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bentonbee

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Dec 13, 2012
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East Central Iowa
I have a Round Oak D18 I think it is. It is a cylinder or parlor stove. I was looking for tips on using them. I have never had a Round Oak before. I like it very much so far. It seems put out a lot of heat. I like the double door system. It allows me to put in some larger chunks of wood. I like having the door up where an older guy like me doesn't have to bend way over to load it!!! Man that is great!!! I also like having the ash reservour clean out on the bottom. Since I burn wood, I leave the top draft open that is by the stove pipe collar. I read that that tiny 3 hole draft helps burn the gasses. I think this stove burns a little more wood than I would like???? But it has been a long time since I used a wood stove...and I don't have much experience with very many wood stoves. So Round Oak users, give me some tips on using this stove. I have attached a photo of it. Since taking the photo, I have put another wall protector on the back...my insurance wanted me too. Thanks
Mike
 

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Great stove. How I would love to stand by that beauty with a cold one.

Take your time and carefully learn the ins-and-outs. Don't be temped to load her to-the-gills on the first cold night. Sit with her and make sure she knows who is boss.

MnDave
 
That stove pipe is closer than 18" to combustibles. It needs heat shielding! Also, make sure it is sloped uphill toward the chimney by at least 1/4" / ft..
 
Thanks guys. Begreen, I wondered the same thing, but the insurance company did not require it. I am going to install the heat sheilding above and behind the chimney metal pipe. Any suggestions? I plan to use some 1 inch square metal tubing cut in short lenghts for the spacers. What guage of metal? The stove boards behind the stove are store bought with some insulating material.
I had a Fisher Mama Bear wood stove too. I switched and put it in now. I am not sure I like it as well. I had put some cement blocks under the legs of it to raise it up some so it would be easier to load and look in. But I am not sure that it is any more efficient than the Round Oak and it won't take as much wood as the Round Oak for night fires, and I miss the ash grate and ash collector. Also can't load as big of pieces of wood in the Fisher. So I will probably be going to switch back to the Round Oak. I was thinking about putting a 1/4 inch plate of steel in the Round Oak to deflect the smoke a bit so that it may burn up more gasses. I do think that the Round Oak design of having a small adjustable vent right below where the stove pipe hooks up helps to get a little more O2 in there to burn better too.
 
Thanks guys. Begreen, I wondered the same thing, but the insurance company did not require it. I am going to install the heat sheilding above and behind the chimney metal pipe. Any suggestions? I plan to use some 1 inch square metal tubing cut in short lenghts for the spacers. What guage of metal? The stove boards behind the stove are store bought with some insulating material.
I had a Fisher Mama Bear wood stove too. I switched and put it in now. I am not sure I like it as well. I had put some cement blocks under the legs of it to raise it up some so it would be easier to load and look in. But I am not sure that it is any more efficient than the Round Oak and it won't take as much wood as the Round Oak for night fires, and I miss the ash grate and ash collector. Also can't load as big of pieces of wood in the Fisher. So I will probably be going to switch back to the Round Oak. I was thinking about putting a 1/4 inch plate of steel in the Round Oak to deflect the smoke a bit so that it may burn up more gasses. I do think that the Round Oak design of having a small adjustable vent right below where the stove pipe hooks up helps to get a little more O2 in there to burn better too.

P.S. I have since added a second stove board behind the wood stove as my insurance company wanted that.
 
24 gauge sheet metal, with 1 inch air space the same as wall protector.

Or you can use double wall pipe with a clearance down to 6".
 
Thanks Coaly.
 
Ditto. What he said.
 
Hi guys,
Thanks for the help. I got the shield put up on the back wall and ceiling to shield the chimney. I feel safer now. I really love this round oak stove. It puts out a lot of heat, will hold a fire as good as the fisher did over night and it is a lot easier to start and manage than the Fisher. Thanks for your help. Now if I could put a baffle plate towards the top to increase the efficiency a little bit.., I think it was just as efficient as my unbaffled Fisher Mama Bear stove was.
 
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