Nate Nagel wrote:
On 12/13/2013 08:20 PM, Snag wrote:
Got the pipe up today for the WBS and lit me a far ... and it's
just swell ! I did a bit of tune-up before I hooked it up , repaired
some broken fire bricks etc . This is a King Circulator , and I
think it's going to work out just fine . My wood was wet and green ,
so it took some time to build a nice bed of coals . But once it got
that sorted out it's been a steady heat . Looks like I better get
used to the chainsaw ... and go ahead and get all the standing dead
wood off my place . Part of that tune-up was replacing loose
hinge pins and tightening clamp dogs , and it paid off . Not a trace
of smoke smell from the stove , and that means there won't be a soot
problem in the house . And once I get the logistics of fire wood
worked out , I look forward to a toasty-warm and cheap discounting
labor ... heating season this year .
Just be aware that burning unseasoned wood means you get to clean your
flue more often, or risk a chimney fire... and those can get scary...
nate
I saw one of those a few years like 30 ... ago , and it wasn't pretty -
flaming chunks flying in the air and landing on roofs , including mine !! I
wasn't really planning on using wood heat , just kind of fell into a deal
for the stove . And since I live out in the woods and have about 15,000
trees ... I understand the dangers of creosote build-up , and how it happens
.. This year is going to be whatever I can get , but next year it'll be all
seasoned wood . I have a lot of standing dead wood , and that's what'll be
burned first , followed by the most-seasoned wood I have .
The good thing is that I'm burning all hardwoods , red and white oak .
Even so , the used stove I bought with all the pipe etc had a pretty good
layer of buildup in the flue pipe . I think the PO over-stoked and damped it
way down , a sure cause of creosote . Smaller , hotter fire should cure that
.. Best thing I found about this stove is - no wood smoke smell in my house !
Very tight , and that makes me happy as a Murff .
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Snag
No , I don't know
what a Murff is either .
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