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Yes, but they are shrink to fit-as they dry.
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Wet wood, burning too low/cool, keeping the door cracked (defeats the air wash). Most people use a damp paper towel. Dip it in ash for the tough...
That's been my experience. I've burned LOTS of 2x4s, I used to frame for a living.
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That may be the problem. A couple of splits don't burn worth a flip. Rule of thumb is three splits stacked in a triangle, minimum (with a decent...
Agreed, the pic was originally taken and posted as "I have a leak that needs fixed".
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I used to burn it like that, without top covering. After a month on the covered porch. It burned ok. Burns much better top covered (in my area)....
It's still early on the left coast :D
Englander NC-30 and NC-13 show that diagram, 15' min chimney, measured from the floor. Apparently that's how Englander measures a chimney. But if...
Top only, sides wide open. Does it slow drying during the first year? Anyone ever actually MMed it to see. Now that I'm top covering, I top cover...
It was 4:20am. I hadn't had any coffee :whistle:
I had an install that was 12' from the floor to the chimney cap. Drafted great. Never a smoke spill. Surrounded by trees. 8" pipe. Double door...
In case you haven't read it yet, every time you hit a new max high temp it will give off a little paint/smoke smell.
Never heard of that. But they do stack better when using a partial load. Kinda like this :stacke:
:smoke::dex: Next time, stack the splits. The upper splits feed off the flames of the lower ones.
Once the stove and chimney get warm, that's about how the stove should burn, with the door shut and the draft open, with that amount of kindling,...
