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    Jotul F55 V2 Carrabassett or Jotul F500 Oslo V3 or Hearthstone Heritage

    Hello, I recently decided to get a stove set up in my house. I have a 2,000 Sq ft 150 year old home, but with very decent insulation. Heating and cooling bills are always surprisingly low. the fire place where the stove will be was built for coal burning (very very small) I need to have a...
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    Supplementing Wood Insert Sizing

    Hello! This community has been great so far on giving advice/ and helping us with our wood burning stove insert. To recall: We have an open hearth masonry fireplace that we are awaiting to install the Osburn Matrix into. Per our installer we will need an insulated 30’ chimney liner, a stove...
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    Free standing Old Timer 6in to 8in chimney increaser help!

    HELP! Hi y’all, I really don’t wanna burn my house down. But if I get another 400$ electric bill I’m gonna lose my mind. SO. I have an old timer, set me back 100. She’s got a 6in chimney. My house is equips with an 8in double wall pipe from 4in below the ceiling up threw the roof. (I’ll clean...
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    Wood stove help please, need to learn how to efficiently use everything on the stove

    Anyone able to help with the operation of this wood stove. My grandfather hand crafted this stove in 1970's. I know it's based of another type of wood stove however I am trying to figure out the correct operation of the stove for most beneficial fire burn and wood saving use. The bottom 2 are...
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    Pellet Stove Problems....

    Hello Hearth.com! As my member ID states, Im new to the pellet stove community and I plea for your input / help with my situation. I am not new to stoves in general, have been burning wood for over 10 years but recently I inherited a pellet stove from a friend and installed in my shop. I knew...
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    Vogelzang Pellet stove troubleshooting help

    I've cleaned out the fire box and the pellet pot, i replaced the pellets with new pellets, the wiring in the back looks the same as it should in the pictures, but for some reason the stove will stay active for 30 minutes then run an E2 error upon further start up. I've been trying to figure it...