Hi everybody.
What a great site. I have a new Fireview and could use a little help. I have had it about two weeks now.
I have searched and read about everything on the forum about the fireview and still have a couple of questions.
It seems that most of you get the cat engaged and then turn the damper down to about 1-1.5 and still get good temps. What i am running into is with the damper on about 2.5 I can get about 500 stove top temp and the cat glowing. as soon as I try to turn it down the cat will barely glow and my temp drops down to about 300-350. If I set it to 3 or 3.5 it will get on up to 500-600. I have tried turning it down from that point too and it still drops all the way back down.
I don't mind running it set at 3-3.5. I really like the heat output at 600 but it uses alot of wood. I have really well seasoned hardwood (a couple of years) so I don't think it is that. It seems from what I have read on here that most of you can get 500-600 with it set around 1. Any Ideas?
The other question I have is concerning the bed of coals that develops in the firebox. It will get so deep that it is nearly up on the window and above the threshold of the loading door. When it is at this state is also when the wood needs reloaded and the temps are starting to fall. So with the coals that deep about all you can fit in is 2-3 splits. That is not enough to last all night. So do you guys periodocally clean some of(glowing red) them out or let them burn all the way down every so often?
What a great site. I have a new Fireview and could use a little help. I have had it about two weeks now.
I have searched and read about everything on the forum about the fireview and still have a couple of questions.
It seems that most of you get the cat engaged and then turn the damper down to about 1-1.5 and still get good temps. What i am running into is with the damper on about 2.5 I can get about 500 stove top temp and the cat glowing. as soon as I try to turn it down the cat will barely glow and my temp drops down to about 300-350. If I set it to 3 or 3.5 it will get on up to 500-600. I have tried turning it down from that point too and it still drops all the way back down.
I don't mind running it set at 3-3.5. I really like the heat output at 600 but it uses alot of wood. I have really well seasoned hardwood (a couple of years) so I don't think it is that. It seems from what I have read on here that most of you can get 500-600 with it set around 1. Any Ideas?
The other question I have is concerning the bed of coals that develops in the firebox. It will get so deep that it is nearly up on the window and above the threshold of the loading door. When it is at this state is also when the wood needs reloaded and the temps are starting to fall. So with the coals that deep about all you can fit in is 2-3 splits. That is not enough to last all night. So do you guys periodocally clean some of(glowing red) them out or let them burn all the way down every so often?