In our weekend place back in the Shenandoah Valley in VA, we had a little Sierra end-loader with a nice big fixed front window. It had a bypass for lighting, then with that in the operating position, the combustion air (coming through two adjustable ports in the end loading door) traversed the length of the firebox to find its way to the flue exit. Two little slide registers beneath the front window provided a rudimentary but surprisingly effective airwash and kept that window pretty dang clean. I've no idea whatever anymore what model of Sierra that stove may have been. Rick
The famous T-2000 Rick. Tons, pun intended, of them sold around here back then. A great wood stove.
I had a Nashua with a glass door. If you ran it hot you could keep the glass clean.
I've got a 1987 Jotul 3 TD which I'm still using and it has glass. Cleaning the glass is not that big a deal. I do it about once a week and it takes only a couple of minutes.Or are they all cast/steel doors?
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