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    Wood Stove Insert - Shim recommendation

    I feel dumb. I'm in school, my husband and I both work full time, and we paid a company to install our new Lopi high-efficiency wood stove insert. We did three quotes; they had the best reviews, and the owner who made the bid, we felt confident going over everything with him. Lesson learned...
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    Smelly room days after fire

    I’ve recently had a brand new Regency cat wood stove insert installed. I’ve had five 20-30 minute “break-in” fires and one 4-hour fire that stayed within 500-750 degrees the entire time. The first fire consisted of kindling and a few pieces of not ideal lumber (redwood, pine, etc). Since then...
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    Help ID old ivory Jotul stove?

    I traded my pellet stove for this beautiful Jotul on Marketplace - for outages (Same guys took my Englander pellet stove and returned with this Jotul in exchange) - which we have from time to time in the mountains! I cannot find any pics of info online. The local dealer brushed my inquiry...