New guy here. Hello to all. I just found this site last night so I am really really new. I haven't had time to peruse the site to get my bearings. That said if I am in the wrong place to post my delema or this is not the typical question I apologize.
So here goes. I am not new to heating with wood, I had a resolute acclaim in my last house. My present stove is just under 3 years old and is my primary heat source. I had this years first fire around Thanksgiving, and burned for about 3 days with no problems . When I fired up the stove last weekend, as soon as I closed the doors, whether the damper was open or closed, it was back puffing bad even with the air control all the way open. I let the fire go out and inspected the stove only to find the catalytic combustor all broken up in the throat. I called the local dealer who promptly told me that "someone needs to learn how to operate a wood stove". He told me that I obviously overheated my stove and caused the failure of the cc (I am very careful with my stove and know it has never been over fired, yea I too love to mess with my stove). The house was getting cold so I drove an hour to the place and picked up the new cc($200, warranty papers filed). After installing the new part and relighting the stove I found that I still got lazy flame as soon as I closed the doors even with the damper open. After further investigation I found that the air control was no longer openning the primary air shutter. I can only assume the cable is broken or something has come undone. Has anyone had to deal with this before? Can I fix this myself? If I pay someone to do this, how much is it going to cost me? Any help would be appreciated grealy. Thank you in advance, Billy.
So here goes. I am not new to heating with wood, I had a resolute acclaim in my last house. My present stove is just under 3 years old and is my primary heat source. I had this years first fire around Thanksgiving, and burned for about 3 days with no problems . When I fired up the stove last weekend, as soon as I closed the doors, whether the damper was open or closed, it was back puffing bad even with the air control all the way open. I let the fire go out and inspected the stove only to find the catalytic combustor all broken up in the throat. I called the local dealer who promptly told me that "someone needs to learn how to operate a wood stove". He told me that I obviously overheated my stove and caused the failure of the cc (I am very careful with my stove and know it has never been over fired, yea I too love to mess with my stove). The house was getting cold so I drove an hour to the place and picked up the new cc($200, warranty papers filed). After installing the new part and relighting the stove I found that I still got lazy flame as soon as I closed the doors even with the damper open. After further investigation I found that the air control was no longer openning the primary air shutter. I can only assume the cable is broken or something has come undone. Has anyone had to deal with this before? Can I fix this myself? If I pay someone to do this, how much is it going to cost me? Any help would be appreciated grealy. Thank you in advance, Billy.
