So yesterday I decided to start getting the stove around for fall and the burning season. Im also new to blaze king stoves. I purchased my stove and had it installed back in the early spring. I had 6 to 8 fires in that time..now I didnt have a constant fire for days on end. Anyway, I opened the stove to clean the glass and notices some good size globs of creosote in the fire box and heavy creosote on the glass of the door. Am I burning the stove too cold? I tried to keep the flue temp to 300 to 350..the stove never really felt like it out tons of heat during the times I fired it. I also know a couple of fires I had. I should have let the wood catch better before shutting it down. Any advice would be great.
Blaze king princess 32 creosote in the fire box
- Thread starter MichiganMan82
- Start date
-
Active since 1995, Hearth.com is THE place on the internet for free information and advice about wood stoves, pellet stoves and other energy saving equipment.
We strive to provide opinions, articles, discussions and history related to Hearth Products and in a more general sense, energy issues.
We promote the EFFICIENT, RESPONSIBLE, CLEAN and SAFE use of all fuels, whether renewable or fossil.
Most likely reason for the creosote is wet wood. Wet wood makes it much more difficult to keep your temps up. Did you ever check the moisture content? If you bought the wood last fall to burn last winter I can pretty much guarantee that wet wood is your issue. If you still have some of that same wood it will be much better this year.
Yes I checked the moisture content this spring when I got the stove to kinda make sure. It was between 15-18 nothing over 18. Its all dead ash. I think im not letting the reload completely catch as well because I noticed peices of unburned wood still in the fire box. So I dont know. Im doing something wrong.
BKVP
Minister of Fire
Unburnt wood would indicate:
1) Too low a setting of the thermostat based upon the amount of draft in the system
2) Wet wood. How did you test the fuel? What was your procedure and was the wood off the pile or acclimated to the room temperature for 24 hours prior to testing?
3) If your cap has a spark arrestor screen check it. Get up close and look from 10" away. If it's covered with fluffy stuff, clean it off and consider cap without screen.
BKVP
1) less than half way on the to a quarter on the thermostat. Which is what im thinking is the problem.
2) wood is dead dry ash. Checked with a moisture meter. Stacked on a covered porch. I should bring some inside. But when I had the fire it was at the end of the burning season.
3) I just have a rain cap on my chimney. Its good and clear.
