I am in the final stages of my first burn on my Garn as I write this. To say that I am thrilled is not an adequate expression. The wood I used is very dry (4 year old, dry as a popcorn fart, pine) and so when it started smoking I was a bit concerned. I just attributed it to condensation in my flue. The smoke settled down pretty quickly when the flue temp reached 300 °F. I was entertaining visions of having one of those smoke-bomb-outdoor-wood-burners and being run out by my neighbors until then. Then, I went in to check my pipes a second time and found water on the floor. I was freaked out until I remembered that I had neglected to clean a pool of water that had accumulated in my exhaust pipe from a recent snow storm when I left my flue open to the blowing snow. After a while, the pipe dried out and the dripping stopped and everything was copacetic. I hope. It took two hours to bring my 55 °F water up to my 160 °F test range for my garage radiators. Anyone see anything that I am missing?
Robert
Robert