Ordered New Stove

Thank you for the congrats, really appreciate it. I'm looking forward firing it up and especially looking forward to some cold weather to see how it will perform. It will take a little while to learn the stove, but I already like the idea of being able to burn east/west or north/south and the little bit larger firebox opening.

 

Just curious, is that flex tube behind the stove pipe a fresh air intake? Curious for safety reasons. Every stove owners manual I have ever read warns not to have your air intake higher than the firebox. Apparently in a downdraft situation, the air intake can create a draft and basically becomes the stoves exhaust and the chimney becomes the air intake, with obviously catastrophic consequences.

 

It is a fresh air intake , but haven't used it since first stove was installed 30 years ago. Sealed off outside. Thanks for the concern though.

 

Pretty stove and nice setup. Hope you enjoy this heating season.

 

Good Evening Friends, Sorry I'm just now getting a couple of photos of the new woodstove in action. I started with small fires working my way up to larger fires per the manufacturer's instructions to season the stove/paint. Tonight's fire is the last to season it and the paint smell is pretty much gone now. So far it has been an excellent stove, very easy to light and maintain a nice fire. We'll see how it does when it gets really cold, right now we have windows and doors open as it's 63 degrees outside, but I wanted to get those initial burns out of the way before we really need it.

 

I forgot to mention........and maybe you have thought of it already, but......

Be sure to install a 6" pipe damper in the flue. I did not with the little drolet I had and regretted it for a couple of winters. Big difference once I installed it!

Looks great, congrats and enjoy!

 

I’ll echo this sentiment. I wish I had a pipe damper on my Drolet as well. Great stove otherwise.

 

Thanks guys. I do have one, just haven't installed it yet. I wanted to get those initial burns in while I could have the windows open, paint smell. How far up the connection pipe did you install it?

 

I installed mine about 6"-8" up from the stove top. At that distance, it was still easy to reach my hand into the flue to hold on and guide the control rod through the cast iron damper.

 

Thank you for your tip on installation.

 

About a foot. Wanted it up a bit so the sooteater could scoot around it.