Thats just sad, and then some people wonder why wood burning has a bad reputation in some areas. I don't even have smoke from my pre epa stove in...
Mine fills up too quick, easier to scoop out the ashes, got tired od dumping it out last winter. No problem keeping temp up in stove.
If i could do it over again i would not get the ash pan, no problem so far with coals and am very happy with how quickly the fires start. Last...
In my house blowing cool air toward the stove did not work as well as blowing warm air from the stove. Not everyone's setup works the same.
I might be running my IS all wrong but i dont burn with a black fire box, I'm kinda weird that way.
No problem, i just made that comment on this forum a short while ago so i assumed you were quoting me. So much for my second of notoriety. LOL
If you burn pine you will be dead in no time.
Seems like we are over thinking it, if he has a vehicle capable of it pulling it down it takes all the guess work out of it and it's safer.
“what you lose on the front you gain in the end”. I made that comment, what i ment was i am loading the stove with way less coals then my other...
Cut part way on bottom and pull it down, only way i will do crap like that.
Yep I have the soapstone option also, what you lose at the beginning you gain at the end.
I dont have much "crap" wood here but smaller splits of the good stuff would help get the fire going quicker and the coaling issues, so far I've...
Good to hear.
For me its some of both.
You are running your stove exactly like i am.
My Ideal Steel has a great book that came with the stove, explains very well how to run the stove. You are correct, bypass is always closed except...
Would like to see in those articles tips on clean burning.
I will add that i tend to let the stove cycle through the burn, not one to try and keep an even temp all the time, all part of the pleasure of...
Well maybe not 50 below actual temp but 25 to 30 below, 80 below wind chill is the worst i remember. I did have coaling issues with the PE and...
You ever been to northwest iowa in the dead of winter?
