The problem is that it doesn't keep my house warm I have a very old drafty house but it just doesn't keep it warm over night we have to set it at a 2.5 to keep warm and the wood burns quickly that way with Temps below zero very quickly
The problem is that it doesn't keep my house warm I have a very old drafty house but it just doesn't keep it warm over night we have to set it at a 2.5 to keep warm and the wood burns quickly that way with Temps below zero very quickly
The stove had two different cats we just switched them when we cleaned them to see if that was the problem. I have read the manual a million times and I can't figure out the problem we have corrected a bunch of problems that the previous person had done to the stove in the house. I'm not sure where exactly I'm suppose to be taking this picture or how to get a picture from that angle
We have two we just switched them out to see if it would make a difference the previous person had bought two different ones for it.Nice catch by BKVP- there appears to be a steelcat sitting on the floor outside of the stove, which appears to be burning? Do you have two combustors for the stove?
Manual is here.
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I'm honestly not sure what the consequences (other than poor performance) are, but the manual says not to do it.
So did you have an old stove in the same setup, and it was able to heat the house well? What stove? How often did you have to load it per night?
Even if the stove is putting out decent heat, poor insulation and bad air leaks are going to be a problem, especially with sub-zero outside temps and a lot of wind.
There was an older blaze king in here before I lived here and they replaced it with this one and did not do the right things with this one so when we moved in we have had to do lots of work to fix it, it still does not have the flame shield attached because pieces are missing, but we were told that would not affect the function. The chimney out of the house was originally only 4ft tall and was very dangerous. He burnt many things in it he was not supposed to such as garbage, pop cans, diesel for excellerant.So did you have an old stove in the same setup, and it was able to heat the house well? What stove? How often did you have to load it per night?
Even if the stove is putting out decent heat, poor insulation and bad air leaks are going to be a problem, especially with sub-zero outside temps and a lot of wind.
We've recently sealed up and fixed a bunch of draft problems i know we can't fix it all but we have fixed a lot. Do you think having to wake up at night to fill it again is normal?So did you have an old stove in the same setup, and it was able to heat the house well? What stove? How often did you have to load it per night?
Even if the stove is putting out decent heat, poor insulation and bad air leaks are going to be a problem, especially with sub-zero outside temps and a lot of wind.
Yes we are filling it full, we will let the fire die down and take the stove pipe out to check for the bypass gasket it is loud clank when we shut it and we were thinking mating Something was missing.
Ok we took them in town and were told that they both were in good shape so I'm not sure but we will definitely get a new one! We were also told that the flame shield didn't matter?
Ok is there somewhere I could find a good diagram of what it looks like inside there to know I'm looking at the right pieces and that everything is still in there since the flame shield is not in place I'm concerned!
I know the cat isn't leaking because we just redid it and the door is good as well nice tight shut now the bypass is what I'm concerned about it seems like it is just hitting metal when you shut the bypass not sure if it is suppose to be or not.
With two 90s in the path, that equates to a short stack.
That could have compromised the new cat, not sure.
That could be a big problem; If the smoke is going through the bypass when it is closed, instead of the cat, you aren't getting any of the heat the cat could be providing by burning the smoke.
Ok so what does the short stack mean? We will get the 45's instead and change that around. When the stove is Closed should you be able to see the smoke going thru the cat or being drawn to the cat? Do you know of any good diagrams of what everything looks like on the inside and where the gasket on the bypass goes?
