New house, old Sierra stove. Any input?

We moved in to this house in July and are excited to put this Sierra stove to good use.



This is my first winter with wood heat, I've only had experience with pellets until now. Any input/tips on this particular stove?

As others have found there is little or no info online since the original Sierra company went out of business around 1993.

My biggest question is regarding the vents on the front of the doors. There is no damper control so what is the ideal way to use the vents on the front?

I've only lit one fire as a test and it was with pretty wet wood so it wasn't much of an indicator to the stoves performance.

Thanks for any help!

--Andy

BeGreen said:

First thing, get the driest wood you can for burning.

Did you read this thread from last week?

https://www.hearth.com/econtent/index.php/forums/viewthread/80611/

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Thanks for the heads up. I saw that thread shortly after posting this one. I guess I was looking more for information regarding using the front air vents versus a traditional chimney damper.

About half the wood I have is in the 10-15% range, so that should get us pretty far. We'll end up buying a cord or two in a few weeks I'm sure.

Looking forward to learning. Thanks guys!

--Andy