I purchased a house with a Vigilant 1400 Multi-Fuel Stove and have been burning wood throughout the winter but noticed the burn will not last for more than 4 hours at a time and I am ripping through wood. I have the shaker grates which limits my space within the stove. Could I remove the coal shaker and be ok building a wood fire directly on the sand on the bottom of the stove to allow for better/longer burns or does it need a conversion kit? It has a fireback but for coal. Not sure if that matters.
Vigilant 1400 Multi-Fuel
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If you don't plan to ever burn coal get a wood stove. A multi fuel stove will never perform as well as a single fuel stove. As for removing to he shaker I can't help with that, but why is there sand on the bottom of the stove? I've never heard or seen that but I have never used a multi fuel stove either.
There is currently no sand at the bottom. I saw some thread that noted to put sand at the bottom to protect the base and light fire on top of that. Not sure how accurate that is.
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