Hi everyone.
We are looking at purchasing the Drolet HT2000, as it looks like the best value that would fit in our space. We had an old Heritage stove that was not airtight. We had to let the ash drawer and the firebox partially fill up with ash in order to have fires that lasted more than a couple hours. Because of this, ash would fall out of the stove almost every time we opened the door. It was very messy-it seemed like ash coated every surface of the house. I would think that a modern stove would not have this issue, but one reviewer said that the lip is 1", which allows coals to roll out of the stove. Anyone else have issues like this?
I don't expect perfection-operating a wood stove will always be a little messy. I think I've read almost every review of this stove that google can find...I only saw one mention of this being an issue, but since my wife also saw that review, I would like to ease her mind, or move in a different direction.
Thanks!
Ken
We are looking at purchasing the Drolet HT2000, as it looks like the best value that would fit in our space. We had an old Heritage stove that was not airtight. We had to let the ash drawer and the firebox partially fill up with ash in order to have fires that lasted more than a couple hours. Because of this, ash would fall out of the stove almost every time we opened the door. It was very messy-it seemed like ash coated every surface of the house. I would think that a modern stove would not have this issue, but one reviewer said that the lip is 1", which allows coals to roll out of the stove. Anyone else have issues like this?
I don't expect perfection-operating a wood stove will always be a little messy. I think I've read almost every review of this stove that google can find...I only saw one mention of this being an issue, but since my wife also saw that review, I would like to ease her mind, or move in a different direction.
Thanks!
Ken
