'71 Starcraft Wanderstar- "The Hilton"
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Allright, a vote for burlap! I scrounged about 30 of these coffee sacks so I have a lot of burlap. To me, it's as good or better than any store-bought material and, if a drink gets all over it or spaghetti sauce, just use it for grease rags and put another one up, lol.
This heater has a bog standard thermocouple and pilot light, also a petcock to adjust the flame, no thermostat. It's kind of up to the user to determine if the heater needs to be turned up. When we used it up at deer camp (in a TT), we would turn it up in the early evening, probably also operate the stove for dinner, and when it came time for lights-out, turn it down till barely on or just run the pilot until morning. It depended on outside temps and if it was -10 and windy (saw that weather a bit) it would be on low through the night. I can only think of a couple times when someone got up and turned the valve to increaase heat. I think it's rated at 20K BTU. Like you say, UP, the good news is -----no electricity needed.
BTW, UP, picked up one of those edge-glued pine panels for the sink countertop. I can't thank you enough for posting pics of that and allowing me to steal your idea.:B I returned the Formica top I had picked out in favor of the wood top. It just seems to fit the decor better, lol. And if Repo is reading.....yes, of course it will be edge-banded.
Thought I would use this quarry tile around the heater, good old made in the USA and very durable:
This heater has a bog standard thermocouple and pilot light, also a petcock to adjust the flame, no thermostat. It's kind of up to the user to determine if the heater needs to be turned up. When we used it up at deer camp (in a TT), we would turn it up in the early evening, probably also operate the stove for dinner, and when it came time for lights-out, turn it down till barely on or just run the pilot until morning. It depended on outside temps and if it was -10 and windy (saw that weather a bit) it would be on low through the night. I can only think of a couple times when someone got up and turned the valve to increaase heat. I think it's rated at 20K BTU. Like you say, UP, the good news is -----no electricity needed.
BTW, UP, picked up one of those edge-glued pine panels for the sink countertop. I can't thank you enough for posting pics of that and allowing me to steal your idea.:B I returned the Formica top I had picked out in favor of the wood top. It just seems to fit the decor better, lol. And if Repo is reading.....yes, of course it will be edge-banded.
Thought I would use this quarry tile around the heater, good old made in the USA and very durable:
