Now if it drops big time just into the burn after a 1/2 hour or so then maybe the cat stalled from lack of smoke. Then yes open the air/t-stat back up get her going good again then shut it back down in stages till you find the sweet spot.
I think most can shut the t-stat right down to the lowest setting and be ok. I know I get away with it. But In have stalled the cat a few times by not charring the wood enough before doing that.
36 outside this am, started up the stove cold and she's up and running smelling like pancakes again. Making me hungry I'm gonna go eat some breakfast now that I have fed the cat
Congrats Rossco. My wife and I have a two month old so we're in the same club. Only probable difference is I'm 51 and also have two older kids, ages 28 and 23. My wife didn't have children of her own so this one was for her. But now that he's here, it's amazingly wonderful. I'd forgotten how much one's heart opens to a baby.
Is this your first or are you an old hand?
I've been doing this for awhile and reading about these stoves for even longer. I have only ever heard of one person able to run their stove with the stat set to zero, and that's hotcoals. Everybody else, including me that wants max burn times, has to run their stat at settings above 1. No harm in trying but be prepared to bump the stat back up to your low limit. BK, I think BKVP, told us any setting between 1 and 3 is "safe". The normal range on the freestanders is even a narrower range.
I've been doing this for awhile and reading about these stoves for even longer. I have only ever heard of one person able to run their stove with the stat set to zero, and that's hotcoals. Everybody else, including me that wants max burn times, has to run their stat at settings above 1. No harm in trying but be prepared to bump the stat back up to your low limit. BK, I think BKVP, told us any setting between 1 and 3 is "safe". The normal range on the freestanders is even a narrower range.
That small 6 split or so load is still going from 8am. I came home around 5:30 and the cat probe was right at the inactive/active mark. I said to myself, hey 9 hrs on a half dozen smaller splits ain't too bad. 5 min ago I just looked and now its 1/4" into the active zone! Barely anything left in the box, I don't know how it does it but it does!
You will get that smell each time your stove reaches a new high temperature.Somebody just asked in here but I saw no reply, roughly how long does it take for the paint curing smells to stop??
Yes, and once you get it real hot for a long, cold night that should be the end of it.You will get that smell each time your stove reaches a new high temperature.
Hope the newborn gets better soon, Rossco! You guys are getting me even more excited. I was waiting for this thread to pop up this year. My BK Ashford arrives and gets installed this friday and the temps are dropping too! My wife and I cannot wait to fire it up. Somebody just asked in here but I saw no reply, roughly how long does it take for the paint curing smells to stop?? I'll probably be posting some photos on friday/saturday of the new stove. Last year I struggled to get our house above 64. This winter is going to be much different
Great looking install. Every once in awhile someone posts an install that just gets it all together. Form, style, color, texture.... you nailed it!well folks here it is, another burning season upon us and hey, nobody else started one of the more popular threads so I figure I might as well.
I've read along for the last 2 seasons about all the hocus pocus, Tom foolery, etc. and now have become part of the pack. I installed my BKK ultra over the summer and woke her up for the first time this morning and now will see what all the voodoo magic is about. I loaded about 30 lbs of wood to do my break in fire, cats engaged, cruising right along around 500 stovetop right above the cat, 300-400 elsewhere.
View attachment 140372 I got the windows open, letting the first burn stank out. Smell reminds me of well done pancakes on the griddle 44 degrees overnight last night, about the same for tonight. I'm gonna attach a few pics, let's have some good chatter over a nice warm catylictic fire. Stay warm folks, DH
Yeah I don't like the forced air. Noisy flipping thing.
Do you have a photo of you themo set at 0 and was wondering what temps your getting and is it with or with out the fans.?I run mine at the lowest setting. Its well below 0.
I run mine at the lowest setting. Its well below 0.
Have you looked up into the top of the stove? Especially when it was new, it was hard to miss! Over time it gets more stable, at first its a little over active. Here's what I see.On my Ashford, I can't see the cat. At least I've not found it yet.
Do you have a photo of you themo set at 0 and was wondering what temps your getting and is it with or with out the fans.?
Have you looked up into the top of the stove? Especially when it was new, it was hard to miss! Over time it gets more stable, at first its a little over active. Here's what I see.
I wish I could it dosnt stay lite very long If it dose. Buying kiln dryer wood, Eco bricks. Stove has 2 winters under its chimney. Ever so flustratedSame on the princess. Once of the great things about all of the current BK cat stoves is that you can watch that cat glow.
Does the brand of firebrick matter?
I just cleaned my Ashford and there were a couple bricks in the back that had cracked. I got some from tractor supply to replace them but they are very dense and not at porous like the ones that came in the stove.
The manual does not say anything about using a certain type of firebrick.
It does say that there is a ceramic blanket that they sit on. Mine are just sitting on the steel bottom of the firebox.
Now I just need a polar vortex.
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