Well... I did it!!
But only once...
I need do it more times, consecutive, and with different wood. Then I'll be almost perfect.
Details:
Had some coals this morning. Put on some small rounds 2". Got them caught with a cracked ash door for less than a minute. Closed ash door. Left the front door cracked for 5 minutes. Put on 2 medium pieces. Left the front door cracked for 10 minutes. Then filled stove to top. It wasn't packed full but it was full had to arrange last piece to get griddle to shut. Left the front door open for 5 minutes. Closed front door with primary open for 5 minutes. Closed damper left primary open for 5 minutes. Closed primary all the way. Temps when damper was shut were 450* on griddle and 475* on flue collar adapter. In the pm the griddle was 250* and the collar adapter 175* and plenty of coals to restart. The house was 74* when damper was shut in the am. This pm house was 72* 12 hours later. Outside temp was 18* in am. Temps during the day warmed up to 30*. It was a breezy day with snow, sleet, freezing rain, rain, sleet, sleet mixed with snow. It was in that order. There was no other heat on in the house wood only. The stove is in the basement (960sq ft) Upstairs is 960sq ft with cathedral in the center. The wood used was 60% ash and 40% rock maple. The ash is seasoned to dry. The maple is seasoned. The everburn rumbled a little the stopped. I wasn't home so I presume the rumble didn't come back.
I have several 8 to 9 hour burns. A few 9 to 10 hour burns. Many 6 to 7 hour burns. My "burn time" is from when I close the damper to when I go to reload (empty reload).
My next step is to keep a more consistent everburn. I'm not to concerned with creosote. I have a very short pipe to my masonry and my clean out is the the basement. The short stove pipe get up to 500* to 600* external temp once a day. My clean out gets inspected daily for creosote build up and color change in the flue. I do want to get the stove to run as clean as possible while also being able control the output temp and conserve wood.
Most of the frustration I had in the beginning were do to the fact that I was trying to perfect to many things at once. I still have away to go its better than it was!
I would like to thank everyone again for all the information and support.
Derek
But only once...
I need do it more times, consecutive, and with different wood. Then I'll be almost perfect.
Details:
Had some coals this morning. Put on some small rounds 2". Got them caught with a cracked ash door for less than a minute. Closed ash door. Left the front door cracked for 5 minutes. Put on 2 medium pieces. Left the front door cracked for 10 minutes. Then filled stove to top. It wasn't packed full but it was full had to arrange last piece to get griddle to shut. Left the front door open for 5 minutes. Closed front door with primary open for 5 minutes. Closed damper left primary open for 5 minutes. Closed primary all the way. Temps when damper was shut were 450* on griddle and 475* on flue collar adapter. In the pm the griddle was 250* and the collar adapter 175* and plenty of coals to restart. The house was 74* when damper was shut in the am. This pm house was 72* 12 hours later. Outside temp was 18* in am. Temps during the day warmed up to 30*. It was a breezy day with snow, sleet, freezing rain, rain, sleet, sleet mixed with snow. It was in that order. There was no other heat on in the house wood only. The stove is in the basement (960sq ft) Upstairs is 960sq ft with cathedral in the center. The wood used was 60% ash and 40% rock maple. The ash is seasoned to dry. The maple is seasoned. The everburn rumbled a little the stopped. I wasn't home so I presume the rumble didn't come back.
I have several 8 to 9 hour burns. A few 9 to 10 hour burns. Many 6 to 7 hour burns. My "burn time" is from when I close the damper to when I go to reload (empty reload).
My next step is to keep a more consistent everburn. I'm not to concerned with creosote. I have a very short pipe to my masonry and my clean out is the the basement. The short stove pipe get up to 500* to 600* external temp once a day. My clean out gets inspected daily for creosote build up and color change in the flue. I do want to get the stove to run as clean as possible while also being able control the output temp and conserve wood.
Most of the frustration I had in the beginning were do to the fact that I was trying to perfect to many things at once. I still have away to go its better than it was!
I would like to thank everyone again for all the information and support.
Derek
