Hi, I know I should not be crankin about this but I think I have a funny problem.
I am burning some very seasoned pine and a mixture of good to moderatly seasoned hardwood, my problem is most of firebox is full of coals, it's hard to get a good load of wood in fo the overnight fires ( like 3 to 4 hardwood splits at most) .I do still have good heat in the morning with the blower going etc I am just thinking I am doing something wrong. Most of the time I have the fire going the air is all the way down but I do have a good fire going with the secondaries working.
I have been cleaning it out like 2 to 3 times a week so that I can make sure I can out enough wood in to keep it going well. I let the blower shut itself off, then I push the hot coals to the side and take out ash and something like unburnt coals, the kind of look like coals all black etc but just are out.
Is this normal and I am thinking too much about this or is there something I should be doing differently?
I am burning some very seasoned pine and a mixture of good to moderatly seasoned hardwood, my problem is most of firebox is full of coals, it's hard to get a good load of wood in fo the overnight fires ( like 3 to 4 hardwood splits at most) .I do still have good heat in the morning with the blower going etc I am just thinking I am doing something wrong. Most of the time I have the fire going the air is all the way down but I do have a good fire going with the secondaries working.
I have been cleaning it out like 2 to 3 times a week so that I can make sure I can out enough wood in to keep it going well. I let the blower shut itself off, then I push the hot coals to the side and take out ash and something like unburnt coals, the kind of look like coals all black etc but just are out.
Is this normal and I am thinking too much about this or is there something I should be doing differently?