Really? Wow. I love everything I see and hear about BKs, and this is another example!
For me, the best way to tell the catalyst is still functioning is I open the bypass on a new fire and watch the catalyst temp decline while at the...
Yes, you can overtemp your catalyst, and if that happens too often, you can damage it. It would appear to me that your catalyst probe is...
I find that if I "burn" with no visible flame, very low-and-slow style, I can encounter a regime where gas builds up in the firebox until it...
^^^^^ Yup, I've bought parts from Hearthstone Parts. No complaints except, as with anything these days, I feel like they're expensive.
We upgraded our wood fireplace to wood stove two years ago. The change has saved us 1000 gallons of propane each winter. At about $2/gal, that's...
Wow, nicely done! Do you have a fan on the back of stove to push the heat into the room? Or relying on the brick to radiate it?
I just love cutting wood. Like, I have a problem. Being outside, the exercise, sense of accomplishment, etc etc. We certainly keep the house...
Are you able to harvest your own wood down there? I'm finally getting set on the three year plan, which took some time getting 12 full cords cut,...
Somehow this isn't surprising. So how do you know if the cat's dead, assuming there isn't physical degradation? Flu temps, as referenced by old...
All right angles... no isosceles or equilateral triangles! Right triangles, squares, rectangles only. Makes for better stacking both in the...
Weather balloon? I think meteorologists release them to measure atmospheric conditions. Dunno. Glad to see it doesn't have Chinese writing!
Pretty dang cool. I never really considered what happened to the moisture in the wood, and never would have guessed it'd be visible steam out the...
Thanks! But I usually can't see anything up there, even after lighting a fresh fire in a cold stove. I CAN however easily see the cats, and I...
Thanks for all this, Old Hippie! In my setup, I don't have access to the flue, so monitoring temps there isn't possible. With STT, the soapstone...
Those are some mighty fine chainsaw pics, folks!
My stove manual says: You can get an indication of whether the catalysts are working by comparing the amount of smoke leaving the chimney when...
Thanks for sharing! My setup is nearly identical, right down to the stuffed insulation where the damper used to be. All in all, I'm very happy...
Not in a mobile home, but I have a pellet stove and wood stove and occasionally fire both at the same time. Pellet stove is in basement. Yes,...
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