I don't realize a
lot of stuff; I appreciate you having my back.
But yes, I did realize that the Ashford came in enamel. It's not as stunning as a lot of enamel stoves, though..
Did you get that option?
I haven't so much as changed the gasket on mine, or adjusted the latch, and the stove is nine years old. Maybe I'll slap in a new gasket this summer, just for the heck of it.
Thanks, I'll check that out. Interested to see how the climate here compares to AK. I get enough horror stories from my brother in WI, to ever consider living in AK. Last week, the hundred feet of his back yard between his back door and the wood shed was covered in snow, melted and re-froze turning it into an ice rink. He fell on his butt twice trying to get more wood for the F2400.
Here, it's been so sopping wet that I don't even feel bad that I haven't stacked any wood yet...it wouldn't be drying anyway.
In your well-insulated house, how long can you wait after the stove goes out, in average weather, before you need to raise room temp? Are you near Anchorage, or inland? In moderate weather here, I can just ride on retained heat in the house after the stove goes out, for a long time, and only lose a few degrees. Long burn times aren't as important to me, since I've been burning for years and know how to easily start a fire if I've let the stove go out.
I think I save wood burning the way I do, as opposed to keeping a smolder going all the time.
What I'm asking here is, are you convinced that you want to make the switch to a non-cat? You described your present stove as an "adequate burner."