Breakin fire tomorrow!

Assuming everything stays on track... finish grouting today, successfully move and set stove tomorrow... I'll be building my breakin fire tomorrow night. New stove is a Hearthstone Heritage. I have a mix of pine, red oak, and ash (mostly pine as this is Colorado) all c/s/s and well seasoned - it's all 9-18% according to my meter.

I'll post pics of the overhaul once I get everything finished.

Looking forward to soaking up the heat.

-john

Yeah, it's definitely time. Overnight temps have been mid 30s to low 40s now for a couple of weeks. Supposed to be mid 20s next week. I drove my wife crazy last winter complaining about the crappy gas fireplace. It was actually a decent unit, but I grew up warming to a wood fire and it's one of those things that I just have to have. I'm in a different location now, but I spent 6 years at 9000 ft. There were just 2 seasons... wood cutting season and wood burning season.

And, there it is!

Thanks. I followed the manual for the first break-in. Used 10-12 pieces of kindling (for this I just use my maul and split a straight grained split piece into very small pieces) and one small split. I lit it with the primary air control fully open. When the stove was nice and warm to the touch I closed off the primary and let it die. This morning I repeated the procedure with a bit more fuel. No thermometer yet, so I don't know what my temps were. I had some problems getting enough air into the firebox. I'm creating a new post about that.
-john