- Apr 9, 2012
- 9
Hello folks!
My 1st post here, I've gleaned much info already but thought it would be cool to join and post about my particular stove.
My family and I just moved to central Maine into a big & very old Cape farmhouse. There's an oil furnace but also a very large Warner wood stove in the main area downstairs. Seeing how expensive oil is it wasn't too hard of a decision to invest in some wood and start burning.
Here's the info on the Warner: https://www.hearth.com/econtent/index.php/wiki/Warner_Stove
Seems like it was an early attempt at secondary combustion w/ the baffle setup. I'm pretty curious about this setup, I wonder how affective it is? Our stove is in good shape but the blower motor is currently dead, I think this summer I'm going to pull that out and get it going, seems like that could be a nice thing to have.
We're really just figuring this stove out. Its very large and I know this could be nice when its 10 degrees or less in the dead of winter and I can pump thing full of 30" wood all day, but when its 30-40 at night and we just want to keep the place warmer its hard to build a "small hot" fire in it.
I have figured out how to get a good overnight burn with it, I don't have to relight in the morning.
It seems hard to get the stove to burn "right", as in, going out and looking at the chimney for smoke, its usually smoking pretty good, whether I just add wood or if its been burning hot for awhile. Now my wood might be a small issue, I bought a cord of white ash that isn't fully seasoned but also isn't totally green yet either. I've read some old timers claim you can burn ash green but I don't think thats true, this stuff has been down 2-3 months and burns pretty well although I do get a sizzler once in awhile.
Also I've got not 1 but 2 key/flue dampers in the stove pipe. These really make me scratch my head, I have them both wide open for now. What do I do with them.
My aim is to get a surface and flue pipe thermometers for the stove before next years cold comes back so I can monitor changes.
Basically I wonder this:
Do you think this is a pretty decent design as far as burning off secondary gasses? I know its not gonna be as effective as a modern unit with Cat. but it seems pretty good, and airtight too.
Also, I'm interested in approaches to using such a large stove when its not too cold (fall/spring).
And finally, the flue dampers? Leave 'em wide open?
thanks folks, !
Mark in Freedom Maine
My 1st post here, I've gleaned much info already but thought it would be cool to join and post about my particular stove.
My family and I just moved to central Maine into a big & very old Cape farmhouse. There's an oil furnace but also a very large Warner wood stove in the main area downstairs. Seeing how expensive oil is it wasn't too hard of a decision to invest in some wood and start burning.
Here's the info on the Warner: https://www.hearth.com/econtent/index.php/wiki/Warner_Stove
Seems like it was an early attempt at secondary combustion w/ the baffle setup. I'm pretty curious about this setup, I wonder how affective it is? Our stove is in good shape but the blower motor is currently dead, I think this summer I'm going to pull that out and get it going, seems like that could be a nice thing to have.
We're really just figuring this stove out. Its very large and I know this could be nice when its 10 degrees or less in the dead of winter and I can pump thing full of 30" wood all day, but when its 30-40 at night and we just want to keep the place warmer its hard to build a "small hot" fire in it.
I have figured out how to get a good overnight burn with it, I don't have to relight in the morning.
It seems hard to get the stove to burn "right", as in, going out and looking at the chimney for smoke, its usually smoking pretty good, whether I just add wood or if its been burning hot for awhile. Now my wood might be a small issue, I bought a cord of white ash that isn't fully seasoned but also isn't totally green yet either. I've read some old timers claim you can burn ash green but I don't think thats true, this stuff has been down 2-3 months and burns pretty well although I do get a sizzler once in awhile.
Also I've got not 1 but 2 key/flue dampers in the stove pipe. These really make me scratch my head, I have them both wide open for now. What do I do with them.
My aim is to get a surface and flue pipe thermometers for the stove before next years cold comes back so I can monitor changes.
Basically I wonder this:
Do you think this is a pretty decent design as far as burning off secondary gasses? I know its not gonna be as effective as a modern unit with Cat. but it seems pretty good, and airtight too.
Also, I'm interested in approaches to using such a large stove when its not too cold (fall/spring).
And finally, the flue dampers? Leave 'em wide open?
thanks folks, !
Mark in Freedom Maine