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    C550 airflow issues

    Hello, I've been reading this forum for years but this is my first post. We have a c550 insert with a 6" SS liner for 9 years. Experienced burner who usually has no trouble getting hot fires and keeping our house at a balmy 82 degrees in the dead of winter here in NH. Anyway. Things were...
  2. D

    Proper Air Control & Throat Flue Damper Operation for an old Fisher Insert

    Hello! New member / First time poster. First off, thank you for your website - it is full of excellent advice and has been a tremendous resource to me! I have a question about best practice / most efficient use of the air controls and flue dampers on my “old” Fisher wood stove insert...
  3. D

    Over fire control

    Hello, I have a wood stove in my new to me house that seems to over fire very easily even with the wood stove air damper completely shut. It is a Century Heating FW3000 wood stove with approximately 26’ of double wall flue. I am wondering if I should look at adding a flue butterfly damper to...
  4. wheelerlabs

    Wood Insert without door

    I'm looking for a wood burning insert that has an open hearth, without a door. I just want a mesh curtain. Does this exist? If, not, my firebox is missing a damper. Any chance of putting a damper back in to an existing box?
  5. J

    indexing a damper/choke

    We love our GreenMountain 40. But one thing that would help a lot is some kind of index for the choke. Right now I kinda just fiddle with it and visually get to the right place with feel and experience. That’s fine and we can live with that, but something tells me there could be another way to...
    • jimmyb
    • Thread
    • choke damper damper adjust repair index
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: HearthStone
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    Morso 1BO issues

    Hello all, Hoping for some help. So I’m running a Morso 1BO and I can’t quite figure it out. I’m not sure if I’m doing things right or wrong. I have a copy of the original owners manual, but it appears to explain everything by “feel”. So here’s my issues, and maybe they’re not even issues...
  7. B

    American Harvest secondary furnace add-on install

    Hello, I am new to pellet stoves/ furnaces and I have an American harvest 6100/6500. According to the manual for them you only need one back flow damper if you plug it in as a second furnace and want to use the existing duct-work. It doesn't seem to make a lot of sense to me, when some furnaces...
  8. P

    VC Intrepid II dampener question

    I recently moved to a house that has a Vermont Castings Intrepid II model 1990 wood burning stove. I discovered when operating the damper door lever it was not opening the door as it should. When I rotated the lever down the door stayed in the closed position and would only swing open when I...
  9. J

    Napoleon s25i install question(s)

    Probably 2 or 3 separate threats combined in one but anyways … As far as the install, on p. 11 of the manual it says to remove the fireplace damper or fasten it permanently open and then it goes into sealing off the damper area around the liner…suggests installing a piece of 24 ga steel in the...
    • jbick1
    • Thread
    • combustible clearance damper flue
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Napoleon
  10. C

    Ashley AW 1820E Insallation Help

    Hello, I am looking for advice, help, and or guidance to install this wood-burning insert 6 " liner in my existing fireplace. If someone can lead me in the right direction, it would be greatly appreciated. (Damper opening 6" x 27 ") fireplace measurements L 32" x H 27" depth top to the back...
  11. J

    Cemi Concept 2 damper

    Hello all, I recently bought a house with a Cemi Concept 2 fireplace insert. From reading previous threads I see that the nob in the attached picture controls the damper. Does anyone know if the nob should be turned clockwise or counterclockwise once the fire is going? This is my first house...
  12. M

    Whitfield profile 30-damper gasket help

    Hey all-new here but have been stalking your posts for two years. First thanks for all the wonderful knowledge y’all share. We are in a home with an old Whitfield Profile 30. It’s in really great shape and so far all problems have resolved themselves with time, effort and cleaning! Tonight’s...
  13. S

    Drolet Heat Commander secondary burn...

    Good day everyone, This is my second season of using my Drolet Heat Commander. I had a two story home with the unit in the basement (obviously), so, 3 levels all together. I am starting to think I am over-drafting as I rarely get good secondary burns out of the unit. The baffles are pushed...
  14. coffeecup86

    New house, new pellet stove. Lots of questions.

    My husband and I just bought a home 6 weeks ago, which came with a pellet stove as the secondary source of heat. The poor thing was pretty ill kept and very full of brown dust/soot? The fan and blower was caked with it. The first week we ran it everything was getting covered in this brown dust...
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    Retrofit Cat + Next Steps

    Hello all. I've been burning as my primary heat for about 8 years; just moved to Michigan and have started here. Got an Ashley 3200 and have to heat ~3k sq ft. So far down to 20F or so it's been doing fine, though it's a little slow to get the job done being in the basement. The flue is ~25ft...
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    Heritage 8024 questions\issues

    Hi everyone. We are new to wood stoves. We have a new Heritage 8024 soapstone. We purchased this over a cast iron due to the sale rep telling us it gives of a nice steady 20 hours heat, rather than a fast high temp heat that cast iron produces. A friend has a very small cast iron stove and their...
  17. C

    Is this an old Blaze King Princess and what is wrong?

    Hi This stove has no markings, no labels. After searching for a very long time online I deducted that it is likely a Blaze King I contacted a BK dealer who thinks it is an older Blaze King Princess... about 30-40 years old. The dealer says they talked to Blaze King after I sent photos (posted...
    • clennox
    • Thread
    • blaze king damper princess unknown vent weld
    • Replies: 122
    • Forum: Blaze King
  18. O

    Damper won't function properly

    Hello everyone! I recently felt a draft coming from my friend's chimney and decided to see if I could fix it. It turns out the damper was pushed off track and fell behind the fireplace. I fished it out but now I can't see how to get the damper to operate properly. The handle will push up but...
  19. D

    Slots in damper.

    Hello everyone. Hoping for some help here. We purchased a 100 year old home with a gorgeous hand built fireplace. I was in the process of cleaning it out and noticed the damper does not want to fully close. It seems it is backed up with some build up which I will vacuum out. Anyway, the...
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    Barometric Damper

    Hi all, I've gotten bids for installing a PE Summit LE inserts. Most of the bids are around the same price, but there's one that's almost twice as expensive. Looking over the bid, they're just charging more for their labor. BUT they are also including a Barometric Damper as part of the install...
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    Fisher mama bear 6inch damper

    Hey everyone, I recently bought my house and it has a Fisher mama bear in the basement. It has two manual dampers on the door, but a circle pipe damper sitting on top. I can’t find out if the previous owner pulled it out or if it was just laying around. Can anyone tell me if it’s supposed to be...
  22. W

    Vogelzang ponderosa air control question

    I have a ponderosa that I have used for about 2 weeks. I have no experience with an epa wood stove. My parents had a classic so my comparisons are with that. I feel like there might be something wrong with mine because it is eating thru my firewood so quickly! Also because adjusting the dampers...
  23. Pert86

    Confused about how to use the damper

    Hi! We just installed our first wood stove and today was the first day we’ve run it all day. I’m reading mixed things about the flue and am real confused. It’s all over the internet to never close the flue (is that the same thing as the damper?!) while the fire is going at all and only close it...
  24. M

    Jotul Alpha Bypass Door Gasket Replacement

    Hello, Hoo boy, I am at my wit's end with this one. To actually post in a forum! The house I am in now has a Jotul Alpha, and while it's in pretty good shape, not having been used too much by the previous owners (they preferred the diesel burner) at one point last season I noticed some...
    • Mizamook
    • Thread
    • bypass catalytic damper gasket jotul alpha replacement
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Jotul
  25. 3RDegreeBurnz

    Damper Slider Location on Regency GFI55 ?

    Link Removed ** Sorry for this bad Formatting- I cannot find a WYSIWYG Editor** Hi Everyone- I have been reading this Forum for months and after realizing this is by FAR the best resource for New Pellet Stove owners like myself, I finally joined! I’ve used the Forum Search Feature with...
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    do I need a damper for this Jotul Castine?

    have had this Jotul for at least 15 years. Never thought to put a damper on it. The installer never mentioned it. What did I know? :) Should I add one? Is this a DIY process? I would need to remove and replace a section of pipe, correct?
    • elasticman
    • Thread
    • castine damper jotul
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Jotul
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    Damper Removed

    I had an wood burning stove-insert installed in the firebox of my living room fireplace. I have it installed without the faceplate usually surrounding the stove and closing off the firebox from the room. I like the effect. It looks more like a wood burning stove in the firebox then an insert...
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    Encore 2550 damper bar replacement

    Great forum with lots of great info. I had to replace my upper fireback so ordered a new one. Working on reassembly, I cannot figure out how the old damper bar comes out of the old fireback so that I can put it in the new one I bought. They sell them separately so I figure the damper bar must...
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    Help with Vermont Casting Intrepid II (model 1990) replacing damper housing

    I have just replaced all of the gaskets and I am trying to reassemble the rear damper housing so that it engages the damper control rod. Anyone know the correct way to do this? The horizontal bar doesn't seem damaged but trying to get it to engage with the damper clip is tricky. I am trying...
  30. SteveHyper

    Jotul 602N - Damper? Gasket size?

    I just got a Jotul 602N which I'm about to install, wondering if anyone with experience of these would recommend fitting a damper to the flue pipe to control the burn? It's going to be in a wooden barn with a fairly short (3-4 meter) twin wall chimney if that makes a difference. Also the door...
    • SteveHyper
    • Thread
    • 602n damper gasket jotul
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Jotul
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