First fire!

farmboy05 · Nov 23, 2014

Got the stove hooked up and fired up! Just wanted to say thanks to you all for all your help!

Definitely learning about needing to be patient. Kept wanting to turn the air down too far too soon. Wood on the slightly wetter side don't help much though (around 25-26%). But once it got going it was all worth it!

(The paint cooking on wasn't a pleasant smell though lol)

Cynnergy · Nov 23, 2014

Looks great!

realstihl · Nov 24, 2014

I have the same stove. You'll like it. It likes to run at 500°. Good looking install.

farmboy05 · Nov 25, 2014

realstihl said:
I have the same stove. You'll like it. It likes to run at 500°. Good looking install.

When do you start to close back the air then turn on the fan? I think I'm doing it too soon. I'm starting to turn back the air around 400 and turn on the fan a little before 500. But then the temps start dropping and it eventually dies back to a smolder soon afterwards.

I'm sure I'm doing it too soon, but I'm also trying to avoid an overfire. Maybe I'm being way too conservative.

realstihl · Nov 26, 2014

Your doing the same as I do. Your wood isn't dry enough if it dies off. The temp will climb well into the 500's with draft control completely closed. This could be a draft issue also.

BIGDADDY · Nov 26, 2014

Looks nice. Do you have the walls shielded with anything or is it just drywall?

BobUrban · Nov 26, 2014

Did you cut out the floor and get down to the sub floor? If so I would consider ripping some of the leftover flooring into 1/2 or 1/4" strips and trimming out the hearth. Just a thought. It really looks nice. I like the rustic stone look.

farmboy05 · Nov 26, 2014

Realstihl, I have a little over 20' of chimney from stove to cap with 2 30° elbows back to back for a jog. I'm not sure how much those elbows take out for effective height. I found some wood in my wood pile at 15-16%. When I get home tonight and get a fire going, I'll document the process with some photos and a vid or two and post on here. When my secondaries are engaged, I get mostly blue flames. Shouldn't they be more yellowish?

Bigdaddy, just drywall. The corner clearance for this is 5" with double wall pipe. I'm at 10 on one side and 7 to 8 on the other.

BobUrban, No floor cutout. Cement board then the stones. We'll be doing a row of trim bricks/stones around the edge to close everything in once the holidays are done. And thank you BTW.

realstihl · Nov 26, 2014

Blue transparent flame is good. The flame color has a lot to do with wood species. Elm seems to make more blue flames and oak,maple, hedge make more of a yellow flame. We like pics and video. Also when your running it right the flames will be transparent at the top.

BIGDADDY · Nov 26, 2014

farmboy05 said:
Realstihl, I have a little over 20' of chimney from stove to cap with 2 30° elbows back to back for a jog. I'm not sure how much those elbows take out for effective height. I found some wood in my wood pile at 15-16%. When I get home tonight and get a fire going, I'll document the process with some photos and a vid or two and post on here. When my secondaries are engaged, I get mostly blue flames. Shouldn't they be more yellowish?

Bigdaddy, just drywall. The corner clearance for this is 5" with double wall pipe. I'm at 10 on one side and 7 to 8 on the other.

BobUrban, No floor cutout. Cement board then the stones. We'll be doing a row of trim bricks/stones around the edge to close everything in once the holidays are done. And thank you BTW.

I'm no expert but 5" clearance doesn't seem like enough. Are you sure the stove can be that close to an unprotected wall?

farmboy05 · Nov 26, 2014

BIGDADDY said:
I'm no expert but 5" clearance doesn't seem like enough. Are you sure the stove can be that close to an unprotected wall?

I'll admit that it seems close. But here are a couple screen shots from the manual.

But I have still been feeling and keeping eye on the wall and surroundings like a hawk. Warm in a spot or two but nothing close to alarming.

Lyndenbrook Farm · Nov 26, 2014

farmboy05 said:
But I have still been feeling and keeping eye on the wall and surroundings like a hawk.

With a recent installation of my own and some confusion over specs, I know that feeling!

You are looking good, though. Hard work leading to satisfaction. Ahhhh.

BIGDADDY · Nov 26, 2014

farmboy05 said:
I'll admit that it seems close. But here are a couple screen shots from the manual.

But I have still been feeling and keeping eye on the wall and surroundings like a hawk. Warm in a spot or two but nothing close to alarming.

Wow that is sweet!

CenterTree · Nov 26, 2014

farmboy05 said:
Got the stove hooked up and fired up! Just wanted to say thanks to you all for all your help!

Definitely learning about needing to be patient. Kept wanting to turn the air down too far too soon. Wood on the slightly wetter side don't help much though (around 25-26%). But once it got going it was all worth it!

(The paint cooking on wasn't a pleasant smell though lol)

Are those landscaping stones (caps) as the ones used for retaining walls and such?

Looks good!

SteveKG · Nov 26, 2014

BIGDADDY said:
I'm no expert but 5" clearance doesn't seem like enough. Are you sure the stove can be that close to an unprotected wall?

I have a different make of stove, but mine also calls for 5" to the wall and it works great. I can burn the stove all day and night, the wall behind the stove, 5" away, is just slightly warm to the touch. No problem.

farmboy05 · Nov 29, 2014

I finally got to do another fire this morning.

Here is how far I got it loaded up:

I'm kind of stuck loading up EW. For NS, the logs would have to be cut to around 15 to 16"

Closed the door about 10 min later. Flue temp at 150 deg

Hour later the stove top was at 450 deg, flue at 500. I did close the air back to 50% but because it started to die down, I had to open it back up. (ignore the dog in the reflection lol)

After about a half hour, I got the stove top back up to about 475. I closed the air back to 50% and here is what it looks like:

Right after I closed the air to see how it would react:

It started to die back so I opened the air all the way. The stove top got to a little over 500 with a strong fire, then I closed the air down to see how it would react then:

I also then turned the stove fan on. The stove top went down to about 450 where it stayed for about 20 min before slowly dieing down.

From the videos, does it look like I have good enough draft? There wasn't any hissing or bubbling while the wood was burning, so I'm 90% sure that it's dry enough. Maybe I need to make the splits smaller since it's a smaller firebox? Or maybe I need to just wait for it to get really hot (like about 500) before I start to turn it down?

realstihl · Nov 29, 2014

I think your draft is ok. You need to get a good coal bed and the stove needs to have sustained temps. Start turning the air down when it gets to 400° or so. Just do a little at a time. They all draft a little different so do what works best. Also when you turn the air control down give it some time to react. It will put on a good light show easily.

farmboy05 · Nov 29, 2014

realstihl said:
I think your draft is ok. You need to get a good coal bed and the stove needs to have sustained temps. Start turning the air down when it gets to 400° or so. Just do a little at a time. They all draft a little different so do what works best. Also when you turn the air control down give it some time to react. It will put on a good light show easily.

Thanks realstihl!! So i did a smaller fire and got a really good coal bed. Then i put on a a few dry splits, and boom! Cruising at 500 with prim air fully closed!

(Edit: at 550 and very slowly falling with the fan on. Full secondaries going [emoji3] )

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