So, this'll be the first full season with the 30, and I THINK I've gotten the hang of it.
Boy, she sure does love that dry wood... one improperly-seasoned split and the cops show up to the party.
Anyhow, the question is this: the photos show my 30-
- packed full with 2-year seasoned BL
- primary air shut down fully
- outside temp about 45 or so.
I hope the photos show that there is no visible flame, in that I can't "see" the wood burning, but there are very active secondaries filling the entire top of the firebox. What I can see is a jet of air coming from the doghouse straight to the back of the box that looks like a blowtorch is attached to the doghouse. There is no visible smoke coming from my chimney.
So, the questions are:
- Is this normal? We're certainly warm... am I doing it right?
- Mrs. Blue is concerned that the primary is completely closed, insisting we'll choke down the fire and smolder ourselves to death. Yes/no?
Boy, she sure does love that dry wood... one improperly-seasoned split and the cops show up to the party.
Anyhow, the question is this: the photos show my 30-
- packed full with 2-year seasoned BL
- primary air shut down fully
- outside temp about 45 or so.
I hope the photos show that there is no visible flame, in that I can't "see" the wood burning, but there are very active secondaries filling the entire top of the firebox. What I can see is a jet of air coming from the doghouse straight to the back of the box that looks like a blowtorch is attached to the doghouse. There is no visible smoke coming from my chimney.
So, the questions are:
- Is this normal? We're certainly warm... am I doing it right?
- Mrs. Blue is concerned that the primary is completely closed, insisting we'll choke down the fire and smolder ourselves to death. Yes/no?