I'm counting down the days until the first fire in my first season burning as an adult (literally counting as we have a pool going) and been wondering if my install is giving me "good" draft.
Right now the stove room is about 66 degrees and it's 41 outside, the stove itself is at 68 and both the masonry wall behind it and the ceramic tile floors are at 70. I'm working with a WS Fireview into a 6x6 flue in a stack that I'd estimate at 16 feet high from the thimble. With everything wide open (air control, cat bypass, door) and my hand in the door the draft feels like a Power Mac G5 with all the fans on low. For those unfamiliar with that old behemoth, think small personal fan on it's low setting and take about 1/2 to 2/3rds of that. If I move my hand back to the outlet that leads to the cat bypass the draft intensifies to feeling like a small personal fan on low to medium.
Is that decent? Might find out today...
Right now the stove room is about 66 degrees and it's 41 outside, the stove itself is at 68 and both the masonry wall behind it and the ceramic tile floors are at 70. I'm working with a WS Fireview into a 6x6 flue in a stack that I'd estimate at 16 feet high from the thimble. With everything wide open (air control, cat bypass, door) and my hand in the door the draft feels like a Power Mac G5 with all the fans on low. For those unfamiliar with that old behemoth, think small personal fan on it's low setting and take about 1/2 to 2/3rds of that. If I move my hand back to the outlet that leads to the cat bypass the draft intensifies to feeling like a small personal fan on low to medium.
Is that decent? Might find out today...