New Woodstock Blog info Ideal Steel

The inclusion of a catalyst probe port is required by the EPA and it's found on all of our other production models.
I'm not 100% sure yet, but I believe the probe thermometer itself will be an extra cost, but the port will be there. For customers who don't want a probe (yes, there are some out there), the port will simply get plugged by some sort of hardware that is yet to be determined.

 

I haven't read all the threads on this stove so I've got a question. Do we know what type of floor protection will be required yet or are we still waiting on the UL testing? Ember protection would be awesome.

 

So, we need more info on this new Gearhead Hybrid.
Rough outline would be good.

 

rdust- the hearth R value and hearth pad clearance requirements will be determined through the UL testing. All of the wood stoves we've manufactured to date have required both thermal and ember protection, and I suspect the same will be true with the Ideal Steel Hybrid.

 

I'm in also. Sending in my deposit today. I'll wait on making the final decisions..

I may buy my chimney pipe from them also.

 

I'll called today too, deposit is in.

My wife is designing a piece for the side plates and center burner.
I went for "The Works". Two of the options were no brainers and for short money.
I took the last ones for my dogs, we are making a profile shot of a boxers body.

Color will be charcoal or matte black, not sure which yet.

Gonna make a day of it and pick it up myself.

 

I saw they are already talking about another new stove? Gear head Hybrid........

 

I think I've decided to go ahead on this stove.
All in, it's going to be pretty close to the Sirocco, but still less. The Sirocco price was sans ashpan, but included shipping.
This one includes the ashpan, but not shipping or a heatshield (if needed).

Need to find someplace to have it shipped, unless it can be dropped placed in my driveway.
Someone give me one final assurance it can be run low so I don't have to go commando around the house in SS.

 

Meaningful field testing and implementing small features like this, create a BIG impact on customers being delighted with the final product.

 

It was 50 here yesterday afternoon, and dropped to the upper 30s by early evening. Stove room dropped to about 68 so we we filled the stove 75% full and lit it up (it was a cold start.) After the flue probe got to 600, I engaged the cat and left the air on 100% for another ten minutes. Then I cut the air back to about 15% and the firebox went black within 10 minutes.

The stove room stayed at 74 all evening till I went to bed at 12:30. Stove room was warm enough that I didn't have to turn on the ceiling fan so a lot of the heat went upstairs. It was a sorta shoulder season burn. Stove top stayed around 375 all evening. Perfect for our needs.

 

Perfect, Brian.
I still think we need to be able to like posts more than once.
Here, this will work.......
IS WS open on Saturday?

 

Oh, one more thing. We find that if we need low heat we're better off filling the stove and running it on low air than building a small fire with only a few splits. This stove just seems to like a full firebox to get up to temp, and then we close down the air. Small loads of wood just don't heat it up much and take forever to engage the cat.

 

Couple of questions please.

About what time did you light the stove?

I assume it went completely out sometime overnight and was cold in the am when you got up?

How many sq. feet is your home?

If you would have choked it down even more would it run cooler yet and still have a cat burn?

What is the minimum amount of load you suggest, 3/4 or 1/2?


Thanks in advance.

 

About what time did you light the stove? - 7:00pm, mostly cherry in this load

I assume it went completely out sometime overnight and was cold in the am when you got up? - Yes, I was lazy and didn't reload before I went to bed. I'm having a lot of back trouble and we haven't restocked my outside front porch wood rack so I rely on my 17yo son to bring wood up from the basement, and he was already in bed. House thermostat is set on 68. Natural gas furnace kicked on early morning, not sure what time.

How many sq. feet is your home? - about 1700-1800 sq ft. Its an old drafty house with very little insulation, stove is in LR with large French doors into combo DR/kitchen with enclosed and finished front and rear porch, three bedrooms and bath on second floor, and full finished attic.

If you would have choked it down even more would it run cooler yet and still have a cat burn? - Yes, definitely. Cat has not stalled except one time I ran it overnight at 4-5% air. That was the one time I got a smoke smell in the house with this stove.

 

So true...

 

What do you consider the minimum load? 3/4 or 1/2?

I have 1200 sq ft on the lower level and 900 sq ft upstairs, but no good way at the present time to get the heat to the upstairs. I'm always paying attention to the posts about controlling the heat so I don't cook myself out. At least until I figure out a way to get more heat to the upstairs.

 

I sense a screen name change may be due come fall?

 

YES! I thought about it the other night when I was loading the Oslo. I'm gonna beg the administrator to keep everything but the Oslo and insert either IS or WS/IS

Your the only one that caught that so far

 

Our overnight is usually to pack the stove around 10:00-11:00. That's usually on a hot bed of coals. We let it get really hot then cut the air. If its subzero, air is on 35. Teens, 30, twenties, 15-20%. We rarely need a fire starter unless the stove has not been loaded in over 12-14 hours burning cherry, 16-18 hours burning oak and locust.

The ONLY time we had a cat failure is when I was trying to run a load of oak blocks even longer than the 24 hour burn. I think I had it set around 4-5% air overnight on that load and woke up to a cold stove and smoke smell in the house. Anything over 6-8% air has been fine. I know Tom at Woodstock said my unit was an early unit and they were still adjusting the lowest air settings so I'm assuming production stoves will be difficult to stall even on the lowest air settings.