16”/17” fits in there north/south perfectly.
Yes of course I’m joking and take full responsibility for my own actions. As any responsible adult should. As for feeling better I feel that may...
Ug that looks terrible! Hopefully insurance is taking care of you?
Doesn’t that already happen when an unpopular comment doesn’t get any likes?:whistle: I agree with Tom I think downvotes on this site are a bad idea.
Nah I listed Tim first because I like him better! I’ll throw you under the bus first:rofl: :lol:
My parents old school wood furnace had a firebox much the same physically as the IS. With an ash clean out/door under the burn chamber. It was old...
Don’t know yet. I just did it about an hour ago. It’s warm here today 38. I probably won’t need to reload the stove for a couple hours yet. I sure...
Well I was able to follow TurboDiesel and BDF advice and fiddle the ash pan door open slightly to burn off accumulated coals this morning. Thanks...
In my experience elm is darn fine firewood. It can be difficult to split but worth the effort especially with a mechanical splitter.
I think it’s good to reinforce the message that it’s Dangerous to leave that ash pan door open unattended Dave. I also think BDF has done a more...
Yeah I’m pretty much in the same boat. Just looking to have the coals burn down better for reload. My experience with the Drolet before the IS was...
Ah now I remember it was a pic of your stove I saw with the modified ash door! I see a 1/4” hole in my ash drawer’s future.
Yep I have used that trick to get the party started faster. Will have to play with the ash door more to see if I can get the coals burned down...
Tim I’d say on a regular day with 20 degree average temps it takes 3 loads to keep the house warm. Backwoods Savage and I were just talking about...
I know how much pics help. Here I’ve just reloaded the stove. It’s kind of hard to tell but there’s a solid 2 medium splits worth of coals...
I thought I saw that in your thread… the Austral was a good stove but that beast was all fire all the time with little I could do to slow it down....
Yes I’m heating an 2200 square foot modular ranch with vault ceilings 10 foot at their peak. It’s quite a large air volume to heat. The Austral...
Nope. That was never a selling point for me. I like to see some fire action in there. But I have been running it at around 1/4-1/3 open for the...
Where on the door did you put the hole Tim? I saw in one of the big threads where someone made a hole was that you? that’s a good tip Dennis....
Full load goes without saying for me. I want as many btus stuffed in there as I can get. Good tip though. Thank you!:handshake:
