Hi,
Kevin here, new to wood stoves in general. I recently installed a Buck Stove 26000B pre-EPA stove in my cabin. It's been working pretty good but I have several questions.
I have an Inferno magnetic thermometer and an IR thermometer as well, and I know I should be burning between 400-650F to keep creosote at a minimum. I just installed a 6" chimney liner (I know the Buck takes an 8" but my chimney has this weird split terracotta liner and its 7"x13" and the Buck came with a 6" adapter and the previous owner said he had no issues). My chimney is 30' tall, straight up, in an external 12" thick stone chimney.
Draft is no issue. It pulls hard, even when the chimney is cold. Here is my issue. I start a fire, it gets going (sometimes I leave the door open a little when its real cold, other times I just leave the flu damper open 100% and the draft controls open 100% until it gets going). Then I close the flu damper down as far as it goes on the Buck. No smoking out the door whatsoever. Still pulls good. Here is the thing though, with the draft controls fully open, the fire is strong. If I leave it that way, I can fairly easily get up to 450F in a matter of like a half an air and it really pumps heat out of the blower, but it burns wood like a champ (been burning cherry and oak, it's pretty darn dry). But when I "shut it down" a bit (close the draft controls some), the temperature drops fairly quickly. My cabin is terribly insulated so I need as much heat as possible.
What is a reasonable amount to leave my draft controls open? I worry about Creosote and my thermometer sits between 275 and 350F with the draft controls at ~ 70%. I run it overnight daily and just can't seem to keep a load of wood going for more than 3 hours.
What's the issue? Or is this normal? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Kevin here, new to wood stoves in general. I recently installed a Buck Stove 26000B pre-EPA stove in my cabin. It's been working pretty good but I have several questions.
I have an Inferno magnetic thermometer and an IR thermometer as well, and I know I should be burning between 400-650F to keep creosote at a minimum. I just installed a 6" chimney liner (I know the Buck takes an 8" but my chimney has this weird split terracotta liner and its 7"x13" and the Buck came with a 6" adapter and the previous owner said he had no issues). My chimney is 30' tall, straight up, in an external 12" thick stone chimney.
Draft is no issue. It pulls hard, even when the chimney is cold. Here is my issue. I start a fire, it gets going (sometimes I leave the door open a little when its real cold, other times I just leave the flu damper open 100% and the draft controls open 100% until it gets going). Then I close the flu damper down as far as it goes on the Buck. No smoking out the door whatsoever. Still pulls good. Here is the thing though, with the draft controls fully open, the fire is strong. If I leave it that way, I can fairly easily get up to 450F in a matter of like a half an air and it really pumps heat out of the blower, but it burns wood like a champ (been burning cherry and oak, it's pretty darn dry). But when I "shut it down" a bit (close the draft controls some), the temperature drops fairly quickly. My cabin is terribly insulated so I need as much heat as possible.
What is a reasonable amount to leave my draft controls open? I worry about Creosote and my thermometer sits between 275 and 350F with the draft controls at ~ 70%. I run it overnight daily and just can't seem to keep a load of wood going for more than 3 hours.
What's the issue? Or is this normal? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.