Having grown up in sunny FL, and now living in southern Ohio, I do not know much about wood stoves, etc. But I really like the idea of owning one and I have plenty of wood, so I bought a used Buck stove (1983 regular I believe). The stove is in pretty good shape and burns real well, starts right up. It is set up as an insert and I have a 12 inch masonry chimney.
questions
1) I thought these should be pretty air tight but there is a large gap at the top where the doors close together. it is part of the construction and it is about the size of a nickel. Is that supposed to be there or is something missing?
2) the windows cloud up quickly with soot I guess. I can scrape them down and an hour later they are black again. I have a small house (1300 sq ft) so I dont need it too hot right now. could that cause the build up of soot or smoke on the glass doors? I read somewhere that if the fire is not too hot, then this might happen. the wood I am using is pretty good, well-seasoned, no bark.
This is a great forum for people like me who did not grow up using one of these.
thanks
questions
1) I thought these should be pretty air tight but there is a large gap at the top where the doors close together. it is part of the construction and it is about the size of a nickel. Is that supposed to be there or is something missing?
2) the windows cloud up quickly with soot I guess. I can scrape them down and an hour later they are black again. I have a small house (1300 sq ft) so I dont need it too hot right now. could that cause the build up of soot or smoke on the glass doors? I read somewhere that if the fire is not too hot, then this might happen. the wood I am using is pretty good, well-seasoned, no bark.
This is a great forum for people like me who did not grow up using one of these.
thanks