I'm new to wood burning stoves - so this is my first year and my first post here.
Actually I'll post a question too here about over firing etc and what temps other folks are getting as well on their stoves,pipe etc.
I have a wood stove as purchased from homedepot last year for $600 w/50 coupon so 550
cost of piping near $2000 and that was shopping around finally acquired from ebay chimney store..great service fast shipping way better than mom & pop store (save 30% at least even with shipping)
the stove is billed as airtight and 10k-->29k btu's - manufactured by century hearth
I've gotten enviro-logs to supplement my wood burning pile left over from construction debris. Mixed southern yellow pine, white pine etc and 125yr old wood.
I find I use the enviro things and pile wood around it - I think it makes the fire start and last close to 3.5 hours or so.
I have magnetic temp gauges on my stove, on my duravent dvl (double wall) stove pipe and once through the 2nd floor and into the soffit I have one more temp thing on my chimney pipe.
temps are as follows...and are max for each that I have observed
on the stove - 550F
on the dvl at about half way between floor and ceiling - 250F
on the chimney pipe 2nd flr (about 15' above stove) - 150F
Any comments, suggestions etc welcome
and great site
I'm now looking to entertain the biobricks idea - I just dont like the idea of storing typical cords of wood
homedepot price I paid for enviro-logs (45lb) = 12.98
walmart - was 11.98 so better price point
bio bricks I think $280/ton from saugus,ma distributor but need to check on this
I also have a pellet stove for the basement - from englander stoves - I think its rated for 1500sq/ft
pellet stove no where near the heat output of my wood burning unit but the pellet stove is carefree (where loading is concerned) since set it on low setting and 40lb bag lasts 24 hours
pellets bought at lowes 1ton 50 bags 40lbs each $4.76/bag when purchased in bulk
pellets from lowes better quality than local walmart...less dust seems to end up with less ash - no doubt different vendors of pellets depending on locality
and walmart price is higer (wow...a first?)
sorry for my random post...hope to see responses to my temp reading observations
oh heck I gotta put a temp thingy on the pellet stove too now