tfdchief
Minister of Fire
My poor old Buck Stove's getting a complex reading all these posts.....winces every time it's called a smoke dragon :shut:
Old vs Modern wood stove
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I have one thing I don't like over my old stove which was an EPA stove, just a first generation cat stove. It had a bigger firebox I never had the manual for it so I don't know how much bigger but I liked the size. I also liked being able to load it up in the morning and let it smolder all day long and if it got hot in here I could close the dampers and it would die out.
With that said I am very happy with the new stove. My old stove I could fit 8 splits the Osburn I can fit 6. My old stove I would wake up in the morning and have a big bed of coals and a 65degree house. With the Osburn I have very few coals but enough to start a new fire and a 68degree house. I have been burning it all night for a week now and I don't get smoke pouring in the house every time I open the door so I would say the chimney is much cleaner than with the old stove. It would reduce an 8" chimney down to 4" in two weeks. With the new stove I am not always sweating when I have a hot fire burning hoping I don't have a chimney fire.
I am really impressed with how little smoke this stove puts out. My old stove I would load it up pine in the morning and I could see the cloud of black smoke blowing in the wind for at least 1000' down the road. The new stove I only see about 5' of black smoke coming form the chimney then it fades away. The old stove it really looked like somebody was burning tires.
With that said I am very happy with the new stove. My old stove I could fit 8 splits the Osburn I can fit 6. My old stove I would wake up in the morning and have a big bed of coals and a 65degree house. With the Osburn I have very few coals but enough to start a new fire and a 68degree house. I have been burning it all night for a week now and I don't get smoke pouring in the house every time I open the door so I would say the chimney is much cleaner than with the old stove. It would reduce an 8" chimney down to 4" in two weeks. With the new stove I am not always sweating when I have a hot fire burning hoping I don't have a chimney fire.
I am really impressed with how little smoke this stove puts out. My old stove I would load it up pine in the morning and I could see the cloud of black smoke blowing in the wind for at least 1000' down the road. The new stove I only see about 5' of black smoke coming form the chimney then it fades away. The old stove it really looked like somebody was burning tires.
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