PE Super 27 install - just in-time for spring:)

Hi all, just thought we would share a few photos of our install. I have done alot of reading on this site. With the help of our local stove shop and this site we were able to do a majority of this project ourselves and save lots of cash. The stove is in our partially finished well insulated basement. The existing chimney (outside wall) was in excellent condition but, we had it lined with SS by our local stove shop for added safety. We were going to do it ourselves but did not feel 100% comfortable doing so. The pipe from the stove to the flue is double wall, again overkill but its a safety comfort level for us. We tore down the back wooden wall and replaced it with metal framing studs covered by cement board and finished with porcelain tile. The floor is raised in this room, we removed the carpet, plywood and 2X4's where the floor protector would go. used leveling cement to get level, re-in-forced and gained height by installing 1/4X3X1.5" steel channel and cement in between the channel in selected spots for added support. Cement board was attached to the channels and tiled over. Please no laughing at our orange carpet, LOL, stove had priority, carpet will be replaced at a later date. Local shop tested our wood, its between 14 & 23%, we are burning the 14 - 20% wood. We are extremely happy with the heat output, the stoves purpose is to heat the finished basement and that it does. We understand outside temps are mild, still impressed. We do have a few questions ..

1. We installed a probe flu thermostat in the double wall pipe roughly 20" from the stove top. it shows optimal temperature between 400 & 900 degrees. We have been burning between 500 & 600, reloading around 300/400. Our idea is keep it above 400 to help with less creosote build-up in the flue. Does this sound correct ?
Anyway enjoy the photos.....

Before

Thanks for the compliments. The room is 18X14 with two 14X12 attaching rooms, one heated and one not heated.
The rooms are in the high 70' s, upstair rooms around 70. Its a small house and very mild outside temps (20's @ night)really help.

What is a good flue temperature to help keep creosote down? Chimney is 15' from the cleanout up.
I understand that every install is different, just want a good starting point to comapre from when the
Flue is cleaned.

BeGreen said:

Is that double-wall pipe? If so, a probe flue temp of 400-600F is a good temp to maintain until the wood is all charcoal. Stovetop will be around 600-650F with a good load of fuel.

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Excellent, yes it is doublewall and we have the probe type thermometer.
Thank you.