Had the Country st-210 in for a few days now. The installer wanted to do a smoke test wich amounted to a break in kindlin fire for me. Later that night I lit the second break in kindlin fire. Both fires actualy lit the burn tubes off for a minute or two. That was amazing to watch.
Now I need to do my third and last break in fire with about three small splits and a 45 to 60 minute burn. NOT going to do that one while temps are still ranging from mid 60's to mid 80's but am watching the weather channel in anticipation. I have a feeling I'm going to love burning in this stove but for now I can just set and stare at the empty fire box and hope for colder temps. How crazy is that to actualy want cold weather!
On the plus side, I've been worried that my wood wouldn't be quite ready but these warm, windy, low humidity days that we"ve had around here can't be doing nothing but helping on that end. Resplit a few larger splits this morning and am now more confident in it. Been busy getting next years wood in also. Going to be all cherry and black locust with a couple small maples I had to cut just cause they were in my way.
Now I need to do my third and last break in fire with about three small splits and a 45 to 60 minute burn. NOT going to do that one while temps are still ranging from mid 60's to mid 80's but am watching the weather channel in anticipation. I have a feeling I'm going to love burning in this stove but for now I can just set and stare at the empty fire box and hope for colder temps. How crazy is that to actualy want cold weather!
On the plus side, I've been worried that my wood wouldn't be quite ready but these warm, windy, low humidity days that we"ve had around here can't be doing nothing but helping on that end. Resplit a few larger splits this morning and am now more confident in it. Been busy getting next years wood in also. Going to be all cherry and black locust with a couple small maples I had to cut just cause they were in my way.
