I have read many other posts about this stove and I am ready to toss it. First, I will tell you I have had several wood burning stoves over the last 40+ years so I am not a first time user.
This Avalon Stove is the worse stove ever, it smokes. Yes, I have read about burning a wad of newspaper (where do you get this constant supply of newspaper, I use the internet) also wood type and moisture content, fans running, etc.
I use oak, cut and split by family so I know it is dry. I use a fire starter stick, teepee my kindling and wood and it works ok for about two weeks if I am very careful and I do not damper it down for the night.
If I do, it smokes more the next morning.
Smoke bellows out all over, how can this stove be air tight? It comes from the damper at the bottom of the stove and around the door. I am sick to death of this thing.
It was professionally installed and here when I bought the house so I assumed all would be great.
The pipe has been swept monthly. Do you believe monthly? Never have I had to sweep a chimney more than once a year.
I called our local wood stove company to come out. He insisted on explaining about newspaper and teepee of wood, then moisture content. He did not come out.
I generally have used pine (as it was plentiful and free) never an issue or flume problem in all those years of other stoves. Now I have this thing that I use good wood and baby and still it does not perform as rated.
Does anyone know why this is happening and why the buildup of creosote? I build good hot fire until the house is warm and them one log at a time to keep it toasty. The wood box in this thing is pretty small so not much room anyway.
Oh, it has been swept top to bottom as fire bricks line top. Yes, I have removed them when inspecting the darn thing to see if I could find a problem.
This Avalon Stove is the worse stove ever, it smokes. Yes, I have read about burning a wad of newspaper (where do you get this constant supply of newspaper, I use the internet) also wood type and moisture content, fans running, etc.
I use oak, cut and split by family so I know it is dry. I use a fire starter stick, teepee my kindling and wood and it works ok for about two weeks if I am very careful and I do not damper it down for the night.
If I do, it smokes more the next morning.
Smoke bellows out all over, how can this stove be air tight? It comes from the damper at the bottom of the stove and around the door. I am sick to death of this thing.
It was professionally installed and here when I bought the house so I assumed all would be great.
The pipe has been swept monthly. Do you believe monthly? Never have I had to sweep a chimney more than once a year.
I called our local wood stove company to come out. He insisted on explaining about newspaper and teepee of wood, then moisture content. He did not come out.
I generally have used pine (as it was plentiful and free) never an issue or flume problem in all those years of other stoves. Now I have this thing that I use good wood and baby and still it does not perform as rated.
Does anyone know why this is happening and why the buildup of creosote? I build good hot fire until the house is warm and them one log at a time to keep it toasty. The wood box in this thing is pretty small so not much room anyway.
Oh, it has been swept top to bottom as fire bricks line top. Yes, I have removed them when inspecting the darn thing to see if I could find a problem.
