Wood Stove Information

When cleaning our stove pipe this year [4 sections of 24" pipe] we got maybe about a 1 gallon pail worth of soot from it.

Looking inside each section I did not think it was all that much. But in scrubbing them out we did get a small pile of junk that had collected on the walls of the stove pipe.

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i went with the quadrafire 3100 step top , i like it

it is a welded steel stove with box in box construction fire brick lined convection heat pannels on the sides , primary and secondary air

we had it profesionaly installed 550 dollars to have it and the new double wall stainless steel chimney installed , this made my insurance company and my mother happy
a small price to pay to not have my insurance rates change.

i did the hearth pad myself

one of the most important things with any stove is to keep the wood cover while in storage jist the top and a few inches down the sides is fine but i keeps the wood from sucking up all that water, wich makes it hard to burn

i have wood cut green this spring than 3 year old wood that sat out in the rain last week and this week , after 2 days no rain the outside feels dry but the wood is not dry enought to burn right.

My advice to you foremost is if you are not used to wood stoves please read everything you can find on them in the library or buy a book in the bookstore. I was raised without wood heat and knew nothing about it. We built our home in the late 70's and I wanted so badly to have a wood stove for heat. I read all I could find and learned all I could about starting the fire and tending it. Dh was used to wood stoves and about a week after moving in our home he went to start the fire. He was having difficulty and decided to pour a little kerosene in the stove and poof we had some clothes on fire. We had it all put out quickly but that was when I decided to take care of starting it. We have a Vermont Casting stove and it works well for us. I think what I like most is that we can see the fire. Hope you find the right stove for you.

RenieB

There is a third type of wood stove that I haven't seen mentioned; it's expensive to have built, and a lot of work to build yourself, but I do know people who've built them with good results, and they weren't masons, either. A masonry stove (Russian or Finnish design) can be better than 95% efficient, and usually only needs a fire built once a day. It will burn twigs or paper as well as logs and split wood. They can be built with cooktops and ovens; glass doors so you can see the fire; hot water heaters; and chambers for smoking meat or drying food.

Kathleen

I've had great luck with a Vermont Casting stove too. It is cast iron.

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