My Heritage burns great except I can't seem to get it to burn all the coals completely.
With my 1984 Elmira wood stove when I woke up in the morning there was just a pile of white ash. Every time it was 100% burned with nothing left.
I love that I can have overnight burns with the heritage, but i find it annoying that I cannot get the stove to burn all the coals. It I leave it for a day or two with the air all the way open the stove will go cold, the coals will go cold, but it won't chew through through the last of the coals. What's up with that?
I find this annoying because 1. I want to burn all the fuel I put in it and 2. Every day when I wake up, it would be nice to sort our the live coals from the ash and keep burning, but instead I get a pile of coals (live and dead). How are you supposed to ash it? Scoop out a pile of live and dead coals? Or just let the coals keep stacking up?
I have experimented with leaving the air intake all the way open or closed and it makes little difference.
Is this typical of the heritage? Do other Heritage owners get this issue? Perhaps I just need to change my expectation or ashing habits.
Could it be because my wood is only 9 months since cut, perhaps dryer wood will solve it? Any other theories?
THANKS!
With my 1984 Elmira wood stove when I woke up in the morning there was just a pile of white ash. Every time it was 100% burned with nothing left.
I love that I can have overnight burns with the heritage, but i find it annoying that I cannot get the stove to burn all the coals. It I leave it for a day or two with the air all the way open the stove will go cold, the coals will go cold, but it won't chew through through the last of the coals. What's up with that?
I find this annoying because 1. I want to burn all the fuel I put in it and 2. Every day when I wake up, it would be nice to sort our the live coals from the ash and keep burning, but instead I get a pile of coals (live and dead). How are you supposed to ash it? Scoop out a pile of live and dead coals? Or just let the coals keep stacking up?
I have experimented with leaving the air intake all the way open or closed and it makes little difference.
Is this typical of the heritage? Do other Heritage owners get this issue? Perhaps I just need to change my expectation or ashing habits.
Could it be because my wood is only 9 months since cut, perhaps dryer wood will solve it? Any other theories?
THANKS!