Stove pipe looks kinda crappy from various caulk jobs. Does it pay to paint it? Or just leave it as-is? Thanks
I used the black stove pipe caulk in the tube for my stovepipe joints. I cured it as best I could with my sauna heater last season. I noticed as I...
Got a lot of split 2 x 4 scrap. Been using it in my sauna heater. The glass door is getting coated pretty good with carbon. Is pine a problem to burn...
Did wood pellets take over for corn? Are pellets a fungible substitute for corn in a corn stove? I don't know much about corn stoves. Just remember...
Was reading about a USS pellet stove. It said it burns 5.1 pounds of pellets per hour. Is that about average?
Is there a way to make fatwood firestarters at home?
I bought some pellets at Lowes and they were OK. Sams had some cheaper pellets I was going to try. Are pellets pretty much all about the same? Have...
Tried heaping pellets on the stove floor and they failed - fire smoldered out. Tried a pellet basket elevated a few inches off the firebrick and it...
Would like to try some BioBricks. But no one in my local sells them. Any substitutes out there?
i am trying to burn pellets in a woodburning sauna stove. If I pile a heap of pellets on a tray. Is it best to layer the gel in the middle and top or...
I was going to try about 4 inches off the ground. My stove has an 8 inch base and heating part is above that. Am using cement board.
For heat shields I am using some Hardie (concrete / fiber) board spaced with a 1 inch airspace from wood walls. The boards are ugly. Can I use some...
I have a sauna stove with 6 inch pipe. I bought a cast iron damper for it. I have not tried to put it in yet. Still trying to figure where it should...
Checked with this Co to buy a hearth pad. http://www.woodlanddirect.com/Wood-Stove-and-Accessories/Rectangular-Hearth-Pads Could not get answers...
It is a small stove. Maybe 15 by 18 footprint. The floor is T & G bamboo solid wood. I was thinking of setting the stove on some Hardie tile backer...
Why does the longer the chimney make for a better draft?
I have a small wood burning sauna stove. Can wood pellets be burned in it? Or does one need a fan setup in the stove to burn pellets? I'd be heaping...
Bought a tube of chimney pipe caulk to use on the black pipes. Was told they will leak smoke if I don't caulk them. I'm using the wood burner in a 5...
Am putting in a sauna stove and was looking at a chimney route that uses 2 - 90 degree elbows. One inside and one outside. (the outside being a...
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