New guy with a couple questions.

Rumor was the AS grate had slightly larger slots AND was dimensionally the same as the IS. I had heard a member or two were going to order grates for the IS to test this theory

Woodstock IS

 

Maybe I'm WRONG, but I thought they made a change to the IS and made the grate slots wider now.

 

your not wrong Tom (owner) mentioned it in october!

 

Good post with a lot of pertinent thoughts, at least IMO.<br /><br />1) Yep, lots o' work to get the ashes to fall through the grate. Woodstock appears to be aware of this too as they have increased the size of the slots in the new grate for the Absolute Steel, which is the same grate that the Ideal Steel uses. And you are right about blocking the bottom / front vents- it is easy to do even just raking the coals forward and re-loading the stove. Of course there IS a way to introduce a bit of air underneath the grate that I hear works pretty well.... <br /><br />I would also raise my I.S for the same reasons as you but I just do not have the room to shorten the stove pipe. Well, I do have the room but it is taken up with the draft inducer. Besides, I think mine is already close to max. height due to the ash pan (it is wherever Woodstock assembles them- I never altered the height).<br /><br />Brian<br /><br />[quote uid=1035 name="JA600L" post=468241]So, yesterday I did a good cleaning to the stove and chimney. Here are my thoughts. <br /><br />1. I took A LOT of ash out of it. There was easily 2 ash pan loads of ash inside the stove plus lots of leftover coals. This takes up space for wood and possibly blocked the small holes in the front. This was decreasing my burn times for two reasons. Less capacity for wood and more internal temperature from higher coal bed to the secondaries. Both of these issues seem easy to resolve by keeping it clean inside. I fed it way too much hardwood in the cold snap. The stove majorly tamed down after the cleaning. <br /><br />2. My external chimney with an un-insulated liner had some build up at the top causing a little restriction. I need to remember to burn hot fires before cutting back the air. <br /><br />3. I raised the stove up 2 more inches from its previous height. I never changed it from new and it could go up. So I did. This keeps me from having to bend over as far on reloads and a better view of the secondaries. <br /><br />This is my reminder to do regular maintenance and you can avoid a lot of issues. I am pretty sure I will be modifying the grates in the bottom of the stove this summer so that more ash can escape. You really have to work to get it to fall the way it is. Nothing a little fabrication can't fix .[/QUOTE]

Woodstock IS

 

Well that didn't turn out quite how I expected

Woodstock IS

 

I think you just broke the internet.

 

If not, I at least dented it all to heck lol

Woodstock IS

 

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To clarify BDF had originally posted this and I'm 95% certain either he or brian were planning on purchasing a grate at one of the open houses. Who was it who bought an extra door to always have clean glass?

Woodstock IS

 

I did get the stove with the

I did get the ash pan. I hope it works well.

 

The stove has arrived! The design was a mix of different designs we like. We are in elk country, so the the design feels like home. It will be quite awhile (months) before I am able to install it.
I have one quick question. What wood length works best for the stove? I have a large hoard of logs stock piled from previous logging. As soon as we get a glimpse of nice weather I am going to start working up a few cord.

 

Look at the back cover of your manual. The IS lists maximum wood length as 22 inches so I would stay around 20 inches just to avoid any issues.