Short Story About Our Fireplace Insert

        

 

 

 

 

 

When we did our log home restoration, we installed a wood burning insert in the fireplace. It does a really good job and can heat most of the house. It has two blowers on thermostats and it can be “chocked” down to burn all night.

The best thing about it is the fact that in 1999 when Floyd blew through, our other house was completely under water except for about 2 feet of the top of the roof and it stayed like that for 6 days! (That is how we got our log home). The good thing was it was fresh water from the river, not salt water.

Needless to say we lost many of our belongings, but we also saved alot. The insert was one item we saved. After the water subsided, we washed all the mud out and flushed the electric motors with fresh water, let dry out for about 3 weeks, plugged it in and it still works today. 

We saved many other items as well. A TV, pictures, VCR’s, several appliances and almost all of my power tools.  It is a shame the talking heads were telling everybody…”all is distroyed and contaminated”. But done properly, alot of people could of saved a whole lot more than they did. 

That is one expereince that will always be remembered. It was bad at the time, but looking back, God blessed us in so many ways!