Well, after struggling with this thermostatic draft control on the Shenandoah R77 all last year and the last two months this year accompanied with a chimney fire for Christmas last year I finally reached my breaking point. I removed the flap and welded in a cross bar with a piece of threaded rod to make a screw in/out draft control that stays where I set it instead of damping itself down and turning into a creosote factory.
Tell me what you all think.
![[Hearth.com] Shenandoah mod](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/168/168283-d99267749ff5267105ecfc46a0eea21a.jpg?hash=dPwNTHjKOO "[Hearth.com] Shenandoah mod")
![[Hearth.com] Shenandoah mod](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/168/168284-6fbb005f57654b512b69ae2862774788.jpg?hash=1tv-aF438u "[Hearth.com] Shenandoah mod")
Tell me what you all think.
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