I just had an Enviro Venice 1700 installed by a dealer in a ZC fireplace. What a beauty!
Been heating for three days and I have discovered that the stove heats more home than I have.
I figured out that all I need to do is toss in one piece of wood about every 3 to 4 hours. So here is how it goes.
With a hot bed of coals, I throw in a piece of wood and it burns slowly over the next 3 hours or so. My flames are usually small with the colors yellow and blue and will perform a mesmerizing slow dance as they rise to the top, turn mostly bluish and then go up the stack. The log eventually disappears into the coal bed and I let it burn down until the coals have sort of ashed over and there's not a lot of red glow visible. (there are still plenty of hot coals if I stir them up)
At this time, I throw in another log and the process repeats.
Are there any issues doing it this way? Apparently my home is better insulated than I though it was because this stove can blow me right out of here with the heat it puts out. I have a single oscillating fan in the far corner of the room and it very effectively spreads the heat throughout the home.
Being that this is an insert with a blower fan, I do not have access to stack temperature readings. That said, I always run my blower fan on auto (thermal sensor) and it stays on at all times.
Any suggestions?
Thanks!
Been heating for three days and I have discovered that the stove heats more home than I have.
I figured out that all I need to do is toss in one piece of wood about every 3 to 4 hours. So here is how it goes.
With a hot bed of coals, I throw in a piece of wood and it burns slowly over the next 3 hours or so. My flames are usually small with the colors yellow and blue and will perform a mesmerizing slow dance as they rise to the top, turn mostly bluish and then go up the stack. The log eventually disappears into the coal bed and I let it burn down until the coals have sort of ashed over and there's not a lot of red glow visible. (there are still plenty of hot coals if I stir them up)
At this time, I throw in another log and the process repeats.
Are there any issues doing it this way? Apparently my home is better insulated than I though it was because this stove can blow me right out of here with the heat it puts out. I have a single oscillating fan in the far corner of the room and it very effectively spreads the heat throughout the home.
Being that this is an insert with a blower fan, I do not have access to stack temperature readings. That said, I always run my blower fan on auto (thermal sensor) and it stays on at all times.
Any suggestions?
Thanks!