We bought a heat reclaimer it worked great ! For about two months. When we one day opened the door to put a piece of wood in and yes , it is dry, when all of a sudden a bellowing smoke blew out and about knocked us out. Of course shut everything down and try to figure things out. We had just cleaned chimney pipes and stove before installing the heat reclaimer less than two months ago. That is when the arguements arised. "it can't be plugged" , "well something aint drawing ", check the wood , its fine back and fourth till finally standing outside in fifteen degree weather, snow blowing up every opening of our jackets, we put scarfs around our faces and cowboy up and took any wood and coals out , we let the stove cool. As we pulled apart the chimney and saw nothing which proved one point, we put it back together and took apart everything inside. OMG 
THE HEAT RECLAIMER WAS PACKED , STUFFED FULL OF BLACK SOOT, CREOSOTE JUST NASTY. How everything was clean prior to adding the heat reclaimer, we burn good dry wood, and nowhere else was there this nasty stuff. We put everything back together and lite the stove . Yep , works like a charm ! Now , nowhere in the directions does it state that this thing collects creosote ! There is so much stuffed in it we are not sure we will be able to use it again. Now the close to 200 bucks spent on this "wonderful thing" that could of been used to lets see...... PAY THE PROPANE BILL ! is now sitting because we can't seem to get all the nasty out of it. We really thought this thing did a great job. With one person unemployed and the other knocked down to part time cutting corners everyway possible is the main focus. We have had this stove for three years and really cut down on the propane usage. The problem it is in the living room and the bedroom and bath at the other end of the house is freezing. All rooms not in use the doors are closed, including this computer room that I am sitting in trying to type this before I lose all feeling in my fingers. Two things the heat reclaimer worked great, when it worked, and does anybody have any idea on how to clean the heat reclaimer. the chambers, pipes inside make it difficult to get anything in it. Don't know if we will put it back in, cleaning it twice a month in fifteen degrees or less weather is not the idea of how one wants to spend on the weekend.
THE HEAT RECLAIMER WAS PACKED , STUFFED FULL OF BLACK SOOT, CREOSOTE JUST NASTY. How everything was clean prior to adding the heat reclaimer, we burn good dry wood, and nowhere else was there this nasty stuff. We put everything back together and lite the stove . Yep , works like a charm ! Now , nowhere in the directions does it state that this thing collects creosote ! There is so much stuffed in it we are not sure we will be able to use it again. Now the close to 200 bucks spent on this "wonderful thing" that could of been used to lets see...... PAY THE PROPANE BILL ! is now sitting because we can't seem to get all the nasty out of it. We really thought this thing did a great job. With one person unemployed and the other knocked down to part time cutting corners everyway possible is the main focus. We have had this stove for three years and really cut down on the propane usage. The problem it is in the living room and the bedroom and bath at the other end of the house is freezing. All rooms not in use the doors are closed, including this computer room that I am sitting in trying to type this before I lose all feeling in my fingers. Two things the heat reclaimer worked great, when it worked, and does anybody have any idea on how to clean the heat reclaimer. the chambers, pipes inside make it difficult to get anything in it. Don't know if we will put it back in, cleaning it twice a month in fifteen degrees or less weather is not the idea of how one wants to spend on the weekend.
