Heater and Chimney Installed!

Work continued fastidiously on the chimney last week and the effort paid off! After reading the Dickinson Marine P9000 heater manual for ten hours (just joking: 25 minutes) it was discovered that the chimney should not endure too tight of a bend. Circumferential springs serve as spacers in between the exhaust pipe and the outer pipe -- we moved two of these so that they were located at the bend site to help alleviate pressure / avoid any hotspots (where the inner pipe might touch the outer pipe). The space between the two pipes is the intake. So clever!
Just as certain Aztec gods might be involved in really well-written myths and stories, the God of Fish is the protector of the Weebee heater in this particular story. In a fitting twist of fate, it turns out this is a boat heater -- what one might use on a personal yacht in the winter time (though it seems likely that no tiny house owners are also yacht owners) -- so the God of Fish is indeed pleased. A small fish talisman has been placed on top of the heater to ward off evil spirits (aka to protect the shiny metal finish of the backplate while construction proceeds).

The next step here will be to actually install a propane tank and propane lines. Until then, electric space heaters and work lights to the rescue!