Hello all, A while back I purchased a Regency R16 for $100 from a woman on craigslist. I went ahead and sanded the unit down to bare metal, Painted it with Stove Brite black mettalic paint, Installed new rope gasket and also installed new fire bricks and got her looking just like new.
I had the insert installed and also ran a 23' SS liner with rain cap etc. I also created and installed a block off plate.
The stove was missing the steel baffle and insulation blanket which sits above the steel baffle. I went ahead and had a local steeel guy cut me some thick plate steel for the baffle. While the temps in the stove and heat output were greatly improved upon my installing the baffle I am getting horrible burn times. Below are the details on my burning process. I will load the stove with a bunch of wood and burn for 30-40 minutes with draft wide open. Upon getting the stove to this temp I closed the draft down to 1/2" and am getting great secondary burn. I am able to achieve 500-550 degrees front stove temp (above door handle) but it seems as if the burn time are far less that the 8-10 hours which Regency states. I will get 3.5 - 4 hours before it's all coal and I need to add more wood to sustain 500-550 degrees. My house is a colonial and is only 1400 sq ft, i can get the downstairs (1st floor where the stove is installed) to 70 degrees and upstairs to 66-67ish but thought I would be able to get the house a lot warmer. I have a whole house fan which I have insulated both up in attic and in the hallway upstairs, I have also insulated the attic door but am getting a major draft from upstairs. I know this coud be the problem with maintaing temps higher than 70 but the burn times are what concern me.
Anyone have a R16 that is having the same problem??????
Any help/assistance is greatly appreciated.
I had the insert installed and also ran a 23' SS liner with rain cap etc. I also created and installed a block off plate.
The stove was missing the steel baffle and insulation blanket which sits above the steel baffle. I went ahead and had a local steeel guy cut me some thick plate steel for the baffle. While the temps in the stove and heat output were greatly improved upon my installing the baffle I am getting horrible burn times. Below are the details on my burning process. I will load the stove with a bunch of wood and burn for 30-40 minutes with draft wide open. Upon getting the stove to this temp I closed the draft down to 1/2" and am getting great secondary burn. I am able to achieve 500-550 degrees front stove temp (above door handle) but it seems as if the burn time are far less that the 8-10 hours which Regency states. I will get 3.5 - 4 hours before it's all coal and I need to add more wood to sustain 500-550 degrees. My house is a colonial and is only 1400 sq ft, i can get the downstairs (1st floor where the stove is installed) to 70 degrees and upstairs to 66-67ish but thought I would be able to get the house a lot warmer. I have a whole house fan which I have insulated both up in attic and in the hallway upstairs, I have also insulated the attic door but am getting a major draft from upstairs. I know this coud be the problem with maintaing temps higher than 70 but the burn times are what concern me.
Anyone have a R16 that is having the same problem??????
Any help/assistance is greatly appreciated.