I just recently had a blaze king princess/6”. chimney installed and have a few questions. For my setup/house I have about 7 feet of double wall pipe 6” and 2 45 degree elbows in the house with 12 foot duravent class A pipe above that. I am heating about 2500 square feet fairly open concept 2 story house in upstate NY . The downstairs is 1800 square feet with an open foyer to the upstairs and the stove room has a vaulted ceiling maybe 10 foot tall, but the vaulted section isn’t large 8x10 tops . Upstairs is another 650 square feet .
Apparently I ran the stove for about a month and the thermostat was installed incorrectly. There was a set screw that was supposed to be above the thermostat, limiting the max airflow, but mine was installed with the screw below that which meant the stove was run hotter than intended until the dealer let me know this and fixed the issue. Regarding this issue and the stove being run hotter, do you think my cat life may have been shortened from this?
Next is now that we have had some really cold weather -10 degrees with windchill of -35 I am kind of wishing I went with the king. I just did not want to stare at an even bigger stove pipe(the room has a lot of windows I didn’t want to ruin). How much more heat output real world would the king deliver, or is it mostly just having more fuel? Normal days I am loading the stove either 2x a day or 3x a day with a smaller second fire or the day . Reloads at 6:30am and then around 5 or 6pm followed by a night reload between 9:30-10pm. Most days the princess has been fine as long as it’s above 20 degrees. Keeping the downstairs between 72-74 usually, upstairs the heat doesn’t reach as well and it will be low 60s. Today though it’s a struggle to keep it above 70. Did I mess up getting the Princess instead of the king , or do I just need to load more often and burn better species of wood?
Sorry for the long post and thanks!
Apparently I ran the stove for about a month and the thermostat was installed incorrectly. There was a set screw that was supposed to be above the thermostat, limiting the max airflow, but mine was installed with the screw below that which meant the stove was run hotter than intended until the dealer let me know this and fixed the issue. Regarding this issue and the stove being run hotter, do you think my cat life may have been shortened from this?
Next is now that we have had some really cold weather -10 degrees with windchill of -35 I am kind of wishing I went with the king. I just did not want to stare at an even bigger stove pipe(the room has a lot of windows I didn’t want to ruin). How much more heat output real world would the king deliver, or is it mostly just having more fuel? Normal days I am loading the stove either 2x a day or 3x a day with a smaller second fire or the day . Reloads at 6:30am and then around 5 or 6pm followed by a night reload between 9:30-10pm. Most days the princess has been fine as long as it’s above 20 degrees. Keeping the downstairs between 72-74 usually, upstairs the heat doesn’t reach as well and it will be low 60s. Today though it’s a struggle to keep it above 70. Did I mess up getting the Princess instead of the king , or do I just need to load more often and burn better species of wood?
Sorry for the long post and thanks!