Ya'll asked, so here is a brief slide show of the wood stove install in our home.............one of many things being drastically done to our dwelling.
I will note that we did a "first burn" with the Installer after the install was complete. Some notes about that would be:
A) Burn was started at 3:15 PM, at which time I switched off the furnace (we're in New England, so that
is not something you DO on a cold day!!
B) Once burning, (small HOT fire), the wife and I kept feeding it, a log at a time as needed, until about 6 PM,
Utilizing the blower on our forced hot air furnace only, and a ceiling fan in the adjacent kitchen.
C) The magnetic Thermostat, mounted on the wood stove, stayed between 425º - 525ºF for almost all the
burning time.
D) I did not see any activity from any of the "after burners" (I call them). Those little holes along the top on this
newer model EPA non-catalytic stove. Don't know what it would take to get those cranking, but they didn't.
E) I remembered to carefully open the door when adding a piece of wood, to avoid back drafting of sparks and
so forth, and used it as an opportunity to teach the wife about it.
F) We finally let the fire settle to coals (developed about a half inch or so on the bottom for the next burn), at
about 6 PM.
G) I got up to use the bathroom at midnight, and the temps in the house were STILL warmer than the furnace
is set, (we put the furnace back "on" at about 8 PM). Furnace didn't run until after midnight, which meant that
we were staying warm in our home, via the wood stove, for about 9 hours, without burning oil in the furnace.
H) During operation of the wood stove, I would open the air vent on the wood stove to "full" each time I added
a log, and left the door open a crack for a couple of minutes. Once everything was burning well, I closed the
door. After that, perhaps about 10 minutes later, I would pull back on the air vent, to close it half way, and
things went well. I'm still experimenting with the "fully closed air vent" (damper) on the wood stove. I don't
have the "touch" yet, to keep the fire from smoldering (it didn't smolder at any time, but I saw a significant
reduction in "burning" when I put the damper fully closed, for obvious reasons), and so I tended to stay at
the "half closed" position for most of the burning time.
Here's the Slide show link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhSMlPyGyxE
Enjoy!!
Soupy1957
I will note that we did a "first burn" with the Installer after the install was complete. Some notes about that would be:
A) Burn was started at 3:15 PM, at which time I switched off the furnace (we're in New England, so that
is not something you DO on a cold day!!
B) Once burning, (small HOT fire), the wife and I kept feeding it, a log at a time as needed, until about 6 PM,
Utilizing the blower on our forced hot air furnace only, and a ceiling fan in the adjacent kitchen.
C) The magnetic Thermostat, mounted on the wood stove, stayed between 425º - 525ºF for almost all the
burning time.
D) I did not see any activity from any of the "after burners" (I call them). Those little holes along the top on this
newer model EPA non-catalytic stove. Don't know what it would take to get those cranking, but they didn't.
E) I remembered to carefully open the door when adding a piece of wood, to avoid back drafting of sparks and
so forth, and used it as an opportunity to teach the wife about it.
F) We finally let the fire settle to coals (developed about a half inch or so on the bottom for the next burn), at
about 6 PM.
G) I got up to use the bathroom at midnight, and the temps in the house were STILL warmer than the furnace
is set, (we put the furnace back "on" at about 8 PM). Furnace didn't run until after midnight, which meant that
we were staying warm in our home, via the wood stove, for about 9 hours, without burning oil in the furnace.
H) During operation of the wood stove, I would open the air vent on the wood stove to "full" each time I added
a log, and left the door open a crack for a couple of minutes. Once everything was burning well, I closed the
door. After that, perhaps about 10 minutes later, I would pull back on the air vent, to close it half way, and
things went well. I'm still experimenting with the "fully closed air vent" (damper) on the wood stove. I don't
have the "touch" yet, to keep the fire from smoldering (it didn't smolder at any time, but I saw a significant
reduction in "burning" when I put the damper fully closed, for obvious reasons), and so I tended to stay at
the "half closed" position for most of the burning time.
Here's the Slide show link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhSMlPyGyxE
Enjoy!!
Soupy1957
! I get the heat up to about 525ºF with a decent fire most nights, but I don't see the flames comin out of those little holes up top. Do ya have to pull the damper all the way out when you have a big fire goin to get that "second burn?"
