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First Fire In New Stove Guidelines Please

Discussion in 'Modern EPA Stoves and Fireplaces' started by Kimberly, Feb 10, 2016.

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  1. HDRock

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    Best thing you can do right now in your situation Kim ,is get ya a moisture meter so ya know what you have , where your at .
    Without a moisture meter it's just a wild guess .
    With a moisture meter you can eliminate one thing the that you are unsure of , if by some chance you find your wood is dry you will know your draft is ok , if you find your wood is not dry , then you need to get some dry wood to determine if your draft is a problem
     
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    I always use at least 3 splits, beyond that it doesn't seem to matter.
     
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    Photos or it didn't happen! Oh, wait, nevermind :eek:
     
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    HDRock is spot on. I would also add that you should bring a split into the house and let it warm up since moisture meters perform best at 70f. Once youve done that you can resplit it and check the freshly cut face.
     
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    I just did a little online research on this stove...seems they are not "easy breathers", as I suspected. There is a thread "out there" where a fellow had one installed with one 90* elbow in the chimney...he had the luxury of being able to remove it and just go straight up outta the stove...he said it ran much better like that.
    Oh, and a sure sign of wet wood would be black creosote starting on the glass...but you may not be getting that yet just because of not being able to close the door completely.
     
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    So how is everything going today are you burning wood or what?
     
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    With two 90°'s? I'd want the 15' of class A outside (which would mean two more 3' sections).

    And the wood is still prob sub par..

    So she is fighting a couple different animals.

    Is your inside pipe double wall Kim? Or double wall? Double wall will help keep the heat in the flue and may just make 12' outside work.

    And as concretegrazer stated? Cross stacking the wood and leaving air gaps (on a good coal bed) will help with wet wood...
     
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    And as brenndatomu stated. Once you can fully close the door. Black glass is a sure sign of wet wood. I cleaned my glass for the first time a few weeks ago. It only gets a light grey haze. Even after 3 months of burning
     
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    Don't know if it has been mention but maybe you could try some of the compressed bricks from TSC to see how it burns with them.

    Gary
     
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    Those work good if you load on hot coals, hard to start from cold IMO
    They work pretty good to help get a load of not quite dry firewood going too, just mix one or two into each load. Or get some old pallets, cut 'em up and add that in with the firewood, works well too
     
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    Main room is quite nice; in Fs, 75 to 77 over at the furnace control. My bedroom, off the main room was at 70F. Kitchen tends to be a bit cooler, need to figure out all to move air into/out of the kitchen.
     
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    I am still learning this thing. It spilled some smoke when I was down to coals; open the door slightly, waited a few seconds, then open to add wood.
     
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    A small fan in the kitchen (on the floor), on low, blowing toward the stove...try it, it works
     
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    Beat me to it!:thumbs:
    Hope you've got a small fan laying around, Kimberly.:)
     
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    The bits at the bottom of that 213 cm stack; or actually two 213 cm stacks, are too close to the ground; however, of course I would not be pulling wood out of the bottom of the stack.
     
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    I have an old squirrel cage fan I pulled from an old piece of equipment that I might can re-purpose for that job.
     
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    Oh, and just to be clear...blowing toward the wood stove, not the cooking stove :rofl: :lol:
     
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    You may have in the past, but can you refresh our memory on the overall and seasonal climate of your area? Your property is heavily treed, any standing water, springs/brooks.....etc.
    This description will help steer comments and advice per folks own relative experience per similar conditions.
     
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    Use what you got, if you can run it on low speed
     
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    Well, the 90 is going to stay because that is what was available to me and I have spent the money and I can not eat the $25.00 I have spent on the pipe.
     
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