Happy New Year All
Well the stove is back in my house as of yesterday, not sure how I'm feeling about that. What did they do to it? Good Question?
They test burnt in their show room for almost two weeks and claimed it was burning fine with no smoke emissions coming out of it anywhere. But then I never saw any smoke emissions at anytime either so not sure what that determined?
They put a new gasket on it which they claim is a 7/8 inch but I think it's more like a two inch! This thing is so fat it almost oozes out of the door. But there is a tight seal door to stove now that's for sure! They cleaned and re adjusted the baffles which they claim where all carboned up. And they extended the chimney on the roof by another three feet. We test burnt it for about three hours after it was re-installed and no nasties appeared on walls or windows. The installer they sent was very good and seemed to really know his stuff. He said that even before he added the three foot chimney extension we had a good draft going on. He said our fresh air intake was fine and could see no issues anywhere.
Tonight will be the big test! Going down to -41 Celsius and we'll be loading her up and setting her alight. Will get the de-greaser out in the morning and if I see so much as one smudge of greasy soot anywhere...well you'll feel the earth shake down below the border
Will report back tomorrow