So I'm new to this. I've done a lot of research (this site was extremely helpful!).
We purchased a house with a Country Flame BBF Wood Stove and a heat pump. We decided to try out the wood heat for the house. After having a sweep come out and inspect the chimney and the stove, he said everything was in good working order.
So I started a fire with some smaller wood. The size of this firebox is a bit intimidating. I'm burning well seasoned white oak (cause that's most of what grows around here) with the occasional piece of maple thrown in.
I started off with 3 splits n/s and 3 splits e/w. It lit of great, and the temp got up to 600, I engaged the catalyst and the temp rose up to 1200 fairly quickly. I shut down the air some, and it warmed the room up from 68 to 78 nicely (a bit too warm honestly).
So I've worked on getting the heat to move around the house. I've finally got a 3 degree difference in the main area and the bedrooms which I'm comfortable with.
So now the question. I've never put more than 6 splits in this stove. That fills maybe 1/6th of the firebox. Everything I read said it works best if it's fully loaded. However I'm almost afraid to fully load it, lest it gets up to 90 degrees in the house! Are my concerns incorrect? Will it handle a fully loaded fire box and the air control handle the heat appropriately (again still new to this).
For reference our outside temps right now are high of 45 during the day and low of 25-30 at night.
Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks!
We purchased a house with a Country Flame BBF Wood Stove and a heat pump. We decided to try out the wood heat for the house. After having a sweep come out and inspect the chimney and the stove, he said everything was in good working order.
So I started a fire with some smaller wood. The size of this firebox is a bit intimidating. I'm burning well seasoned white oak (cause that's most of what grows around here) with the occasional piece of maple thrown in.
I started off with 3 splits n/s and 3 splits e/w. It lit of great, and the temp got up to 600, I engaged the catalyst and the temp rose up to 1200 fairly quickly. I shut down the air some, and it warmed the room up from 68 to 78 nicely (a bit too warm honestly).
So I've worked on getting the heat to move around the house. I've finally got a 3 degree difference in the main area and the bedrooms which I'm comfortable with.
So now the question. I've never put more than 6 splits in this stove. That fills maybe 1/6th of the firebox. Everything I read said it works best if it's fully loaded. However I'm almost afraid to fully load it, lest it gets up to 90 degrees in the house! Are my concerns incorrect? Will it handle a fully loaded fire box and the air control handle the heat appropriately (again still new to this).
For reference our outside temps right now are high of 45 during the day and low of 25-30 at night.
Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks!
