Thanks oldhippie, i have a old pump sprayer (they are a pain) that i can try. Second thought I'm buying that electric sprayer, did not know they...
Just a quick update, the first fire after the vacuuming seemed to be sluggish but next one was normal and has been for the last couple of days....
Is the boiling of the mixture necessary, I saw a write up by oldhippie on cleaning a cat and unless I missed it he did not boil the solution, some...
Not a 100% sure what the problem is, cant reduce the air like normal when I engage cat, stove is normal until I engage cat and then its sluggish,...
Well my IS cat seems to all of a sudden turn very sluggish, vacuumed it 3 weeks ago and then today again, more ash on it this time, at first it...
Red elm, been burning a lot of it this winter, great stuff.
The bark looks like the mulberry we have here.
I will give that a shot, as soon as the wood you added catches good flame.
As far as i can tell we are running our stoves quite differently in some cases, I'm putting fairly good sizes pieces on a low bed of coals and it...
Its hard to give good advice in some cases due to all the varibles, our chimney draw being a good example.
Ok i understand, i cant be of much help because my chimney must draw better then yours. I tried to gauge how much wood is charred but for me its...
Buy a probe, you'll thank me later. LOL
I dont build a small fire and then put more wood in, seems silly to me, if i understand you correctly.
I run my stove by flue temps as the manual states, 300 degrees on surface of single wall pipe which puts the stt at 250 and cat temp about 6 or 7...
Yes, that was the easiest to run, since i found out what caused creosote i have run every stove by flue temps.
I've had 5 stoves and they all run pretty much the same way with the common denominator being dry wood.
I have never had that happen, is it just a product of engaging the cat too quick?
Looks like a version of the tunnel of love, bark up or bark down makes no difference to me in the stove or the rows.
No specialist on cat stoves here but i think you need to load your stove differently or you are rushing the process, i believe your wood is below...
Well, crisscrossing when i need a quicker hotter fire, north south for overnight longer burns or when temp isteens or above. Still need to try...
