Hi Guys,
Im on my 5th year burning in a Secondary Combustion EPA cert. stove. During that time I've been reading quite a bit here and have important milestones such as Dry Wood, Low Creosote accumulation, among other important lessons learned.
We have a close friend who "grew up with a wood stove" and is currently running a late 1970's stove with a "slammer" install at their residence. When they come to our house I get questions about how and why I load my stove etc. The focus is on the amount of wood I load into the stove. I've done my best to explain my understanding of my stove's operation. They insist I'm wasting wood by not letting 1 or 2 splits smolder for example.
~It was all good till I came home the other day and my stove was smoldering away with blackened glass cause they loaded it for us while babysitting.~
Lately with these mild temps I have 3 fires a day. AM, Late Afternoon, PM. And it works great for me.
Maybe what I don't fully understand is HOW the older stoves operate? I ran one years ago and remember smoldering pieces of wood to avoid over fires.
As always - looking for insight and Thanks.
Im on my 5th year burning in a Secondary Combustion EPA cert. stove. During that time I've been reading quite a bit here and have important milestones such as Dry Wood, Low Creosote accumulation, among other important lessons learned.
We have a close friend who "grew up with a wood stove" and is currently running a late 1970's stove with a "slammer" install at their residence. When they come to our house I get questions about how and why I load my stove etc. The focus is on the amount of wood I load into the stove. I've done my best to explain my understanding of my stove's operation. They insist I'm wasting wood by not letting 1 or 2 splits smolder for example.
~It was all good till I came home the other day and my stove was smoldering away with blackened glass cause they loaded it for us while babysitting.~
Lately with these mild temps I have 3 fires a day. AM, Late Afternoon, PM. And it works great for me.
Maybe what I don't fully understand is HOW the older stoves operate? I ran one years ago and remember smoldering pieces of wood to avoid over fires.
As always - looking for insight and Thanks.