wood/coal stove questions

[bpreb928]

Hi guys im a newbie here and have a few questions for you. I recently installed a brunco stove insert in my house with 8in ss chimney liner and the manual says to burn soft coal only which is only cause of the epa correct? would burning wood cause any issues? Cause I get all the wood I want for free. And also it burns wood rather fast because of all the air underneath the shaker grates I think would there be any way to modify the grates to more of a wood stove type like maybe just laying a plate over the grates? Thanks

 

[bholler]

Post pics of it inside and out espaecially of the air controls. Some can be modified some cannot we might be able to give you a better idea if we can see it. I do have to question why you installed a coal stove if you want to burn wood?

 

[bpreb928]

It was free and cant afford a new stove yet it has 2 spinner knobs on the doors

 

[begreen]

Should burn wood ok, not great, but ok. This has nothing to do with the epa. It's more about the grate design and air supply being optimized for coal. More importantly is there an ashpan door missing? If so that could be a problem.

 

[bholler]

Yes you need an ash pan door for sure it will be uncontrollable with out it

 

[bpreb928]

Do I need something else? On the ash pan i just turn the handle and it locks the ash pan in

 

[bholler]

Does the pan seal so no air can get in there? If so you are ok if not you need to do something else to seal it. Or get a wood stove

 

[bpreb928]

Yes the pan seals thanks for your help

 

[bholler]

Then it should be fine if it is sealed there should be no air coming up through those grates and it should work just fine