Wire brushed the burn tubes and put in a new air wash gasket. Got in to the thirties last night so had to fire the Napoleon up. I can stare at those secondary burn tubes forever, very mesmerizing. Mild season so far, burning a mix of silver maple and a lil ash. Also bought myself a nice vornado fan for the top of my stairs. Seems like just after a couple hours I could feel the heat starting to circulate upstairs, will have to wait for the really cold weather to see how it works then. Stay warm all.
Looks nice g60gti and I am burning the same mix in this thus far mild burn time-makes for a real gooder bridge heat-warmed up overnight here and prob gonna let go out, cools back down this weekend
It's better than TV. Been burning a mix of red pine and white ash myself. I also like to use fans to move the warm air around the house. I've found it much more effective to have them on the floor, pushing cold air back towards the stove, instead of trying to move the warm air around. Try setting it up at the bottom of the stairs, and aim it in the general direction of the stove. There is already air exchange happening in the stairway, due to warm air wanting to rise and cold air wanting to fall. If you're pushing down from the top of the stairs, you're sort of working against the natural convection. Pulling from the bottom should move more of the cold air you're trying to warm up, and all of the cold air you're pulling out of the stairway will immediately be replaced with the warm air near the ceiling that's already trying to make it's way upstairs.
Thanks Shawn I will give that a go. It's my first full season with a stove of my own so I'm sure there will be a lot of trial and error with the fan. Blowing it down the stairs seemed to work a bit but I'll try your suggestion. From the top my stairs go down 3 and then there is 2 landings that turn them 180 degrees and go down the rest of the way. It's not a straight shot down.
