So the stove is in. The living room is now 80 degrees... And this the first break in fire!
My Condar thermometer reads 50f high based on my oven test, so I've had it up to around 450f. As for the install, what a pain in the butt! I felt bad for the guys... My chimney has a huge S bend in it that they had a bear of a time getting the pipe down.
After an hour or so of burning a few small splits I closed the damper down and things fizzled... as expected. But amazingly enough 20 minutes later with only a small coal bed and maybe 3 small splits in the stove, I closed it down again when it hit about 450 and voilà! The secondaries kicked in and they're oh so pretty.
I was a bit petrified of this stove, but so far so good... I'm keeping the loads very light until I know how it behaves. The wood I'm burning at the moment is bone dry which helps of course.
On another note, given that funky bend in the chimney, is it somethng I should tell the sweep when I next have him out here? What I do t want is that portion to go uncleaned because it's tough to navigate with a brush. I'm not much of a roof guy or I'd do it myself. Although I think he'll have to go in from the stove end to get some of it.
My Condar thermometer reads 50f high based on my oven test, so I've had it up to around 450f. As for the install, what a pain in the butt! I felt bad for the guys... My chimney has a huge S bend in it that they had a bear of a time getting the pipe down.
After an hour or so of burning a few small splits I closed the damper down and things fizzled... as expected. But amazingly enough 20 minutes later with only a small coal bed and maybe 3 small splits in the stove, I closed it down again when it hit about 450 and voilà! The secondaries kicked in and they're oh so pretty.
I was a bit petrified of this stove, but so far so good... I'm keeping the loads very light until I know how it behaves. The wood I'm burning at the moment is bone dry which helps of course.
On another note, given that funky bend in the chimney, is it somethng I should tell the sweep when I next have him out here? What I do t want is that portion to go uncleaned because it's tough to navigate with a brush. I'm not much of a roof guy or I'd do it myself. Although I think he'll have to go in from the stove end to get some of it.
