So I have her pretty dialed in now. Haven’t needed the pipe damper and the stove likes to burn between #.5 to #1 the best. Anything lower and the...
Rcvd new steel cat today. I’ll keep the old ceramic for a spare. The old one works but I don’t think it gets as hot as it should or lights off as...
Tightened down the door and the gasket seems to seal better. Had a good 12 hour burn last night with a load of Oak burning at .5 I think I’m...
Stove is burning pretty well but I’m having a leak issue on the upper left of the door. Stove seems to burn on the door side more. I have it as...
But aren’t they different? I think BKVP said there’s more coating on the cat you would get from the dealer verses somewhere else? How much more...
I slapped on more cement and also installed a pipe damper in my short horizontal pipe run. Burned the stove at #0 with the pipe damper nearly shut...
Chasing more leaks. I plugged up the leaks I found yesterday and fired her back up this evening and I still can’t snuff those flames. Found two...
Tried the incense trick around the seams and found air leaks around the door frame and front glass frame. I’ll have to take care of that after the...
It’s straight up 10’ double wall stove pipe and 10’ Class A chimney pipe. I was thinking pipe damper but my previous non cat did fine without...
1.5 hours in
https://youtube.com/shorts/zbzh0E6Wepc?si=Ta8flriD57X-KVGf One hour in burning at 0
I’ve been burning this stove with tightly packed full loads of Oak at the fully closed #0 air setting. Still have flame in the box although slow...
Packed full of oak last night and not many coals left this morning after 10 hours. I kept turning the air down until I was just a smidge above 0....
-17/66 wasn’t expecting it to be this cold this morning! Didn’t have many coals left this morning after 10 hours, had to use some kindling.
6/76 evening load of Red Oak[ATTACH]
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8/66 nice to wake up and it’s not below zero! 25lb load of Oak in the Fireview.[ATTACH]
She’s fully broke in and just loaded her up for an overnight burn. No issues except the cracked top frame. WS say it should be fine and to just...
Small kindling fire last night. Top stone up to 200. Just did another break in fire a little larger and hit 300. I’ll let her cool down and shoot...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Small break in kindlings fire. Right before that I noticed a crack in the top lid frame.
