I have had my Heritage in for 2 weeks now and LOVE it. Overnight burns and dang does she get the house HOT! We have an outside temp of 25 right now and even with my less then perfect wood, my house is 85 upstairs and 78 downstairs! I'm wearing gym shorts and a sleeveless shirt. Stone temps 450 right now, down from 550 a bit ago... I am letting her cool down at I'm getting TOO HOT! Of course this is the honeymood phase and I don't imagine the house will be this hot all winter... But she is so much more efficient than my old stove I am enjoying running her hot!
Onto the question... How anal are you folks about never allowing wood to touch the glass? Of course I try to avoid it and the vast majority of the time the wood does not touch, but every once in a while when I am stuffing her a corner makes gentle contact. I try to gently reposition but some times it just wants to touch in one spot and I am not going to mess with it too long while the stove is firing hard. My old stove I could care less, but I'm feeling a bit more attached to this stove and was curious of your thoughts.
It would be cool if this stove had optional andirons to facilitate stuffing to the gills. I have not opened the front door since....? and andirons would not be in the way at all. Anybody ever make their own andirons?
Also, I heard the easiest way to damage the ceramic baffle is to scuff it with wood. I presume this happens during over filling, but they baffle seems well hidden behind the secondary burn tubes.
Or is it overfilling that burns out the baffle? Is there other risk to overfilling? It seems they are pretty well hidden behind the secondary burn tubes so scratching seems unlikely and the door is shaped such a way that you can't really over fill. Any thoughts on the subject?
Thanks!
Onto the question... How anal are you folks about never allowing wood to touch the glass? Of course I try to avoid it and the vast majority of the time the wood does not touch, but every once in a while when I am stuffing her a corner makes gentle contact. I try to gently reposition but some times it just wants to touch in one spot and I am not going to mess with it too long while the stove is firing hard. My old stove I could care less, but I'm feeling a bit more attached to this stove and was curious of your thoughts.
It would be cool if this stove had optional andirons to facilitate stuffing to the gills. I have not opened the front door since....? and andirons would not be in the way at all. Anybody ever make their own andirons?
Also, I heard the easiest way to damage the ceramic baffle is to scuff it with wood. I presume this happens during over filling, but they baffle seems well hidden behind the secondary burn tubes.
Or is it overfilling that burns out the baffle? Is there other risk to overfilling? It seems they are pretty well hidden behind the secondary burn tubes so scratching seems unlikely and the door is shaped such a way that you can't really over fill. Any thoughts on the subject?
Thanks!