My experience with our Ideal Steel is similar to NVhunter. It would sometimes have a flash of fire in the stove if we turned it down too much....
This is the same in Pennsylvania. Again, I’ve never seen it done & imagine it’s only done in exigent circumstances. Leashed tracking dogs on the...
Ok, It sounds like draft has nothing to do with it then. That was one of the variables discussed with Woodstock when mine fractured last year....
[ATTACH] Mine fractured on the bottom last year, after the top fractured. I’m not sure if it is a similar issue on the bottom, or if the top...
I went to Penn State Mont Alto for Forestry, worked on a USFS hotshot crew for 3 years, and then ended up as a Land Manager for the state. Not the...
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Mine fractured last year...twice. It was sent back to WS and was welded in their shop. A few months later it fractured in the same locations...
I changed my gaskets recently, but skipped that one as it looked fine, & looked easy to mess up. Let me know if you tackle it, & how it goes.
Ok, good information on the barometric damper. Also, My gaskets were all just replaced & the stove was fully serviced. I now understand that the...
Thank you for all of the input & kind words. You guys are very helpful & patient. I did install a flu damper last season, and that seemed to...
Thank you hencha. Any idea of what our cutoff temperature is there? Obviously we do not want to run it hot, or push the limits...but I was up...
Attached is also a photo of the firebox activity.
[ATTACH] I’m on my 3rd season with the IS, and am quite pleased with it. I recently got my first IR thermometer, & am alarmed at what I’m finding....
All great news. Thanks everyone for the help & peace of mind!
So it's unlikely they entered the framing of my house & porch that the wood was stacked against/on? I attached a picture of the bore holes. Looks...
Morning all. I have been noticing very fine saw dust covering the small wood pile I have on my porch. I did not think much of it, until this...
Coal is a still very popular heating choice in North East Pennsylvania. Though most coal stoves around here are "stokers" & use the rice sized...
I've read that guys use those magnets on the IS, between the stove body and the thermometer dial. The IS probes are a little loose in the hole, so...
I am excited to hear more about this. I was born and raised in the anthracite coal belt, come from a family and area of mining, & have an affinity...
