Well, the new stove was installed yesterday! While I've had stoves in camps and in a guide shack I lived in, I haven't had one in my house before.
It turns out I estimated the masonry chimney height pretty close at about 30 feet, so not too much waste there. Install seemed fairly straight forward except it was difficult to make the last few connections in the back of the hearth. While I considered doing the install my self I am very glad I did not. My roof is steep and tall. No fun at all from the feedback I got!
Operating the stove has been interesting. I did the first 200 F / 1 hour break in fire and quickly noticed the nasty film (creosote) build up on the previously clean glass! Did the next 300 F burn in and started to get some smell but no smoke. On the 400 F burn in I definitely had to open the windows and there was visible smoke.
On each of these burns I noticed I HAD to keep the side door open to keep the fire lit. I was concerned, given the recent posts and comments with the Oslo having too little air. Before lighting a "real" fire today I checked to ensure the inlet was not blocked by cement or anything else. It was not. This time, I allowed the fire to build to about 450 F with the side door cracked open. At this temp I was seeing a little of the secondary burn starting and closed up the side door but with the air inlet adjusted to max. Temp went right up to about 500 and stayed there. Nice secondary burn. I loaded in a few small splitts and in about an hour had crept up to about 550 and The window was cleaning itself!! Backed down the airflow to hold 450 and everything is great!
It is 30 outside today so not real cold. Main room of the open floor plan house went up to 75. Upstairs was 69. I'll miss miss my oil man, NOT!
Pleased,
Jeff in PA
It turns out I estimated the masonry chimney height pretty close at about 30 feet, so not too much waste there. Install seemed fairly straight forward except it was difficult to make the last few connections in the back of the hearth. While I considered doing the install my self I am very glad I did not. My roof is steep and tall. No fun at all from the feedback I got!
Operating the stove has been interesting. I did the first 200 F / 1 hour break in fire and quickly noticed the nasty film (creosote) build up on the previously clean glass! Did the next 300 F burn in and started to get some smell but no smoke. On the 400 F burn in I definitely had to open the windows and there was visible smoke.
On each of these burns I noticed I HAD to keep the side door open to keep the fire lit. I was concerned, given the recent posts and comments with the Oslo having too little air. Before lighting a "real" fire today I checked to ensure the inlet was not blocked by cement or anything else. It was not. This time, I allowed the fire to build to about 450 F with the side door cracked open. At this temp I was seeing a little of the secondary burn starting and closed up the side door but with the air inlet adjusted to max. Temp went right up to about 500 and stayed there. Nice secondary burn. I loaded in a few small splitts and in about an hour had crept up to about 550 and The window was cleaning itself!! Backed down the airflow to hold 450 and everything is great!
It is 30 outside today so not real cold. Main room of the open floor plan house went up to 75. Upstairs was 69. I'll miss miss my oil man, NOT!
Pleased,
Jeff in PA
