We got the wood burner transported to the house and unloaded, so now it is time to start the install. The first thing I did was to install the blower and the aquastat and wire them up. Fun side story... I couldn't wait to try it out until I had filled it up with water, as a consequence I melted the wires running to my aquastat probe. Luckily, though damaged, I can repair it with little trouble.
Then the less fun part of drilling the holes through my basement wall to run the lines through. My Dad's concrete bit set has some gaps in it so I my options jumped from a half inch bit to an inch and an eighth. Since I am running 3/4 inch lines I had to go with the bigger one. To use that thing one of us held it steady while the other one used a 2 by 4 as a pry bar to push it forward. Here is a pic of the holes with my had for perspective.
Finally got the holes drilled then installed the heat exchanger in the duct work right under the furnace. I wanted to put it after the furnace but it wouldn't work out so I had to go below. I am not an HVAC guy so this install is a bit unconventional. To hold the exchanger in place I used 1x4's the I had left over from other projects.
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