I work at an office and my wife works from home. First thing in the morning I start the fire and get the insert up to 500 or so before I leave for the day and she is really quite good at keeping the place warm and without using too much wood. She seems to be a good burner and tells me she enjoys it. I get home and take over with the fire in the evening.
So I get the call.... "when the stove hits 750 is there anything to do besides just shutting down the air?" 750! cripes, we shoot for 600 on the stovetop to warm up the house and less than that to maintain temps. She loaded the stove at 400 and checked it a couple of times over the next hour but it wasn't raging yet. Then at the next check after a half hour it had gotten way too hot. I have noticed this pattern when the wood is too wet. The fire slowly dries the wood and then POOF it takes off.
Well she has the blower running and with the air cut off the stove is cooling as she watches 725, 700 and on down. I know it'll go down now that it has peaked which is something I was not confident of when insert dumped into the big honkin 8x12" flue. It has a 6" SS liner now and the stove in much less likely to runaway.
I don't know about this wood burning stuff. As a primary 24/7 heater it is a good bit of risk and effort. I sure wish I could have two heaters so that I could add a thermostatic pellet stove to the mix. We have no central heating system, only those expensive electric wall heaters in each room. The house has poor insulation so heat is lost all day long at a pretty good rate.
Anyway, thanks for listening.
So I get the call.... "when the stove hits 750 is there anything to do besides just shutting down the air?" 750! cripes, we shoot for 600 on the stovetop to warm up the house and less than that to maintain temps. She loaded the stove at 400 and checked it a couple of times over the next hour but it wasn't raging yet. Then at the next check after a half hour it had gotten way too hot. I have noticed this pattern when the wood is too wet. The fire slowly dries the wood and then POOF it takes off.
Well she has the blower running and with the air cut off the stove is cooling as she watches 725, 700 and on down. I know it'll go down now that it has peaked which is something I was not confident of when insert dumped into the big honkin 8x12" flue. It has a 6" SS liner now and the stove in much less likely to runaway.
I don't know about this wood burning stuff. As a primary 24/7 heater it is a good bit of risk and effort. I sure wish I could have two heaters so that I could add a thermostatic pellet stove to the mix. We have no central heating system, only those expensive electric wall heaters in each room. The house has poor insulation so heat is lost all day long at a pretty good rate.
Anyway, thanks for listening.
