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Shoulder season time: those quick, hot morning fires....and, time for the annual maintenance of the complex 13 year old VC Encore cat. It's ready for...
Last week I called Jotul, here in Maine, about the Oslo F500 air control problem. Today, a new, re-engineered "air valve" assembly kit came which...
A friend and neighbor is finally going to go to wood----making a statement, he says, "for Global Warming". They already have made a partial move by...
Here's the poll of polls: with the compulsive concern with tools here e.g. IR, Moisture Meter (M²), big saws, bigger gas splitters, Flue Monitors...
Dumbo here tried a new tactic to free the air control: spraying WD-40 into the lever slot in a hot stove. A lovely blowback flame nearly singed my...
Now for something competely different: Mr. KnowAll needs some help. :ohh: While our Jotul Oslo is an efficient heater, side door loaded, the front...
Now that we know how you heat...or not, how do you get the firewood for heating ? Polls have a 1/2 life of 2 days .
Time for the annual Downeast "I'm Committed To Wood Poll". Remember: VERITAS
As long as you started the thread on packing, let's talk reality. Which is more dangerous from stats and your experience with both: chainsaws or...
In an earlier post I whined about the prospect of rebuilding our 2000 VC Encore. Problems: expensive parts, the rebuild dance done too often (...
This is a "which stove to buy" or rebuild question for the experienced with heating with wood in a northern region: Canada East or Midwest, U.P....
Update on the air leak or control problem with our Jotul Oslo for others with Oslo air control. Sources for solutions were dealers, but the best...
Our Jotul Oslo on its 2nd winter of 24/7 heating has recently developed some minor air leaking. Done: 1. Gaskets replaced last fall: there is some...
For rebuilding a VC Encore 2550 when Spring comes :wow: , I'm looking for an online Service Manual. There is a link here to a Service Manual for...
MERRY CHRISTMAS no exceptions..................
It's been awhile offline here...many changes in the interim. Guess it has been a damn challenge Craig ! This has been, according to Downeast locals,...
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