Hi everyone,
First time posting here after reading a bunch. I recently bought a house which had a Kent Sherwood (same as the Tile Fire but without the convection shell). I've been enjoying heating with it this winter (first time really burning wood for heating) but I have a few questions.
Recently my wife and I noticed that the performance of the stove had decreased. Particularly, it was harder to start a fire than it had been previously. I remembered that in one of the threads about the Tile Fire, someone mentioned that the secondary (not a true secondary, I know, but I'm not sure what to call it) can fill up with ashes. I checked, and sure enough, it was full of ashes. I was able to remove a bunch of it using a vacuum cleaner but I think there's still a bunch of ash left in there. Is there a better way to remove the ashes? Some trick I'm not thinking of?
Secondly, I notice that the stove appears to be damaged, I think from overfiring. In this photo you can see the bottom plate of the secondary sort of drooping down in the middle front: (broken link removed to https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2104764/Photo%20Feb%2002%2C%2016%2009%2020.jpg) (sorry for the blurriness). Then, near the back, there's a similar drooping. What effect is this having on my stove's performance? I'm assuming it makes it less efficient. Is it possible to repair this?
Thanks,
Alex
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First time posting here after reading a bunch. I recently bought a house which had a Kent Sherwood (same as the Tile Fire but without the convection shell). I've been enjoying heating with it this winter (first time really burning wood for heating) but I have a few questions.
Recently my wife and I noticed that the performance of the stove had decreased. Particularly, it was harder to start a fire than it had been previously. I remembered that in one of the threads about the Tile Fire, someone mentioned that the secondary (not a true secondary, I know, but I'm not sure what to call it) can fill up with ashes. I checked, and sure enough, it was full of ashes. I was able to remove a bunch of it using a vacuum cleaner but I think there's still a bunch of ash left in there. Is there a better way to remove the ashes? Some trick I'm not thinking of?
Secondly, I notice that the stove appears to be damaged, I think from overfiring. In this photo you can see the bottom plate of the secondary sort of drooping down in the middle front: (broken link removed to https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2104764/Photo%20Feb%2002%2C%2016%2009%2020.jpg) (sorry for the blurriness). Then, near the back, there's a similar drooping. What effect is this having on my stove's performance? I'm assuming it makes it less efficient. Is it possible to repair this?
Thanks,
Alex
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