hey guys this is our 4th heating season with our 3100 step top up untill recently it has been heating our house (about 1800sf) without any problems.i think i actually have a couple different questions/problems. first off it used to produce a very fine ash to the point we would only empty the ash pan once a day but now we getting alot of large chunks like the wood isn't burning all the way.also the coals in the back of the stove don't seem to be getting hot. the back will literaly be black and the fire brick black where the coals were touching but the front will be glowing orange like it shoud be. this year it seems like we've had to run it on hi almost 24 hours a day in order to keep the house warm (75-80)in the room the stove is in. in the past the house would be 80 on low where it would be run most of the time. and i think my last problem is that i noticed tonight that the door latch seems to be getting loose is there a way to adjust it.
thanks in advance for any input and sorry for any grammer mistakes it's pretty late and my mind isn't working so good.
thanks in advance for any input and sorry for any grammer mistakes it's pretty late and my mind isn't working so good.