Woodstock Fireview Rebuild

I’ve been burning this stove with tightly packed full loads of Oak at the fully closed #0 air setting. Still have flame in the box although slow and lazy. The stove seems controlled and doesn’t run away, flue temps are 500-600 range an hour in.

Not sure why the flames aren’t snuffed out with a fully closed air setting? Also not sure why I can’t get over a 10 hour burn when my previous Woodstocks easily went 12+?

I checked for leaks with incense stick and door seal passed dollar bill test and also tightened down the bypass. Maybe my Oak is too dry and off gassing too fast? Just mixed in some Aspen with the Oak for this evenings load to see if it acts any different.

 

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One hour in burning at 0

 

1.5 hours in

 

What's your chimney draft?

 

It’s straight up 10’ double wall stove pipe and 10’ Class A chimney pipe.

I was thinking pipe damper but my previous non cat did fine without and had longer burns with same amount of wood. I may try sticking something inside my short horizontal pipe off the stove to restrict the draft a bit. It’s easy enough access by lifting the top and shoving something back there.

I rechecked the air slide mechanism and bypass, both seem fine. Also installed the shipping bolts to the cat and tightened it down to suck it down on the gasket.

 

Tried the incense trick around the seams and found air leaks around the door frame and front glass frame. I’ll have to take care of that after the stove cools down.

 

The stove looks great. Good to see an old stove rejuvenated rather than replaced.

 

Chasing more leaks. I plugged up the leaks I found yesterday and fired her back up this evening and I still can’t snuff those flames. Found two more in the lower front corners. Guess I’ll let her burn out again and smother more cement into those corners.

I could get by with the way she’s burning now but I know it should be better. The first 1-1/2 hours in it seems way too strong of flames like the whole load is off gassing at once where it should be more controlled over 3-4 hours. By hour two I’m into the coaling stage.

here’s a picture at 1 hour in along with the stove and flue temps.

 

I slapped on more cement and also installed a pipe damper in my short horizontal pipe run. Burned the stove at #0 with the pipe damper nearly shut and had a good 12 hour burn with plenty coals left to take right off again.

 

Stove is burning pretty well but I’m having a leak issue on the upper left of the door. Stove seems to burn on the door side more. I have it as tight as I think it can go, have to use a wrench to fully close. May have to regasket.

 

Tightened down the door and the gasket seems to seal better. Had a good 12 hour burn last night with a load of Oak burning at .5 I think I’m getting her dialed in now.

 

Rcvd new steel cat today. I’ll keep the old ceramic for a spare. The old one works but I don’t think it gets as hot as it should or lights off as fast. It is at least 27 years old so.

 

So I have her pretty dialed in now. Haven’t needed the pipe damper and the stove likes to burn between #.5 to #1 the best. Anything lower and the flames snuff out into a black box cat burn. Glass stays clean and I’m getting easy 12+ hour burns.

Too bad Winter is over I would have liked to give her a good test at a week straight at really cold temps. Pretty much in the shoulder season now and the lower end output of the Fireview should be an improvement over the previous stove.

 

Did you use a liquid when you did that, or just dry 0000 steel wool?

 

Just dry.