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Thanks, akck. I was a little worried that I might have screwed something up, but I think I'm ok.
As far as "checking" for creosote, in our manual it says that during burn season you should check for it once a week! I thought there might be an easier way to check it. LOL. Most sites seem to think that cleaning once a year is enough.
Thanks, akck. I was a little worried that I might have screwed something up, but I think I'm ok.
As far as "checking" for creosote, in our manual it says that during burn season you should check for it once a week! I thought there might be an easier way to check it. LOL. Most sites seem to think that cleaning once a year is enough.
I brush the the pipe about every six months, and most times there is not enough stuff building up in there to make a difference.
Got my thermometer and have been keeping my fires in the safe zone! No smoke coming from the chimney. House is warm. Thanks for all the input!
One more thing.....
when I want to let the fire go out, and the temp drops below the "zone", will I be creating creosote every day? I'm thinking that if it's mostly coals, I should be ok.
Got my thermometer and have been keeping my fires in the safe zone! No smoke coming from the chimney. House is warm. Thanks for all the input!
One more thing.....
when I want to let the fire go out, and the temp drops below the "zone", will I be creating creosote every day? I'm thinking that if it's mostly coals, I should be ok.
If it's only coals at the end it should be OK since there is not smoking wood.
Is there a trick to keeping it hot until it's only coals? LOL When I'm thinking about letting it go out, I actually put more wood on, all about the same size, so it burns a little hotter and they all turn to embers about the same time. If that makes any sense to you.
We don't try to keep it burning all nite. I don't see how you could do it without building up creosote.
Is there a trick to keeping it hot until it's only coals? LOL When I'm thinking about letting it go out, I actually put more wood on, all about the same size, so it burns a little hotter and they all turn to embers about the same time. If that makes any sense to you.
We don't try to keep it burning all nite. I don't see how you could do it without building up creosote.
What I do is to open wide the air to bring up to the desired temperature, and maintain the temperature range by adding more wood if it starts dropping. Once hot with a steady temperature I choke the air a little at a time as I watch the temperature to make sure it stays up there. I only burn wood when I can keep an eye on the stove, and most times I can keep it going at the right temperature even with the air about 1/3rd from all the way down (all depends on the amount of wood logs inside). Then about an hour before I go to bed and the charcoals are just burning down I open-up the air to allow the charcoals to burn fully and die down.
Thanks, akck. I was a little worried that I might have screwed something up, but I think I'm ok.
As far as "checking" for creosote, in our manual it says that during burn season you should check for it once a week! I thought there might be an easier way to check it. LOL. Most sites seem to think that cleaning once a year is enough.
I think that's more for a liability issue for the manufacturer. Gives them an out if you don't check every week and you have a flue fire. Once a year is enough, but if you're worried about it, you can clean it fall and spring, before and after the heavy burning season. As long as you don't have a lot of slow burning fires, you won't have any creosote problems.
We also bought a stove with a ceramic fiber board in the top. We didn't realize that that's what it was since we have bought stoves before and they never had it and just thot it was packaging till we started to break it out! Now we find out it is expensive board.. just wondering how important it is. Does anyone know if it has to be in there? or what the purpose of it is?
We also bought a stove with a ceramic fiber board in the top. We didn't realize that that's what it was since we have bought stoves before and they never had it and just thot it was packaging till we started to break it out! Now we find out it is expensive board.. just wondering how important it is. Does anyone know if it has to be in there? or what the purpose of it is?
YES....it is needed to divert the heat back down on the secondary tubes and into the firebox. Otherwise the heat will be wasted and go straight up the flue.....plus, any creosote in the chimney can catch on fire with flames going straight up....
Buy a new one and make sure it's positioned all the way to the back..... Do NOT use without it....
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. Do NOT use without it....
