Country Hearth Stove Not Heating For Us. Advice?

[catrockfarm]

Just bought one of these Country Hearth stoves 2 months ago. I saw a great many excellent reviews about it but it is just not doing the job for us. Why the difference in performance? Now I'm finding other reviews that are not so excellent, people who have found that it just doesn't put out much heat, etc. That is what we have found but I see others who say if they arent careful it gets too hot. I have to leave it wide open to get it to burn hot most of the time and then it burns up a stove full of wood. Our old Homesteader would burn all night and keep the house toasty back before the fire bricks all fell out. With this one I have to be sure and get up 1 or 2 times in the night and add wood. Extremely disappointed. I went back to Tractor Supply today and bought new firebrick for the old one. But I'm stuck with a stove I paid almost $800 for and will never be able to sell because I'm not going to lie about it. Just can't figure out why some reviews are so great and other reviewers are getting a dismal performance like we are. This one was supposed to heat 2000 sq ft and we only have about 1500 sq. ft.

 

[kennyp2339]

When you leave the stove wide open you send all the heat up the chimney, the idea of the adjustable air control is to have it wide open, when all your pieces catch fire start sliding the air control in, it reduces the main air and the uncontrolled secondary air takes over to reburn the smoke (to have a clean burn) and your heat stays in the stove. I ran a tractor supply country hearth 2500 for 3 seasons, the heat out put was pretty good, but the stove just fell apart, literally a piece of junk on the mechanical end.

 

[aansorge]

I'll bet your wood is too wet. Try wood that is truly dry meaning on a fresh split it registers below 20 % moisture.

 

[jeff_t]

Yep. With dry wood you should be able to get the wood charred and the stove up to temp, and then shut the air control almost completely. The stove should draw in enough air thru the secondary burn tubes at the top to burn the gases off at the top of the firebox. If you have adequate draft.

What is your chimney like? Height, inside dimensions, type of construction, please.

If you read a little bit here, you will find that wood doesn't start to dry until it is split, most all wood needs to be split and stacked in a spot conducive to drying for at least a year and oak needs at least two, dry wood is almost impossible to buy, and wet wood is the root problem of 99% of complaints and questions from new burners or those coming from an old pre-EPA stove.

That stove is certainly not top of the heap, but it should make heat.

 

[lopiliberty]

My dad just replaced the small stove that tractor supply sells with this one. After it was installed I just built on big fire in it all at once and had no trouble getting it up to 700 degrees with heat pouring from the glass. I seconded the wood is the problem. I had no problem getting a very good secondary burn going with no ashes what so ever in the firebox and the air only open a fraction

 

[bholler]

I agree with the rest of them. I would bet on the wood if you had asked ahead of time most of us here would have steered you away from a us stove works stove but it should be able to make decent heat for you.