So I've been enjoying my stove for a week or so. We're into morning and evening fire time. New liner, 20' chimney, pretty dry wood. Tonight the stove was dogging pretty bad. Door open got me to 350 and when I shut it, the thing just fizzled out. I though well I didn't put in enough kindling. My other splits were a little big i guess. More kindling was tossed in on top. That all burnt up and it fizzled again. I decided to jostle thing up into a looser pile. Left the door open until the flames took. I shut the door and it took right off. I can hear the draft pulling hard now.
So how important do folks find having some good air space around splits?
How do you like to load the stove?
So how important do folks find having some good air space around splits?
How do you like to load the stove?