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    Dual cat probes?

    Anyone have a stove setup to read upstream and downstream temps on their catalyst? Ours has the downstream probe from the factory, but trying to...
    Thread by: pgmr, Dec 17, 2011, 0 replies, in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Catalytic stove - burning creosote off glass?

    I've seen lots of references on here about people burning off the creosote that accumulates on a stove's door window by burning a hot fire. My...
    Thread by: pgmr, Nov 22, 2011, 45 replies, in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Inject-A-Seal Insulation. Has anyone used it?

    I've seen videos online for a pre-expanded foam that can be injected into existing walls (even if they already have existing batts or cellulose)....
    Thread by: pgmr, Feb 9, 2011, 1 replies, in forum: The Green Room
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    Insulating exterior of masonry chimney in attic *Update*

    Since installing our stove in the centrally located, masonry chimney, we've had some problems with ice damming (mostly on the North side of the...
    Thread by: pgmr, Dec 24, 2010, 8 replies, in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Why do cat stoves have lower flue temperatures?

    Perhaps this has been discussed before, but I could not find anything via search. The question is basically the same as the title: Why, exactly, do...
    Thread by: pgmr, Dec 3, 2010, 38 replies, in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Fire & Light

    While shooting some IR temp readings the other day, I noticed some interesting effects inside the firebox when the wimpy red laser beam interacted...
    Thread by: pgmr, Nov 3, 2010, 6 replies, in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Interesting air flow test result

    Well, interesting to me at least. :-) Since getting our high efficiency furnace/hp ~ 4 years ago, I have been running the fan on low pretty much...
    Thread by: pgmr, Dec 7, 2009, 4 replies, in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Catalytic flame show

    Added these pictures on another post and thought some might like to see that a cat stove is certainly capable of producing a nice viewing fire. Cat...
    Thread by: pgmr, Nov 29, 2009, 11 replies, in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Cat flame impingement - how to tell

    New cat stove is working great. I understand that direct flame to the combustor can cause premature death of said combustor. At higher air...
    Thread by: pgmr, Nov 21, 2009, 2 replies, in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Existing liner, new stove

    New insert has arrived and has had paint cured out in the driveway. Glad I did it outside as it really smoked and stunk! Existing 8" flex liner has...
    Thread by: pgmr, Nov 13, 2009, 1 replies, in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    6" liner inside 8" liner?

    We currently have ~ 13' of 8" flex liner through interior chimney connected to our old classic insert. Old Classic is probably going to be retired...
    Thread by: pgmr, Sep 26, 2009, 4 replies, in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Blaze King Princess insert install questions

    We are considering swapping out our old faithful classic insert for a new Princess insert and have a few questions: 1) The brochure...
    Thread by: pgmr, Sep 22, 2009, 21 replies, in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Wood stove history...and other stuff too!

    A couple days ago I saw that Google had digitized a number of magazines, a few going back into the late 19th century. If you want to see some neat...
    Thread by: pgmr, Dec 12, 2008, 3 replies, in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Let's see pics of inserts without surrounds

    I've been contemplating swapping out our classic insert for a modern epa insert. However, we have an outside corner fireplace and I kind of like the...
    Thread by: pgmr, Dec 11, 2008, 7 replies, in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Classic Insert Baffle Mod w/pic

    After years of watching flames do a slight bend around the baffle and shoot right up the flue, I decided to experiment a bit to see if the dwell time...
    Thread by: pgmr, Dec 11, 2008, 2 replies, in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Motion detector...false alarms?

    Anyone have a security system Passive InfraRed (PIR) detector in the same room with the stove? Do you have problems with it causing false alarms?...
    Thread by: pgmr, Oct 23, 2008, 4 replies, in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Air-Grill fire starter/blower

    I received an original Air-Grill blower for Christmas and have used it the last couple weeks to get the wood stove fire going. Have used bellows in...
    Thread by: pgmr, Mar 11, 2008, 1 replies, in forum: The Gear
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    Homemade Thermix

    AFAICT, Thermix is simply a lightweight concrete using portland cement and vermiculite/perlite. Other than the, "but it doesn't have a UL listing!!"...
    Thread by: pgmr, Feb 19, 2008, 8 replies, in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Flex liner a little short

    I am re-installing our insert into a different fireplace and the flexible liner from the old installation is a bit shorter than needed to exit the...
    Thread by: pgmr, Feb 19, 2008, 4 replies, in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Tee behind stove with clean out cap or pipe straight off stove

    I've used a "classic" (is that the right term now?) insert with ss liner for 20 years. Masonry chimney is now gone and insert too. Planning for a...
    Thread by: pgmr, Jan 31, 2008, 3 replies, in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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