Being our first year of burning, my wife and I have been using pressed log products (Home Fire Logs, Tacoma Fire Logs) in our stove while next years wood is seasoning.
Our stove performs great with whatever we throw at it, but everytime the stove cools down to room temp and I am cleaning ashes, I have monster clinkers stuck to the brick on the bottom of the firebox. I have to gently chip them away with my rake, and this last time a piece of my firebrick chipped off as well. At certain times during the burn, I can see this molten slag bubbling and developing on the firebox floor.
Anybody else have this problem? And if so, any tips for preventing it or making it easier to get out? I have thought about cleaning it while hot, but our stove is either raging full when we are home or dead cold when I get home from work.
On a side note, this has been a great first year experience with our new home and new wood stove! I'm not ready to hang it up for the summer! Thanks for all the tips and advice. This forum and its contributors are invaluable to wood burners everywhere.
Our stove performs great with whatever we throw at it, but everytime the stove cools down to room temp and I am cleaning ashes, I have monster clinkers stuck to the brick on the bottom of the firebox. I have to gently chip them away with my rake, and this last time a piece of my firebrick chipped off as well. At certain times during the burn, I can see this molten slag bubbling and developing on the firebox floor.
Anybody else have this problem? And if so, any tips for preventing it or making it easier to get out? I have thought about cleaning it while hot, but our stove is either raging full when we are home or dead cold when I get home from work.
On a side note, this has been a great first year experience with our new home and new wood stove! I'm not ready to hang it up for the summer! Thanks for all the tips and advice. This forum and its contributors are invaluable to wood burners everywhere.