I think I finally know what you folks are talking about with this coal build up thing.
I have this stove in my shop and it was well below freezing this weekend and that means that the shop was very cold. I had some plumbing to do so I needed to warm up the shop. The NC is my weapon of choice and it did very well with a box fan blowing on it and me trying to keep temps at 600-700.
I was burning maple, nice blue flames, and I noticed that my firebox was shrinking. A deep coal bed builds up that can't be spent unless the stove goes cold. I tried the old trick of burning off a couple splits with full air and no luck, I needed heat.
Open door fireviewing with that bed of coals is sure a warm experience.
A nice benefit is that this big old pile of coals was still sufficient 12 hours later when I restarted the fire the next day.
Someday I'll get the radiant floor heat hooked up.
I have this stove in my shop and it was well below freezing this weekend and that means that the shop was very cold. I had some plumbing to do so I needed to warm up the shop. The NC is my weapon of choice and it did very well with a box fan blowing on it and me trying to keep temps at 600-700.
I was burning maple, nice blue flames, and I noticed that my firebox was shrinking. A deep coal bed builds up that can't be spent unless the stove goes cold. I tried the old trick of burning off a couple splits with full air and no luck, I needed heat.
Open door fireviewing with that bed of coals is sure a warm experience.
A nice benefit is that this big old pile of coals was still sufficient 12 hours later when I restarted the fire the next day.
Someday I'll get the radiant floor heat hooked up.
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