I currently own a Hearthstone Homestead. I am very unhappy with it. Considering replacing it with a Fusion. Looking at the four color diagram of the firebox I cannot quite tell exactly how or what kind of air intake system the stove employs. I wish they showed a photo of the inside of the firebox. Actually, I wish all companies did that.
The Homestead employs what some here refer to as a "doghouse" or "zipper" intake at the bottom of the firebox; basically a three inch protrusion of steel with three holes in the front which the air moves through, which basically torches a tunnel through my load of wood, leaving chunks of dead coal left and right. Also, I have become literally sick (headaches now) of getting smoke in my face when I open the door, as smoke glides up the pitched roof of the firebox and right out into the room as I load the stove. The Fusion seems to have the same frontal exit for smoke, though with a flat topped firebox roof.
Does the Super series have a "doghouse" air intake, and has anyone had trouble with smoke exiting the stove through the door?
The Homestead employs what some here refer to as a "doghouse" or "zipper" intake at the bottom of the firebox; basically a three inch protrusion of steel with three holes in the front which the air moves through, which basically torches a tunnel through my load of wood, leaving chunks of dead coal left and right. Also, I have become literally sick (headaches now) of getting smoke in my face when I open the door, as smoke glides up the pitched roof of the firebox and right out into the room as I load the stove. The Fusion seems to have the same frontal exit for smoke, though with a flat topped firebox roof.
Does the Super series have a "doghouse" air intake, and has anyone had trouble with smoke exiting the stove through the door?