O.K. Guys, get your Captain Crunch decoder ring out for this one. To say that I am "green" with a woodstove would be a cruel understatement, by this time next year I am only hoping to be promoted to "green".
I am using the Englander 30-NC for an open floor plan two story 2200 sq foot home, and it heats it fine, no problems there. I am having an issue with what seems to me to be excess amount of coals and a stove that very SELDOM reaches temps in the 400's. Here are my stats as the best I can describe them.
The wood in mostly hardwood that was cut, split and stacked by July of this year. The wood was delivered tree length that was cut approx one month prior to this.
During the past few days I was having problems with not having enough draft as everytime I opened the door it was puffing back into the downstairs( the stove is in the downstairs of the home finshed daylight basement.
I read on this site about the possibilites of the chimney cap being blocked with creosote, and whala, it was packed pretty good. It was a real greasy texture but cleaned off nicely, stove drafts well now.
It seems that I have to clean the stove out almost twice a day and I cannot for the life of me get the stove near the 400-500 degree mark, I am using the standard magnetic thermometer on the pipe about7 inches from the top of the stove. The pipe goes up about 2 feet then a horizontal run of about 4 feet ( slightly elevated)through the thimble to another 90 degree elbow then straight up with Simpsons Duravent triple wall insulated pipe approx 21 feet up the side of the house.
It seems as though I have to run the stove about 60-75% open at all times to get much heat out of it. You guys that can get 500 temps for 4-7 hours are blessed. I can get temps of about 350 for two hours.
Some of my thoughts are with the wood, meaning not dry enough. I experimented with some very well seasoned hardwood with some success, not long burn times though.
Is it possible I have over draft? I have never had temps at or above the 500 mark. So, am I measuring at the wrong place?
Most of my friends are perplexed that I do not have a damper...not good at explaining why I am not.
I know that lots of questions will be asked, hope I have all the answers.
I am using the Englander 30-NC for an open floor plan two story 2200 sq foot home, and it heats it fine, no problems there. I am having an issue with what seems to me to be excess amount of coals and a stove that very SELDOM reaches temps in the 400's. Here are my stats as the best I can describe them.
The wood in mostly hardwood that was cut, split and stacked by July of this year. The wood was delivered tree length that was cut approx one month prior to this.
During the past few days I was having problems with not having enough draft as everytime I opened the door it was puffing back into the downstairs( the stove is in the downstairs of the home finshed daylight basement.
I read on this site about the possibilites of the chimney cap being blocked with creosote, and whala, it was packed pretty good. It was a real greasy texture but cleaned off nicely, stove drafts well now.
It seems that I have to clean the stove out almost twice a day and I cannot for the life of me get the stove near the 400-500 degree mark, I am using the standard magnetic thermometer on the pipe about7 inches from the top of the stove. The pipe goes up about 2 feet then a horizontal run of about 4 feet ( slightly elevated)through the thimble to another 90 degree elbow then straight up with Simpsons Duravent triple wall insulated pipe approx 21 feet up the side of the house.
It seems as though I have to run the stove about 60-75% open at all times to get much heat out of it. You guys that can get 500 temps for 4-7 hours are blessed. I can get temps of about 350 for two hours.
Some of my thoughts are with the wood, meaning not dry enough. I experimented with some very well seasoned hardwood with some success, not long burn times though.
Is it possible I have over draft? I have never had temps at or above the 500 mark. So, am I measuring at the wrong place?
Most of my friends are perplexed that I do not have a damper...not good at explaining why I am not.
I know that lots of questions will be asked, hope I have all the answers.
