Wood length in stove

[windowmaker2]

My question is how long should the wood be in the stove? I have an old Lakewood Cottager with no info to be found. So if I measure the fire brick to the inside of the door it is @24" from what I can remember. I am thinking I should be @18" for proper air flow around the wood and enough space by the air inlets not to clog with ash. I only had @ 6 fires last year out in the barn due to a 1 and 3 year old and a wife wanting upgrades to the house. My plan is a lot more fires this year to truly learn this stove but than again she may have a honey due list I don't know about yet other than the kitchen floor we have talked about. Thanks for any info. Jeff

 

[begreen]

Is there a baffle in the stove above the firebrick? If so, this is a cigar burner style stove. As long as the wood stops a couple inches before the door it should be fine. Sounds like 22" if there's 24" of firebrick depth.

https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/tending-a-wood-fire-how-to-master-the-element-of-fire.147665/

 

[windowmaker2]

Yes Begreen there is a baffle just as you said. After reading that link it sounds like I did things right last year. Should be even better thus year with 12-18 month old wood. Thank you sir.