I have two old lady cats. One short hair and a long hair. Needless to say cat hair is in the air and at times every where and in every corner. The short hair cat camps down behind the stove in the old fireplace for hours every day.
The single 3 inch dia. all air intake for combustion is 1 1/2 inches off the hearth and really sucks air at times. When I first started burning wood in my Heritage I called the people at Hearthstone about filtering out cat hair, they said yes filter the intake air.
The system I'm now using is a wad of Stainless Steel liner insulation mesh shoved into the intake hole. It catches the big gobs of hair and lint. It will slow down the burn when it gets full when I forget it is there. Other wise I see no change in burn rate.
Any one else filtering the intake air on a wood stove.
The single 3 inch dia. all air intake for combustion is 1 1/2 inches off the hearth and really sucks air at times. When I first started burning wood in my Heritage I called the people at Hearthstone about filtering out cat hair, they said yes filter the intake air.
The system I'm now using is a wad of Stainless Steel liner insulation mesh shoved into the intake hole. It catches the big gobs of hair and lint. It will slow down the burn when it gets full when I forget it is there. Other wise I see no change in burn rate.
Any one else filtering the intake air on a wood stove.