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    bis-2 newbie damper plugged?

    Newbie to fireplaces. Got a BIS-2 worked fine, then started smoking like crazy. Thought it was the wood, but now thinking that the damper is plugged shut with ash. Find the manual online but not too good for newbies. Where is the damper located, same area as where the handle is on the left...
  2. M

    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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    nashua nfp-2 install!

    Hello! New member here! I grew up from basically birth all the way until I was 19 years old, using and familiarizing myself in the use of the family wood stove. Now that was 15 years ago and I fondly remember the days of stoking and chopping. However, I was not born prior to the stoves...
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    First timer seeking advice! PE Alderlea T5

    Hi everyone! My husband and I recently had a Pacific Energy Alderlea T5 stove installed in our new home. We did a ton of research before selecting this stove (reading through a ton of stove recommendation threads on this site) and are very excited to use it. We have 3 cords of wood drying in...
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    Another Newbie question (enviro mini)

    Good morning Lots of people have told me not to shut down my pellet stove. That it is bad for the stove to be stopping and starting it. However my manual says to not open the hopper while its running and also the cleaning your supposed to do every 3 days. Any helpful hints there?
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    Coal Stove Into Wood Stove Help

    Hey everyone. Newbie here. I set up an old coal burning stove in my woodshop last weekend. I framed all the walls w metalstud, did everything up to code, got the right chimney pipe and set up. However, the firplace smoked like crazy, like i literally had to put the fire out. The first burn went...
  7. Pert86

    Confused about how to use the damper

    Hi! We just installed our first wood stove and today was the first day we’ve run it all day. I’m reading mixed things about the flue and am real confused. It’s all over the internet to never close the flue (is that the same thing as the damper?!) while the fire is going at all and only close it...
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    Inspection "issues" and questions

    Hi, Moved into the house last December, which was built in the 70s with an old style heatillator. About 10-15 years ago a fireplace insert was put in which I assume bypassed the heatillator as it didn't work since then. We burned last year, about 2-2.25 cords of wood. No issues with the...
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    Please help! Newbie in dyer need of guidance!

    Hello, I just bought a shelter SF1000 (2017 manufacture date) from menards brand new. I have installed it in my garage and am going to pipe it under neath my modular home to help out with my propane expenses, I have the stove installed, the chimney done perfectly no back draft. The stove heats...
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    KP130 used but working...

    Had a small standard wood stove for several years ("vermont casting" for 5 then a "century heat" for about 18). they were VERY simple and had no issues (occasional ooops on my part and smoked up the house). So i have retired the wood stove and installed a used king pellet kp130...
  11. FirstFisher

    Questions from a newbie about restoring an old Fisher (Grandpa III perhaps?)

    Hello, I grew up in the city with central heat and air. When my husband and I moved to a more rural area we were excited that our home already had an old Fisher wood stove. We've trying to fix it up, but there is quite a bit of rust and pitting on the surface. Using a wire brush and steel wool...
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    New Fireplace insert (Newbie questions)

    Hello everybody, I am new here, been reading here for a long time digging for information (and lord, this forum is a wonderful source!) and finally decided to sign up and participate. Well, I will go straight to it- I have built a new fireplace in my house, this is basically a fireplace...
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    St. Croix Pepin or Piazzetta Monia?

    I have a very cheap offer for a St. Croix Pepin (I'd need to buy piping to go up through ceiling, a control board, and pay for labor) plus an ash vac for $400. I have another offer for a used Piazzetta Monia, fully installed, for $3400 What would you do? I assume that the Monia is way more...
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    First time user of a wood stove (Nashua NFP-1)

    Hi all, I recently bought a house and it came with a wood stove (I THINK it's a Nashua NFP-1 based on pictures I've seen online - photo of mine attached). I've used it a couple times with varying success, and am hoping to find a manual for it. After doing a lot of reading online, I've learned...
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    Hearthstone III find looking for some guidance!

    So lucky me, while trolling the Internet I found this... how some like me would say a BEAUTY. Cost? Just the gas to pick it up. In my book, I consider that "ahead". So now down to the nitty gritty and hopefully some help from some hearthstone III veterans, or newbies who own one of these...
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    Newbie Pellet Stove Owner

    Hi: I recently installed an Ashley 5660 pellet stove with 55 LB Hopper. Overall I guess I'm happy with the stove, it throws out heat on high setting and heats my entire mobile home of about 1000sf. On the lowest setting it still does an OK job out back and a great job in the main areas...
  17. bworre71

    Hudson River West Point

    Good Morning, I have a westpoint stove. Trying to get it up and running for the new season. When I turn the stove on it gets burning and then the flame, backdrafts (best word i can think of) into the pot I open the door and the flame comes back up. It never turns the room blower on and then...
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    Newbie needs help identifying stove

    Hi everyone! I was hoping to join the club sooner, but my starter house didn't come with so much as a chimney... house number two did, however, along with a wood burning stove! I've been anxious to use this thing and, now that winter is approaching, it's time to know what I have and, more...
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    Newbie with questions: What do you know about this stove?

    Hi there! (Even if you don't recognize the stove type, I have a couple other questions, too.) Mr. Claus and I are new to fireplace business with our first home we just purchased last weekend. We got our fireplace and our stove cleaned, but didn't find out much from the sweeper, who only...
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    Hearthstone I - newbie burning fast

    Evening all... I'm a wood stove newbie and just inherited a HearthStone I. I was well cared for, chimney was swept regularly. I have fully read up on the instructions and posts on burning, but wanted to check with you all to see if i'm missing something. I put about 4 logs on started it up...
  21. FIRECONCRETEWOOD

    PE Alderlea T6 first fire & break in period?

    My wife and I just built a new house. We have a brand new Pacific Energy Alderlea T6 stove and about 6 cord of seasoned and split oak, maple, and ash. We have read the owners manual cover-to-cover however we have a few questions. What is a good guideline for the first fire and subsequent...
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    New Install, New to pellet stoves

    Greetings, Before I push the purchase(s) button(s) I figured I'd sign up and toss the plan out here... Primary objective - to have a reasonable heat source during power outages. Secondary object - supplement heat / cost reduction. The house is a 2 story (approx. 2,100SF), built in 2000, full...
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    Traeger keeps feeding

    First time I've been exposed to a pellet stove, and it's a Traeger MPD040T circa 1986. I'm renting the house its in and the landlords are new owners (have no history with the stove). I used it last spring a few times when I moved in, but the thermostat didn't regulate stove operation well; once...
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