We Have a New Wood Burning Stove

[greenthumb]

Trying to come up with a woodsplitter excuse ,then i can call it free fuel.Thats a tough oneYou think im hyper on coffee,ive been drinkin them coffee flavored energy drinks.Mean bean and mocha loca are my favorites.Irun around like a chicken with its head cut off
ALAN

your right you can't count the wood spitter that can double as a trash compactor. all right free fuel gotta love it!

 

[Kfell]

We just put a woodstove in our basement for heating our home. We keep the basement door open which brings heat up, but would like to install vents in the floor to bring heat up to the living room. We have a drop ceiling in the basement. Any ideas that you can share on venting the basement? Our basement is fully insulated, so it gets like a furnace down there. It is a family room and we spend a lot of time down there. Thanks.

 

[MossRoad]

I noticed that last few days that our new stove is not heating as well as it did a month ago.

Solution... clean out the 3" of ash on the bottom of the stove. This is the second time I've had to clean it out in a month. It burns like new now.

So,,, how often does everyone that burns continuously clean out their stove?

 

[riptides]

I'll burn hot for around four days, then try and let it die or cool down to the point where I can get ashes out of it to another metal can.

 

[scott_vt]

I noticed that last few days that our new stove is not heating as well as it did a month ago.

Solution... clean out the 3" of ash on the bottom of the stove. This is the second time I've had to clean it out in a month. It burns like new now.

So,,, how often does everyone that burns continuously clean out their stove?

Good Evenin Moss,
It has alot to do with how seasoned the wood that your burning is ! If Im burning well sesoned wood I can go maybe four days before cleaning out the ash drawer !

BTW I use a 35 gal galvanized trash can with lid to put the ashes into until I can bring it outside and dump it !



Come to think of it, Im kinda glad you reminded me, I get a bit forgetful at my age !

 

[turnerbend]

Moss, How often do you plan to clean your chimmey pipe?

 

[MossRoad]

Moss, How often do you plan to clean your chimmey pipe?

I plan to do it once a year. Probably in the spring/early summer as soon as I decide that I am done burning for the year. I talked to a chimney sweep that has done my in-laws for many years and he said there is nothing to it... except the heights of my in-laws roof and chimney. Mine is only 4 feet above my very low pitched roof, so doing it myself should not be hard.

The company I purchased from that also did the install said they could do it to, but recommended I do it myself. They, too, said it is easy. Especially since I have a nice straight pipe. They showed me how to disconnect the pipe from the stove and chimney base and said to just look in the pipe with a good light and see how built up it is, then run the brush up and down until it is clean.

I also have to remove the baffles from the top, inside of the stove and make sure everything is clean and not deteriorated. That will be the time to do that.

 

[srossman]

I noticed that last few days that our new stove is not heating as well as it did a month ago.

Solution... clean out the 3" of ash on the bottom of the stove. This is the second time I've had to clean it out in a month. It burns like new now.

So,,, how often does everyone that burns continuously clean out their stove?

If I'm burning non stop, I can go for about 2 days before I have to clean out the ash bin. Like you, I find that if I don't keep it clean, it is harder to get the fire going after an all night burn.

 

[MossRoad]

I didn't have any trouble getting it going with the thick ash bed... it just was not as hot on the outside of the stove. It probably has something to do with the bottom layer of bricks being insulated from the fire by the ashes?

Anyhow, it is keeping the house nice and comfortable, so I am reluctant to let the fire go out so I can clean the stove!

The basement floor around the stove is nice and warm, too, for about 8' in any direction. If the fire goes out, it cools off in about half a day. Then it takes a long time to heat back up.

 

[GBeck]

on the wood stove I just had put in the installer said that I should leave about 1 inch of the ash and only have to clean it out when it gets about 4 inches or so...does this make sense as I had it installed last thurs and haven't had to touch it yet, and that is burning full loads all day all night