Inside is 16' x 6' the roof is 16' x 8' with the overhang in the front and back. It's also 7' to the bottom of the inside truss from the pallet. It's right about + - 4-1/2 cord packed to the top. 4 cord will give you about 512 sqft. I figure I can pack about 672+ sqft in there until it falls out! And it's done it! Thats why I don't pack a full 5 cord in there.
Hi Guys, I burned just about 5 cords so far this year, holding on to the last nitty gritty with only 1 fire a week and then 2 fires on the weekend. I need a little over 5 cords to be comfortable it seems. I have 2.5 cord left in the yard but that is for a head start on next year. This is kind of embarrassing but I'll share my experience just as a reminder to be careful. I got greedy and was trying to stuff one last split into my stove to make a super full load. Well, the split pushed my baffle back and completely sealed the flue! It was terrible! Luckily it happened while I was reloading over a bed of coals. I was able to pull the charred splits back out (wearing welding gloves) since they didn't quite catch yet and toss them out the ground floor window into a snow bank (man would I have loved to seen the look on the neighbors faces if they would have seen it) At this point I'm coughing like crazy and trying to assess the situation with a flash light to see back up inside the stove. I couldn't grab/hook the 1" plate baffle with my poker...its 1" plate, it doesn't like to move! I had to think on my toes and luckily I ran into the garage and grabbed the crowbar. I was able to reach in and hook the crowbar onto the 1" plate and pull it back into place. Ahhhh relief, the draft was restored and I reloaded the stove. I had to put window fans in upstairs to get some cross ventilation but the house still reeked of smoke for 2 days. Worst part was I was on my lunch break. I had to take a shower and everything before heading back to work. Smelled like I had been camping for a week. So next year some improvements will be made! I'm going to weld 2 steel dogs on either side of the baffle so that if it ever gets pushed back by a split again it can't seal against the flue pipe, the dogs will hit the back of the stove and hold the plate away from the flue pipe. It was a such a terrible experience I don't ever want that to happen again. Its not even that the possibility of that happening wasn't in my mind too, I was always careful not to do it but I was in a hurry and this big split just caught the baffle perfectly to push it back. I guess I could have used the fire extinguisher in hindsight but I didn't want to make an even bigger mess and I thought I could get the situation under control alot faster than i actually could. At least I know I will never make the same mistake again.
Same here. Last winter I was "forced" to split and burn immediately. This year, it is dried one summer (below 20% MC). Last winter the Allnighter had no baffle. This year it does. Last winter, I was learning how to run the stove. This year I at least have a clue. Greg
No harm done and word of good caution to others My husband had done similar 3 times! Flue not totally blocked, but enough to send smoke into the house. I cut him a lot of slack though, we had a giant smoke dragon and a large BK King insert up til last fall.
That little pile in front of of the ash there. That's all I have left for this season and it's not seasoned enough so thankfully we in warmer weather now so I've been burning the pellet stove
What's this baffle that's being spoken of? It sounds like a custom add on to restrict the flue/ draft a little.
It's a ceramic or other plate above the secondary burn tubes in modern EPA stoves, helps the tubes burn smoke, provide some heat, and less pollution out the chimney. No doubt others will chime in with better explanations. Oh, and it comes with the stove though some with older stoves have added one on.
Added a piece of 3/4" steel plate to the stove. It restricts the flow of air out the pipe so fast. I laid mine on the tubes inside my pre EPA allnighter. Still have plenty of room so as not to restrict to much flow.
Ah, I thought it was a pre epa mod I've used the epa compliant lopi endeavor up at the cabin quite a bit, so it has to be the lowest thing in the top of the firebox.
Na just tubes that you could add an external blower to. Blower inlet at bottom front tubes split and run to the back and exit top of stove. Just moves air that's warmed by the stove. No burn tubes.
Same stove, I did mine similar, except it is a frame fabricated out of angle iron, which supports firebricks for the actual baffle. Greg
I have thought about converting the tubes to secondaries. Plug the exit, put drilled secondaries between the two tubes, underneath the baffle. Greg
