Tips on using an older Timberline

[idget]

I just bought a new house and it has a large two door Timberline in basement. It is a steel wood stove with design on doors with two air intakes. Very good condition for a 25 year old wood stove. I am not new to wood stoves. I had an old Morso and and newer Jotul in my old house. Never used a Timberline or a steel wood stove before. This is a rather large wood stove. I read in a previous post that they tend to go out of control. If there are any current or past users of this wood stove I would greatly appreciate some tips on using it especially:

1. How to control the temperature, One thing I don't like about wood stoves is when they heat up too fast and too hot!

2. How many large logs at one time.

3. How long does a load last and overnight burn.

Any tips would be greatly appreciated. I would like to get a newer model for basement, but after buying house it will have to wait.

Thanks

Idge

 

[jbrown56]

Hi Idget,

I had a single door model that I burned for 26 years, 24/7 and heated 2100 sq. ft.. It did a fine job. I decided to change stoves last fall and bought a Jotul F 500. The new stove puts out more heat with less wood and watching the fire is a real pleasure. My father in law had a double door like yours. He was always afraid of it because of the size. You can put a lot of wood in that baby. Unless you have a large open space, I would start with half a load and work with it from there. It's alwas nice to have a little extra firebox when you need it. Good luck.

Jim

 

[Todd]

Would be a good idea to monitor the temps with a stove top and/or stove pipe thermometer. Use good dry wood and don't frequently burn it with the air shut down or it will smoulder and become a creosote factory. Better off to give it more air and control it with a pipe damper. It will take some trial and error finding the sweet spot on older stoves.

 

[idget]

Thanks for the tips on the Timberline. I plan on upgrading to a newer model; however, can't afford this year, buying a new house and all. I am used to using an older stove as my first was an Old 25 year old Morso. I liked it very much. My major concern over the Timberline was the overheating. Read in one of the older threads that this could be a problem with the Timber line. Will take advice and not over stuff and never add more than 1/3 keep air intake open a bit and control with the stove top damper. Thanks much for the advice. I'm sure after some practice I will be an old hand with the Timberline.

Idget

 

[savageactor7]

Welcome Idget,

Way back in the non EPA days Timberland was the quality stove that I couldn't afford. Knew a few people that had them and were very pleased with them...well they just loved them cause they had other stoves before.

Down in MD I'm thinking even if you heat 24/7 you'll never go through 4 full cords of wood a season. Sorry I can't tell you about the controls...the only advice I have is to burn it hot hot twice a day esp in the morning for at least 3 minutes to control any creosote buildup. Then again if you burn hot all the time as God intended you won't have to do that.

For some reason many like to see how long than can keep a fire...here we burn for warmth. But if you're away for 10 hr I suppose a slow burning fire is important. And that Timberline will do it, just be aware that slow burning contributes to creosote so if you burn hot a couple times a day you can stay ahead of it so it doesn't become a big problem.

 

[idget]

Thanks again for the tips. Its been three years since i moved along with my Jotul. Missed being stoveless. And to boot the person I sold my house to took out the wood stove and chimney. Shouldn't never let the Jotul convey, and took it with me. I still have my old Morson though.