WinterWarm - changes gaskets and now not enough heat

[DeanBrown3D]

Hello all,

I have a VC WinterWarm (large) fireplace, and it was giving me plenty of heat, until I replaced the damper and door gaskets (replacement went well, nice and easy job).

Now I have a loooooong burning fireplace that keeps hot coals alive overnight and even all day. However, since the leaks have gone I can't seem to get it piping hot any more, I mean it terms of standing in front of it 6 feet away and really feeling the heat. I do get loads of heat from the exchanger blowing out and floating up, but in my cathedral ceiling home they are mostly wasted.

Any tips of making it hotter? Do I need to clear a vent or something? I almost want to remove some of the door gasket, or something.

Thanks for any help,

Dean

 

[Roospike]

What kind of wood are you burning ?
How big is the home ?
Are you saying its not getting hot enough to heat the room or the whole house ?
Are you running ceiling fans ?
Are the cathedral ceiling through the whole house ot just the 1 room ?
Whats your Location?
Whats the outside air temp as you are running the stove ?

 

[DeanBrown3D]

What kind of wood are you burning ?
How big is the home ?
Are you saying its not getting hot enough to heat the room or the whole house ?
Are you running ceiling fans ?
Are the cathedral ceiling through the whole house ot just the 1 room ?
Whats your Location?
Whats the outside air temp as you are running the stove ?

Maple, Oak.
3000 sq ft
Room.
No Fans.
One grand room (living room), with cathedral ceilings to a hallway upstairs. Both floors open to other rooms and whole house.
NJ
30-40 degrees F.

 

[Roospike]

High Efficiency - 78% - more heat from less wood,
Large fireviewing area with clean, durable, ceramic glass,
Easy swing-out ash pan with cover,
High heat output - up to 50,000 BTU/hr,
Rheostat controlled twin fans for heat circulation,
Very low smoke emissions - 2.1 grams/hour,
Standard sparkscreen for open fireviewing,
Solid, durable cast-iron construction,
Long overnight burn times,
Solid brass trim around door,
Conveniently located controls,
Thermostatic control for steady, even heatOptions,
Two porcelain enamel color choices: Sand and Midnight,
Optional Outside air kit,
Optional Powerful 260 CFM cabinet blower for increased heatingpower and circulation,
Optional Surround panels to compliment a variety of facing materials for a neat, finished appearance

 

[Roospike]

Sounds like right off hand you are in need of some ceiling fans to push the heat back down and to move the heat around .

One grand room (living room), with cathedral ceilings to a hallway upstairs. Both floors open to other rooms and whole house.

How hot is it getting up stairs ?

 

[DeanBrown3D]

Sounds like right off hand you are in need of some ceiling fans to push the heat back down and to move the heat around .

One grand room (living room), with cathedral ceilings to a hallway upstairs. Both floors open to other rooms and whole house.

How hot is it getting up stairs ?

Now that sounds like a good idea (the fan) - never thought of that. Here's a pic of the room (its a mosaic of 2 pics so I could get it all in).

Dean

 

[Roospike]

O" Yeah , Your getting the heat ....... up stairs .
50,000 max BTU stove FP with 3,000 sf of home , Lot of house for the stated stove.
I bet its nice and warm up stairs. Your getting a lot of convection heat ( heated air ) with your stove and it goes straight up. I would think for something like this home set up a radiant style heater to heat the surrounding would help keep some of the heat down stairs to keep it down stairs.

I think best bet IMO would be to go with a ceiling fan on either side of the hearth as high as you can get on the ceiling.

 

[elkimmeg]

Dean I think you were so used to maxing out that stove that 500 /600 degrees seems cool

It sounds to me that now you have the control you always needed Stoves work best at 24/7 usage constantly building and maintaing heat
You have to now judge the lenght of burns over a constant 500/ 600 temp range

Good to see the gaskets on the door was your main problem for overfiring