I do feel this is 100% correct when your goal is to "heat" your home with ease and the least amount of hassle.
2016-17 Blaze King Performance Thread (Everything BK)
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I do feel this is 100% correct when your goal is to "heat" your home with ease and the least amount of hassle.
I'm going with ignorance based on interactions with stove dealers in my area.
I'm one of those that would rather deal with a good local dealer but realize that good local dealers are becoming extinct and not just in the stove industry.
I started the conversation by stating that I had already visited his other store and paid for my BK and was there to look at the BK King and a Chinook they had on display and also to see where they were located as I have to pick up at the second store when my stove comes in as there is no dock at the other store. Don't misconstrue as he was a nice enough guy and tried to help all he could....I think the fact they didn't sell many had a direct bearing on his knowledge of the stove and his short lived subsequent sales pitch on the other brands. Does BK school their reps/dealers? He did assure me that they would direct ship parts if need so I wouldn't have to make a 3.5 hr round trip for parts...
How is double wall constructed? Are you drilling through 2 layers of pipe or is there some single wall exposed enough to drill through one layer of pipe? I will be using the telescoping double wall.
black smoke signals
Feeling the Heat
Tar!! You are spot on about dealers knowledge of selling stoves to the public then most of us end up here finding the correct way!
Lucky me I discovered this forum. If not for this forum I would not have been able to make a well informed and educated decision...there are a lot of very bright people here..thats priceless IMO.
lsucet
Minister of Fire
I use a telescoping also, what you need is to be sure to drill the holes to the right size as for instructions that way it will fed snag and everything will be good to go and yes you need to drill through
Bill in the U.P.
Burning Hunk
Ordered a Sirocco 30.1 this week. No ETA at this point. I will call the dealer after Christmas and ask : )
You just shoot sheet metal screws through the outer jacket of the pipe. Super simple.
Yes, you're drilling through two layers of pipe. For a Condar probe you drill through both layers first with a 3/16" drill. Then you use a 1/4" drill to enlarge the outer layer hole only.
To install a FlueGard Thermometer, drill a 1⁄4 inch hole in the outer wall, and a 3⁄16 inch hole through the inner wall. Position so the thermometer can be read easily at a glance. Slide the magnet then the eyelet onto the stem of the thermometer; and insert into the hole
To install a FlueGard Thermometer, drill a 1⁄4 inch hole in the outer wall, and a 3⁄16 inch hole through the inner wall. Position so the thermometer can be read easily at a glance. Slide the magnet then the eyelet onto the stem of the thermometer; and insert into the hole
Couple questions. 18" up on single wall is running arount 225F external. STT is 500+. Cat guage 3/4 around. Anyone ever get water droplets falling from the rain cap? First for me. Same wood that has all checked mid to low teens for moisture. Also inside back wall in firebox looks almost wet with creo. Looking through the glass with a flashlight.
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I placed mine 30" up from the stove top to insure a good average reading, not just a hot or cold spot coming right out of the stove.
I see drops of black water fall off the cap on occasion. It's normal, once it's real cold you will have nice chocolate ice cycles up there!
Can someone explain how the bypass works on an ashford 30.1. Sometimes when I close the bypass handle I feel the cam over action and sometimes I don't. It's driving me crazy.
Geez I had one troll tell me that my wife didn't put out when I pointed out how the bk was better. Mods let that stay too!
I definitely think flue temps should be monitored, mostly to be sure you are keeping them warm enough to prevent condensation anywhere in the flue. It is not sufficient to just maintain an active cat. I agree with the Condar flue probe meter range that says 400 is the minimum you should maintain at 18" above the stove. I can keep an active cat with flue temps of 200-250 which is way below condensation temps.
1 week into the install. Drive is getting 15-17 hour burns on red fir. Thermostat is set about (1.25) and the house is cooking. 79 degrees and 68 in the bedrooms. High teens outside. I'm gonna be in shorts and flip flops soon.
About an 1800 square feet ranch. Stove is in the living room about 15ft from the end of the house with the MB at the other end of the house. It's very well insulated. Even with propane i was only using about 65 gals/month to heat the place. I do have some operating questions though. My thermometer has the numbers and so far it seems that I run the following temps:
#1- 250-300
#2- 3-400
#3-4-500
#4- 5-600
I set it to 1.25 last night around 9:00. At 6:00 this morning its still active, stove top at 290 (IR gun). This was a load I put it at 11:00 yesterday afternoon. Around 15 hours into a burn I turn the thermostat up to 2-3 for 1/2 hour or so to get the wood burning again then turn it back down. Is this fiddling with it to much? It seems over the course of the week (maybe because everything is heating up evenly in the house) that my burn times keep increasing. 1st load was around 12 hours, then I was getting 15, and the last few loads are increasing as well.
drz1050
Minister of Fire
Thermal mass. It's way easier to keep something at a set temperature than to heat it from cold. Your house is holding a lot of the heat, so the stove doesn't have to work as hard.
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