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  1. botemout
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    Thinking of selling my Quad 5700 - thinking catalytic

    Yeah, we understand each other. I know I have poor wood (especially this year) and (something I haven't mentioned) my house needs more insulation...
    Post by: botemout, Jan 17, 2011 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
  2. botemout
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    Thinking of selling my Quad 5700 - thinking catalytic

    You are going to need a tight house and good wood for that in January. There aren't too many houses built like that around here. The King is...
    Post by: botemout, Jan 17, 2011 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
  3. botemout
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    Thinking of selling my Quad 5700 - thinking catalytic

    Yeah, we understand each other. I know I have poor wood (especially this year) and (something I haven't mentioned) my house needs more insulation...
    Post by: botemout, Jan 16, 2011 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
  4. botemout
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    Thinking of selling my Quad 5700 - thinking catalytic

    Certainly no offense to anyone who would think otherwise but the last thing I'd ever get for heat when you need it is something that requires a...
    Post by: botemout, Jan 15, 2011 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
  5. botemout
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    Thinking of selling my Quad 5700 - thinking catalytic

    Is it still true that the BK King still requires an 8" chimney? With the best wood you've burned, a fully loaded wood box and the tstat set to...
    Post by: botemout, Jan 15, 2011 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
  6. botemout
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    Thinking of selling my Quad 5700 - thinking catalytic

    Good advice, for sure. I'll have lots of black locust; they say 2 years minimum, 3 might be better. The first year I was out here I had 5 cords...
    Post by: botemout, Jan 15, 2011 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
  7. botemout
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    Thinking of selling my Quad 5700 - thinking catalytic

    Hi All, It's been some time since I've posted. Last winter I got a QF 5700. I was pretty happy with it, especially as compared to the smoke...
    Thread by: botemout, Jan 15, 2011, 14 replies, in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
  8. botemout
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    big bed of coals, lots of air and blue flames

    Backwoods, Can you clue me in here, what do you mean that it's not coaling ? I see red coals, what's the difference between what I see and what...
    Post by: botemout, Dec 19, 2009 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
  9. botemout
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    big bed of coals, lots of air and blue flames

    Here's a picture of the wall of coals.
    Post by: botemout, Dec 19, 2009 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
  10. botemout
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    big bed of coals, lots of air and blue flames

    So, as I've posted about elsewhere, I tend, in my QF 5700, to wind up with lots of charcoal and coals after just a couple of hours of burning. When...
    Thread by: botemout, Dec 19, 2009, 10 replies, in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
  11. botemout
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    3 weeks burning with Quad 5700

    I'd imagine that "split" doesn't have a precise definition but would a "medium" size split be, say, a 1/4 of a 12" log? Or is more like a 1/6?
    Post by: botemout, Dec 14, 2009 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
  12. botemout
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    3 weeks burning with Quad 5700

    So just to understand you: - At some point you load up your 5700. How much wood did you put in? Enough to fill the entire fire box? I assume to...
    Post by: botemout, Dec 14, 2009 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
  13. botemout
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    3 weeks burning with Quad 5700

    Good to know. And you mean, 12-18" from the top of the stove, I assume? I'll get another thermometer for the door. Just now I moved the...
    Post by: botemout, Dec 14, 2009 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
  14. botemout
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    3 weeks burning with Quad 5700

    Should have said too, SavageActor7, that yeah I see the difference. I'll have to do this test day; I could see have "useful heat" for 4 hours,...
    Post by: botemout, Dec 13, 2009 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
  15. botemout
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    3 weeks burning with Quad 5700

    I have a moisture meter; I'll find it later and get a reading. But here are two reasons why I'm sure the wood is not seasoned: 1) it was only...
    Post by: botemout, Dec 13, 2009 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
  16. botemout
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    3 weeks burning with Quad 5700

    Another property of this stove is that it (the chimney) doesn't draft very well. If there is not a strong heat source (flames or a large bed of...
    Post by: botemout, Dec 13, 2009 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
  17. botemout
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    3 weeks burning with Quad 5700

    Single wall.
    Post by: botemout, Dec 13, 2009 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
  18. botemout
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    3 weeks burning with Quad 5700

    howdy So I've now been burning with my new Quad for about 3 weeks. I have some observations and some questions. 1) After starting the original...
    Thread by: botemout, Dec 13, 2009, 21 replies, in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
  19. botemout
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    When to empty the ashes; what is too full?

    Can someone provide a link for a good rake or shovel?
    Post by: botemout, Dec 7, 2009 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
  20. botemout
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    When to empty the ashes; what is too full?

    Hi all, I've been using my QF 5700 for about two weeks now. I'm very pleased with it. Definitely cranks out the heat and is very easy to run. One...
    Thread by: botemout, Dec 7, 2009, 16 replies, in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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