First off, HUGE THANKS to everyone for answering my questions, and helping a newbie out!!
I got the steel roof kit installed today, the chimney put in, the stove in place, and fired up!!
It was all wrapped up about 3pm today, and by 3:30 we had a fire going.
(last night per many peoples suggestions I pulled the truck out, put 9 feet of single wall on the stove and lit some fires cure the paint.. THANK YOU GUYS.. the smoke ROLLED off of it for about a half hour,, and then still smoked on and off for a couple more..... WOW did it stink!! but at least it was OUTSIDE)
I didn't load up the stove too high,, we started a reasonable fire, and let it warm up..... got to about 500 degrees, shut the door all the way, lever all the way out. pushed the lever in so the handle was about level with the ash tray, and the secondaries kicked on for a while.
I added wood a few more times.... like I said,, not a HUGE load.. I guess maybe call it a medium load?
I only added a few small splits at a time....
the room is one huge room, with 10 foot ceilings. it took a few hours, but we got it up to 69 degrees, I burned Elm, Ash, and Maple. the elm is the dryest at 16%, the ash and maple are 21 to 22%,,,, only smaller pieces as it's brand new install I wanted to check draft, leaks, temp, chimney, ect....it all seemed to burn well....
I noticed that the lever doesn't seem to make much of a difference what position it is in.. opening, closing, or cracking the door makes a HUGE difference....... the dog house is blowing hot air, and the draft seems good... but the lever doesn't really seem to do very much...... I'll just have to figure out how to run it I'm sure....
I'll have more updates as I go but just wanted to say,, thanks again everyone
I got the steel roof kit installed today, the chimney put in, the stove in place, and fired up!!
It was all wrapped up about 3pm today, and by 3:30 we had a fire going.
(last night per many peoples suggestions I pulled the truck out, put 9 feet of single wall on the stove and lit some fires cure the paint.. THANK YOU GUYS.. the smoke ROLLED off of it for about a half hour,, and then still smoked on and off for a couple more..... WOW did it stink!! but at least it was OUTSIDE)
I didn't load up the stove too high,, we started a reasonable fire, and let it warm up..... got to about 500 degrees, shut the door all the way, lever all the way out. pushed the lever in so the handle was about level with the ash tray, and the secondaries kicked on for a while.
I added wood a few more times.... like I said,, not a HUGE load.. I guess maybe call it a medium load?
I only added a few small splits at a time....
the room is one huge room, with 10 foot ceilings. it took a few hours, but we got it up to 69 degrees, I burned Elm, Ash, and Maple. the elm is the dryest at 16%, the ash and maple are 21 to 22%,,,, only smaller pieces as it's brand new install I wanted to check draft, leaks, temp, chimney, ect....it all seemed to burn well....
I noticed that the lever doesn't seem to make much of a difference what position it is in.. opening, closing, or cracking the door makes a HUGE difference....... the dog house is blowing hot air, and the draft seems good... but the lever doesn't really seem to do very much...... I'll just have to figure out how to run it I'm sure....
I'll have more updates as I go but just wanted to say,, thanks again everyone