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    Help! Restoring a Deeze Freeland Flame stove

    Attempting to restore an old stove for use on our patio. I've been unable to source any documentation at all. Hoping perhaps someone has some stashed. It is a Freeland flame - made by Deeze. Appears to have originated in the Pacific Northwest. Gone through cleaned and checked everything on the...
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    York insert St. Croix stuck on high

    I have a ST. CROIX York insert that just started burning only on high. It’s about 12 years old. I can change the settings but it doesn’t effect the burn rate. I’m hoping for a lower cost solution. Any suggestions? Thanks so much.
  3. Jonkman

    So why is Harman the only Manufacturer with a bottom feed design?

    So I'm curious. I am pretty new to pellet stoves in the last year, and I hear the Harman vs. everybody else arguments, Harman is the best, blah blah blah. Now it may very well be that Harmans are the best, and they seem well built and the design of the bottom feed is interesting, vs dropping the...
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    St. Croix Prescott EX Pellet Buildup

    We have had our St. Croix Prescott EX Pellet stove for several years. We clean it very thoroughly at least twice a year including removing the combustion fan and using a brush to reach the channels. We've replace the rope seal on the lower ash box access and done everything I can think of to...
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    Too many pellets

    My boiler has a smaller auger that drops pellets down a pipe to where they are burnt. I have found that if the flue temperature hasn't reached set point it keeps running pellets continually. This causes a problem as it can't burn them fast enough and eventually backs up the pipe and the auger...