I've an Isle Royal that likes to build a thick bed of chunk coals. The trouble with that is those coals alone aren't enough to warm the house. I can scoop many of them out and reload with more wood but being a btu miser, I think this is wasteful. The stove came with a wire screen that allows me to open the glass doors. By leaving the doors open so more air has access to the coals and they ash down quicker, I'm feeling great heat come out of the front of the stove and into the room but wonder if I'm creating a condition where I'm losing more warmish air up the chimney than than what's being heated by leaving the door open. Certainly wouldn't leave the fire unattended, someone is always planted in front of the sofa watching tv... Any thoughts?
Thanks,
Carolyn
Thanks,
Carolyn