I bought this house in April and I noticed that the wood burning stove that was in it had the glass split on the left side. After ordering almost $200 in parts and going through a nightmare of trying to fix two snapped bolts I finally fired it up for the first time today! Keep in mind I'm VERY new to this as I've never ever had a wood burning stove before. Granted I've gone camping for years but never had anything like this.
I really just wanted to test it out and see how to use it so I just used a quick lighting "Duralog" to start it up. It started without an issue and I turned on the blower. The only problem I had was with a little bit of smoke in the beginning. Apparently when I fixed it I didn't make it as air tight as I thought I did. I'll probably let it cool down and fix the gasket on the side door tomorrow as most of the smoke came from there. I opened up the flue(?) (whatever it is that lets the smoke up the chimney) and that problem resolved itself. The house is actually getting a little warmer....unless it's just my mind playing tricks on me.
However, the good news is that a very gracious company told me that they are willing to drop off a mason truck full of seasoned split wood for me for free. Since I've spent most of my money fixing this house and a nice chunk on that stove....free was a good deal and I'll take whatever I can get!
I really just wanted to test it out and see how to use it so I just used a quick lighting "Duralog" to start it up. It started without an issue and I turned on the blower. The only problem I had was with a little bit of smoke in the beginning. Apparently when I fixed it I didn't make it as air tight as I thought I did. I'll probably let it cool down and fix the gasket on the side door tomorrow as most of the smoke came from there. I opened up the flue(?) (whatever it is that lets the smoke up the chimney) and that problem resolved itself. The house is actually getting a little warmer....unless it's just my mind playing tricks on me.
However, the good news is that a very gracious company told me that they are willing to drop off a mason truck full of seasoned split wood for me for free. Since I've spent most of my money fixing this house and a nice chunk on that stove....free was a good deal and I'll take whatever I can get!