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    Cannot control draft all of a sudden Jotul 500

    I'm betting this is it. I had to fix this for the second time this season on my Castine a couple days ago. Seems to happen at least once every...
    Post by: pmac, Feb 18, 2013 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    New Jotul 400 - Dirty Door Glass

    I have the same stove... have had it now for about 12 years, and I feel like it's taken me quite some time to figure out how to get it working...
    Post by: pmac, Feb 6, 2013 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Jotul Castine 400 - New Install - How to break in?

    From the manual: "Excessive chimney height can promote over-strong draft resulting in high stove temperatures and short burn times. Excessive...
    Post by: pmac, Jan 25, 2013 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Drafting Problems / Chimney Cap?

    It was about 40 deg outside, plenty cold to run the stove. In fact, I last ran it when we lost power after Sandy, warmer outside, and it worked...
    Post by: pmac, Nov 27, 2012 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Drafting Problems / Chimney Cap?

    I believe it. I did get a pretty good look at the cap with binoculars.... it didn't look clogged... but I could only look at one side of it....
    Post by: pmac, Nov 27, 2012 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Drafting Problems / Chimney Cap?

    Thanks for the clarification; that's not a bad idea to extend the chimney that way to see if that helps....
    Post by: pmac, Nov 27, 2012 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Drafting Problems / Chimney Cap?

    Thanks... I've pretty much done all of that. The chimney height is probably about 20'; in fact, we added to it a couple years ago. The newspaper...
    Post by: pmac, Nov 26, 2012 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Drafting Problems / Chimney Cap?

    Hi folks... I've had a Jotul Castine for about 11 years. Located in family room in basement. Stove exhausts into a double wall stovepipe, makes two...
    Thread by: pmac, Nov 26, 2012, 10 replies, in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    how does the front lever control air in the Jotul Castine

    I doubt this would be your issue, but it's happened a couple times to me (I have a Castine).... the metal plate in the doghouse that regulates...
    Post by: pmac, Oct 25, 2012 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Jotul F400 vs. F500 in a 1500sf Cape Cod style home.

    I would second this. We had to add to our existing chimney to get rid of drafting issues with our F400 (didn't help that we had two 90 deg bends),...
    Post by: pmac, Feb 8, 2012 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Jotul F400 vs. F500 in a 1500sf Cape Cod style home.

    I have an F400 in a 1700 sq ft contemporary style home, open floor plan, here in Eastern PA. The stove is in a finished basement (which is not...
    Post by: pmac, Feb 8, 2012 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Summerizing my Jotul Castine

    I would check the small enclosure at the front bottom of the firebox, where, inside, the primary air lever connects to a metal plate with a hole...
    Post by: pmac, Feb 6, 2012 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    How much wood

    Same here. We use a canvas tote to bring wood in from the patio outside, and leave the tote sitting next to the stove. Never keep more than that...
    Post by: pmac, Jan 26, 2012 in forum: The Wood Shed
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    Lack of secondaries in castine

    Backwoods, I have the same stove, older though (10 yrs) with a split front door. Anyhow, my experience is the same as what BeGreen mentioned...
    Post by: pmac, Jan 24, 2012 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Wood swings back

    Was splitting locust once on a hydraulic splitter; one of the first times, in fact, I used one. Was at a knotty section, wedge was groaning slowly...
    Post by: pmac, Dec 12, 2011 in forum: The Wood Shed
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    Scrounging-how much do you do?

    Have had the stove 10 years, haven't bought in about 7. This year has been a bonanza for scrounging here in the northeast.
    Post by: pmac, Nov 21, 2011 in forum: The Wood Shed
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    Hope my Jotul F400 install really did happen....

    Wow, that looks great!
    Post by: pmac, Nov 17, 2011 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Can you stand another CL Gem!

    Yep, plenty of room to work with there!
    Post by: pmac, Nov 16, 2011 in forum: The Wood Shed
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    Full or empty ash pan?

    I have a Castine and regularly use the ash pan. I'm surprised to read here and on other threads that a lot of folks prefer NOT to use it. Maybe it...
    Post by: pmac, Nov 15, 2011 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Boy, the people that said lots of free fire wood, 2 weeks ago, were not kidding.

    Similar situation here, have about a 1/4 acre, having problems finding room to stack unsplit stuff, not to mention finding space to stack it once...
    Post by: pmac, Nov 14, 2011 in forum: The Wood Shed
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