I ask this becuase most of the wood stove burners I know insist that their wood is fine, but it clearly hisses and puts out a lot of smoke, which they say is just what the stove does. You know the type that think a 400 stove top temp is way too hot. I had one guy complaining to me the other day that his stove wont heat his house. Its a hearthstone and he said it wont get hot. He also said he's burning oak he cut down last spring. I mentioned that might be the problem and he said what everyone else says that it sat all summer so its good and seasoned. He said sometimes he can get his stove really hot (the thermometer on top says 400) and it still doenst heat well. I mentioned he should aim for about 550-600 and he told me its not good for soapstone stoves to get hotter than 400 because they crack...
I dunno it just kind of bugs me that most people I know with woodstoves (even good EPA stoves) let them smoke all day, think wood seasons in log form over a summer and all that good stuff.
rrrr
I dunno it just kind of bugs me that most people I know with woodstoves (even good EPA stoves) let them smoke all day, think wood seasons in log form over a summer and all that good stuff.
rrrr