need some help, please

**chipperhiker** · November 16th, 2005, 05:21 AM

Hi everyone.

The stove I just bought (60C) turns out to be in a basement. **** . I NEVER would have guessed it based on the photos, and didn't ask. I just assumed it was in the normal house. My bad. I might have passed, had I known...

The seller wants to get it out of the basement himself. I am nervous, nervous, nervous.

Has anyone removed a stove from a basement? I have no idea how anyone got it down there without trashing it, much less how this can be accomplished while fighting gravity the whole way. I somehow think it was before this guy's time, so he doesn't know either.

I plan to give him a list of parts he can remove to make it lighter. I saw Tura's list on an old post, but I don't have any idea how to remove the burners (either the oven or top ones), or the griddle and broiler pan. Maybe it's obvious, but I've never actually touched one of these stoves.

Also, how do you remove the side panels of a Model C, so he won't crack all the porcelain by pushing on them?

Could someone please tell me how to do these things, so I can relay it to the seller so he doesn't hurt my pretty stove?

Any other hints? I'm flying totally blind here.

(I know I need the manual. It's coming, but it's just not here yet...)

**chipperhiker** · November 16th, 2005, 05:54 AM

Hey - I didn't swear in that post, but it got censored anyway. Strange.

**pmisaber** · November 16th, 2005, 06:39 AM

You probably already saw this, but I'll mention it in case it got by you. There is a post from Tom Plumeri relating to problems with moving a stove that I found pretty useful. The title of the topic is: A question about safe positioning of a model BZ on a dolly . Tura has also posted some very useful information about ways to significantly lighten a stove and make moving one a lot more manageable by removing as much as possible (including things you might not think of such as the oven floor). If you search the forum you can find her post. I hope that someone who has specifically dealt with moving a Chambers up a flight of stairs can offer some other more specific advice.

Peter

**treatmaker** · November 16th, 2005, 01:04 PM

Chipper,

It's a piece of cake. I've learned from moving two stoves, one from a second story apartment the other from a basement. We rented a refigerator/large appliance dolly. They're great. You can call me so I can explain what they look like and I'll find out the right name for them. You strap the stove on to it. (take out the racks, drip pans, anything that moves. It has wheels on it that move up and down so it's easy to get it up stairs and down stairs.

My number is 718-352-2854(work) best number to get me. I'll explain it better. We rented on from Abby Rent All. I don't know if you have places like that in your area where you can rent all types of equipment. I'm going to call them now and get the proper name of the dang thing. But it works like a charm.

**treatmaker** · November 16th, 2005, 01:05 PM

Chipper,

Sorry typo on my phone # it's 718-352-3854

taheckler · November 16th, 2005, 01:58 PM

Joe Piewood (sp?) also had a recent post on this very topic. He had to move his stove out of a basement. He described exactly what they did in the post, if you want to search for it by the keyboard "stairs".

**pmisaber** · November 16th, 2005, 02:17 PM

Oops, Tura is right it was Joe not Tom. Sorry Joe. The topic heading is the one I listed though.

Peter

**treatmaker** · November 16th, 2005, 09:26 PM

Chipper,

Good talking to you today. I hope I was of some help. Wanted to let you know that there's a post from Nov. 2nd about using a dolly to move a BZ stove. Maybe it can give you some insight. As I said before I had no problems using the dolly and everything worked out fine. Read the post regarding Joe's experiences.

Virginia