Hello,
I upgraded my old woodstove to a 2023 build buckstove 91 catalytic stove. It was brand new and along with it did a new stainless liner. The stove runs how it should according to instructions and blows hot air but it is struggling to heat my home which is about 1400 sq ft. I have a strong draft and I'm using seasoned hardwoods but the stove just is not heating my home. If I set my gas heat thermostat to 60, Ill be lucky to keep the house at 60-62. The old woodstove was damaged and extremely inefficient but when it was burning, the room you were in was 80 degrees! And that's dead of winter. Its currently 30 degrees outside and sitting next to the stove you wouldn't even be able to tell there is one in the room.
The stove is over 250 degrees on the exterior using an IR thermometer. It's installed correctly as an insert and protrudes 18" in the room past the trim kit (which is sealed for drafts). Its full of burning wood, the cat temp is 1300 and the 16x16 room its in is 66. The old woodstove would have the room unbearably warm in a few hours.
What do I do?
I upgraded my old woodstove to a 2023 build buckstove 91 catalytic stove. It was brand new and along with it did a new stainless liner. The stove runs how it should according to instructions and blows hot air but it is struggling to heat my home which is about 1400 sq ft. I have a strong draft and I'm using seasoned hardwoods but the stove just is not heating my home. If I set my gas heat thermostat to 60, Ill be lucky to keep the house at 60-62. The old woodstove was damaged and extremely inefficient but when it was burning, the room you were in was 80 degrees! And that's dead of winter. Its currently 30 degrees outside and sitting next to the stove you wouldn't even be able to tell there is one in the room.
The stove is over 250 degrees on the exterior using an IR thermometer. It's installed correctly as an insert and protrudes 18" in the room past the trim kit (which is sealed for drafts). Its full of burning wood, the cat temp is 1300 and the 16x16 room its in is 66. The old woodstove would have the room unbearably warm in a few hours.
What do I do?
