That's because yours won't do a secondary burn!BrotherBart said:Actually, no.
pen said:I'll show you mine if you show me yours
Battleaxe said:Any buildup I get on the walls and baffle of my firebox gets totally burned off once the stove gets hot. The firebricks don't have any soot on them at all. My baffle gets black from the paper I use to start a fire, but it also burns off totally once it gets hot. Sometimes the glass on my door will ash up a bit as the fire dies, but nothing on the baffle.
raybonz said:Battleaxe said:Any buildup I get on the walls and baffle of my firebox gets totally burned off once the stove gets hot. The firebricks don't have any soot on them at all. My baffle gets black from the paper I use to start a fire, but it also burns off totally once it gets hot. Sometimes the glass on my door will ash up a bit as the fire dies, but nothing on the baffle.
How do you like the Vogelzang Performer so far? Not much posted about them here.. Maybe you could start a post telling us about your experiences with it..
Ray
Battleaxe said:raybonz said:Battleaxe said:Any buildup I get on the walls and baffle of my firebox gets totally burned off once the stove gets hot. The firebricks don't have any soot on them at all. My baffle gets black from the paper I use to start a fire, but it also burns off totally once it gets hot. Sometimes the glass on my door will ash up a bit as the fire dies, but nothing on the baffle.
How do you like the Vogelzang Performer so far? Not much posted about them here.. Maybe you could start a post telling us about your experiences with it..
Ray
I really like it a lot. It seems a lot like the NC30 in construction but not as tall, hence the smaller firebox. I was looking for a stove to squeeze into my fireplace opening and I figured out how to shorten the pedestal on the Performer so it would easily fit. I have 5-1/2" of clearance to the top and sides of the masonry firebox. I put a 6" flexible stainless liner up the 15' masonry chimney wrapped with 2" of kaowool and packed the damper area of the fireplace with roxul and also packed the top of the chimney around the liner with roxul just under the cap. It draws really well and the primary air control is generally 1/4 to 1/2 open during a typical burn (500 stovetop) and have only had to close it all the way a few times when I got the stove hotter (8-900). Fires start up easily and I always have nothing but fine ashes left in the firebox when I let it burn out. I've been getting 8-10 hour burns regularly. I got it on sale at Menards for $699 at the beginning of December, which seemed like a great deal.
I wanted an NC30 but just couldn't make it work in my fireplace; the opening is 36.5" wide and 25.5" high.
raybonz said:Battleaxe said:raybonz said:Battleaxe said:Any buildup I get on the walls and baffle of my firebox gets totally burned off once the stove gets hot. The firebricks don't have any soot on them at all. My baffle gets black from the paper I use to start a fire, but it also burns off totally once it gets hot. Sometimes the glass on my door will ash up a bit as the fire dies, but nothing on the baffle.
How do you like the Vogelzang Performer so far? Not much posted about them here.. Maybe you could start a post telling us about your experiences with it..
Ray
I really like it a lot. It seems a lot like the NC30 in construction but not as tall, hence the smaller firebox. I was looking for a stove to squeeze into my fireplace opening and I figured out how to shorten the pedestal on the Performer so it would easily fit. I have 5-1/2" of clearance to the top and sides of the masonry firebox. I put a 6" flexible stainless liner up the 15' masonry chimney wrapped with 2" of kaowool and packed the damper area of the fireplace with roxul and also packed the top of the chimney around the liner with roxul just under the cap. It draws really well and the primary air control is generally 1/4 to 1/2 open during a typical burn (500 stovetop) and have only had to close it all the way a few times when I got the stove hotter (8-900). Fires start up easily and I always have nothing but fine ashes left in the firebox when I let it burn out. I've been getting 8-10 hour burns regularly. I got it on sale at Menards for $699 at the beginning of December, which seemed like a great deal.
I wanted an NC30 but just couldn't make it work in my fireplace; the opening is 36.5" wide and 25.5" high.
Battleaxe
I copied and pasted your link as it doesn't work.. Your stove and install look very nice! If I remember right the Vogelzang stoves are a bit lighter than Englander equivalents but much better than the old boxwood stoves and safe! Quite a while back some members had blower problems and they were sent new parts..
Ray
Huntindog1 said:Does the NC-30's have insulation on top of the baffle board? As Pen's pic doesnt show any.
That FB looks like the ought to to me. He has been burning good wood hot for it to look that way.precaud said:pen said:I'll show you mine if you show me yours
Wow, that's one ugly firebox! :lol:
wkpoor said:That FB looks like the ought to to me. He has been burning good wood hot for it to look that way.precaud said:Wow, that's one ugly firebox! :lol:
I'll show you mine if you show me yours
Sure it's wear and not just discoloration or buildup of ash making it look like the baffle is wearing away? Mine looks like the face of the moon but in no way is looking as though it's getting ready to blow through w/out me putting the poker through it.
pen
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