JLC ??JANUARY 1990
Carpenters of
Invention
"Tell you what," the carpenter told
Steve McLaughlin, "if you want to make
a million bucks, here's what you do."
The carpenter was installing a wood
stove in a remodeled family room. To do
so, he had to erect a bulky sheet-metal
wall protector between the stove and the
wall. (It was either that or install the
stove 3 feet out from the wall.) And
when he installed the stovepipe, he had
to cut a gaping hole to run the pipe
through the wall to the exterior chimney.
Sure, it met code, but it looked
awful.
The carpenter told McLaughlin that if
he could come up with an attractive,
easy-to-use, safe way