closing up the stove.
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TimfromMA
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Hoot23
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Hoot23
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Just closed down my stove today.Moving to a new house in a month.Hope to bring the pellet monster with me.I will no longer be a basement dweller.
Stove Chows are HD's best pellets and obviously they don't know this cause they sell for theJust closed down my stove today.Moving to a new house in a month.Hope to bring the pellet monster with me.I will no longer be a basement dweller.
same low price as some of the real crappy pellets they have sold at times..
Arti
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I suspect that the Pellet Furnace will be cleaned up in a week or so. The one in the living room probably in 2-3 weeks.
Just in the firebox. And based on the advice of others here, I spray the entire fire box with Pam cooking oil as a finishing touch.
alternativeheat
Minister of Fire
This Cape Cod, the bay is still cold and I'll probably be burning at least at night for another month yet. get a North wind and you get nailed with a mid 40s day and fog. But ya you have a good idea there. You might want to change it out in mid summer, it could be saturated by then.
TimfromMA
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In addition to the damp rid in the firebox, I cap off the outside vent to keep bugs, birds and other such things out over the summer.
I disconnect the vent and OAK and slide the stove forward a few inches. I cap the stove and vent/OAK with baggies & rubber bands. I place a large dessicant container in the hopper and another in the ash pan-along with wads of newspaper. All this AFTER a thorough cleaning of course.
The walls inside my stove have a light brown tacky coating on them.. I assume I should use a mild abrassive like a scouring pad[scotch-brite] and clean the side and back walls 1st before applying the cooking spray? or do u just spray the burnpot.....
hyfire
Minister of Fire
Clean everything, or as much as you can before you close off the stove. The coating you are describing is creosote. I use a wire brush. I spray the entire fire chamber. The oil helps prevent surface rust.
ok.... thanks for the tips...have some foam sanding blocks might work also.
Bought my stove past November so still learning...
btw: I assume Plain, Not Buttered spray is best..lol
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Not even close to time for that yet! Finally able to lower the stove to 1 or 2 during the days and 5 at night. at least i stopped running at 6 on days and 9 at night! soon i can start burning at night only. that will be nice, then finally close up the stove. i seal off the oak, and the vent pipe after cleaning of course, and wipe down the inside of the stove with 3 in 1 oil. stove is 8 yrs old with no problems.
When it gets hot i do run my portable AC vent tube through the hole for the pellet vent. Works great and keeps the window free.
When it gets hot i do run my portable AC vent tube through the hole for the pellet vent. Works great and keeps the window free.
NHcpa
Minister of Fire
This is the first I have read of coating the stove after winter use... I would think Pam spray would attract bugs because it is vegetable based? WD 40 would smell and create fire issue? The only thing I coat is my table saw top - use floor wax. If lazy, I use WD 40 over the winter.
I would assume that WD would be pretty much dried up by heating season 6months?... May-November....
guess if veg oil was a bug problem we would have read about it here somewhere..
Pellet puppy in the basement is down for the season. May need the wood stove a night or two next week but it is beautiful here at the moment and supposed to stay that way until Tuesday.
Never heard of anybody having bug problems with Pam in the stove.
Never heard of anybody having bug problems with Pam in the stove.
TimfromMA
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Here in Oregon (Just south of Portland about 25 miles) we are still running the Stoves/s
Yesterday we had the little Whit on from daybreak till about 11am
This morning we let the Quad come on by itself and take the chill off.
Temps are to be in the 70's today and drop off tomorrow to the low 60's
Back to rainy cool weather by Tuesday through next week end.
From here till early June it will be hit and miss, with warm days and no fire and cool days with a little fire.
We are coming to the end for another year.
Snowy
Yesterday we had the little Whit on from daybreak till about 11am
This morning we let the Quad come on by itself and take the chill off.
Temps are to be in the 70's today and drop off tomorrow to the low 60's
Back to rainy cool weather by Tuesday through next week end.
From here till early June it will be hit and miss, with warm days and no fire and cool days with a little fire.
We are coming to the end for another year.
Snowy
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