HI300 Install Underway

Glad to hear you are on your way. Don't be afraid to get that breakin fire going before the surround panels are installed. The curing will be on the stove and not the cast surround. Your chimney pic didn't come through for some reason.

Looking good! I remember going through the same process as you when I installed mine as some of the clips to attach the surround were missing. I can tell you from experience you will want to protect that floor. You will have hot embers falling from the stove from time to time and this will char the floor for sure. Check out what I did for little cost to protect the floor. The rug is wool and the stone is a brown stone. This helps during reloads as you keep the wood on the stone and not your wood floor. Best of all, you can remove the stone during off season and bring it back during burn season.

18PiecesofFlair said:

Overall I think things went pretty well. We'll need to wait a week or so to get the faceplate installed, but we could at least get the first fire out of the way. First burn was successful. Dining room warmed from about 62 to 71 degrees. Rest of the house didn't seem much warmer, but the fire was small. Hopefully we'll see a difference when we can load it up. Unfortunately we might have to wait a while, as we only had about 10 pieces of dry wood on hand and we went through that pretty fast.


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Here's the stove installed...

First fire (paint smell not included)...

One happy dog...

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Congrats looks nice.

The cord thing is good to know.
(I'm stopping by the stove place today with the aim of getting my own.)

Great looking stove!

Ray

I asked about it at the stove shop tonight and they told me that the piece was $50.

velvetfoot said:

I asked about it at the stove shop tonight and they told me that the piece was $50.

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I changed my cord to the other side outlet my merely removing the fan asm and changing it. Don't remember needing anything special. You might just take a look.

Dieselbreath said:

velvetfoot said:

I asked about it at the stove shop tonight and they told me that the piece was $50.

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I changed my cord to the other side outlet my merely removing the fan asm and changing it. Don't remember needing anything special. You might just take a look.

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+1 Look at page 17 of your HI300 Manual with the Heading of "Power Outlet Conversion".

I have the same stove... I really do like it but if I had to do it all over again, I would've gotten a free standing stove and not an insert... I bet it would throw off a TON more heat.

We need to talk about your flair. The stove would work better if you had 37 pieces of flair. You can get stove information anywhere, but people come to hearth.com for the atmosphere and the attitude. Look, we want you to express yourself. Okay? Now, if you feel that the bare minumum is enough, then okay. But some people choose to wear more and we encourage that. Okay? You do wanna express yourself, don't you?

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We need to talk about your flair. The stove would work better if you had 37 pieces of flair. You can get stove information anywhere, but people come to hearth.com for the atmosphere and the attitude. Look, we want you to express yourself. Okay? Now, if you feel that the bare minumum is enough, then okay. But some people choose to wear more and we encourage that. Okay? You do wanna express yourself, don't you?

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What the heck?... Could you repeat this in English please?

18PiecesofFlair said:

BrowningBAR said:

We need to talk about your flair. The stove would work better if you had 37 pieces of flair. You can get stove information anywhere, but people come to hearth.com for the atmosphere and the attitude. Look, we want you to express yourself. Okay? Now, if you feel that the bare minumum is enough, then okay. But some people choose to wear more and we encourage that. Okay? You do wanna express yourself, don't you?

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Well done! One of my all-time favorite movies, probably because I live it every day.

I did see the conversion kit for the power cord, but I'm going to need an outlet installed either way. I'll just have to check with the electrician on what the best option is. Thanks for the recommendation!

Just got a cord of firewood dumped in the driveway. It's rained the past couple days, to the wood is a little damp. I assume I need to wait a few days for it to dry a little. It's turning out to be a nice, sunny day, so off I go to start stacking.

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That wood is going to be wet either way. It will probably sizzle like hell. At this point you are better off stacking it and having it ready for next winter. Buy next winter's wood now.

18PiecesofFlair said:

BrowningBAR said:

That wood is going to be wet either way. It will probably sizzle like hell. At this point you are better off stacking it and having it ready for next winter. Buy next winter's wood now.

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I'm disappointed this "seasoned firewood" isn't ready to burn. I've tried a few pieces tonight with no luck. Just a lot of popping and smoke. Stuff wasn't cheap, either. Guess I'll just stack it and wait til fall.

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Don't be disappointed. This is the norm. No such thing as delivered seasoned firewood in February/March. Live and learn and stack it for next year.

Seriously, though, buy next years wood right now. I mean it.

That insert looks sharp! Congratulations!

18PiecesofFlair said:

BrowningBAR said:

That wood is going to be wet either way. It will probably sizzle like hell. At this point you are better off stacking it and having it ready for next winter. Buy next winter's wood now.

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I'm disappointed this "seasoned firewood" isn't ready to burn. I've tried a few pieces tonight with no luck. Just a lot of popping and smoke. Stuff wasn't cheap, either. Guess I'll just stack it and wait til fall.

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As Inferno said, no need to get disappointed. Consider it a learning curve experience with heating with wood. You need to start thinking about wood seasoning for the future. I once thought if I got green wood in the spring, it would be ready by the fall/winter. Well, with Oak and Black Birch, I learned it wasn't ready. Now I have 2 to 3 years of wood stacked and this is a guarenteed supply of seasoned wood. Using the FIFO (first in first out) method, the wood I burn now is seasoned a minimum of 2 years and the results are much better burn cylces. Find the area in your yard that has a lot of sun exposure and wind. It doesn't take that much room to stack 8 to 12 cords of wood.