Well I finally got some pics of our new T6. Thanks to everyone here we made the right choice. Its cool here now and we are lighting a small fire in the morning to take the chill off. Just 2-7" splits, 2 crumpled news sheets and a generous amount of kindling and this stove lights right up and stays warm surprisingly long for such a small amount of wood. As we are snowed in most years we wanted a low maintenance, reliable easy to start stove. I really like the option of NS or EW loading.
The snow gets deep here so I do not want to go on the roof in winter to check the pipe and the DW doesn't want any cleaning in main living area. With that being the case I installed 2 ceiling support brackets. One just above the main ceiling and another where it passes from the upstairs through the roof. The lower one is on blocks [very secure] and when I need to clean the chimney I simply release the class A clamps and lower the chimney 6' by pulling the blocks. This way I can clean down toward the stove and the pipe upwards is also clear to clean. All this is possible because of the telescoping double wall over the stove. To put it back together is simple. I just put the 5' of class A thats been taken out back and then I use a small chain hoist to lift it all back in place. Only thing left is to reattach the clamps and put the blocks back underneath. This is all enclosed in its own small room upstairs so the mess is very controllable. Total chimney height is 22'
We have been 100% wood for around 37 years and have used and still have lots of other stoves in greenhouses, kitchen etc. This is our first EPA stove and so far we love it. Mind you the first time I lit it up I used the top down method and my DW who did not research this thought I was crazy as we have lit fires for decades and she had never thought of this methodIt worked like a charm who says "old dogs can't learn new tricks.
The snow gets deep here so I do not want to go on the roof in winter to check the pipe and the DW doesn't want any cleaning in main living area. With that being the case I installed 2 ceiling support brackets. One just above the main ceiling and another where it passes from the upstairs through the roof. The lower one is on blocks [very secure] and when I need to clean the chimney I simply release the class A clamps and lower the chimney 6' by pulling the blocks. This way I can clean down toward the stove and the pipe upwards is also clear to clean. All this is possible because of the telescoping double wall over the stove. To put it back together is simple. I just put the 5' of class A thats been taken out back and then I use a small chain hoist to lift it all back in place. Only thing left is to reattach the clamps and put the blocks back underneath. This is all enclosed in its own small room upstairs so the mess is very controllable. Total chimney height is 22'
We have been 100% wood for around 37 years and have used and still have lots of other stoves in greenhouses, kitchen etc. This is our first EPA stove and so far we love it. Mind you the first time I lit it up I used the top down method and my DW who did not research this thought I was crazy as we have lit fires for decades and she had never thought of this methodIt worked like a charm who says "old dogs can't learn new tricks.
Job well done.
