Thank you everyone for all you have taught me. In turn, I find myself in a position to help others. Today, one of my staff who bought a home here in NH this summer commented that she had a woodstove in her living room. She was thinking they'd probably use it some this winter but had never used one before. She said it had "Hearthstone" written on it and it was a pretty stove as far as wood stoves go. I'm thinking she probably has some old smoke dragon and it turns out she has a Hearthstone Heritage in her living room! Doesn't even know what she's got. I explained a bit about it to her, showed her Hearthstone's website and the pdf manual. She said her husband would just want to shove wood in it cause "he knows everything" We had a discussion about overfiring, what the stove was really designed for, dry firewood vs burning the maple they just cut down a month ago etc. Will she become a wood burning afficianado? Probably not, but at least she'll have a reasonable idea of do's and don'ts and that they as operators can make a big difference in using a stove that they could end up loving. She said they needed a new oil tank. With a smile I told her that with that stove, they really didn't. I know most of you are at least as passionate about stoves and wood burning as I am. Craig has created a great vehicle in this site for sharing information with others and many people are finding it. There are so many people out there with so little idea of what wood burning really is all about, from safety to economy to practical methods and all the way to the overall enjoyment of the entire experience. For all of us there is so much opportunity every day to just help people learn. I for one, love doing that. Imagine that, "yeah I have a woodstove, don't know anything about it except it says "Hearthstone" on it....!"
