stove experience wants to give us some tips as to what to expect from an Oregon / Portland area stove inspector, we'd love to hear it. Soon.

I should be able to post the results by April 2009; if I don't, remind me.

Thanks,
Erica Wisner

[ernie]

ok we had the inspector here this morning and he is talking to his senior inspector. we expect a call from the senior inspector tomorrow morning to set up an appointment to inspect the stove. keep your fingers crossed.

[ernie]

ok round three is on us. we had two mechanical inspectors and one deq inspector here today.
the current stat on the stove is that the building inspectors are keeping an information file open and we are going to try the alternative building devision. this is good news and we are happy with todays result.

the DEQ person was in good spirits and liked what he looked at. he will go back to the office and see where we fall under the reg's. unfortunately DEQ is somewhat toothless in oregon (I do wish it was otherwise).
so his parting statement was that DEQ would likely remain neutral in this; however he has not the final word.

I did learn that DEQ deals with outdoor air pollution so our steam and CO2 is not a problem. this does mean that there are a few things folks here need to keep in mind however. earthen ovens being somewhat dirty burning might need some improvement.

All in all a good day and well worth it.