I am new to this forum and new to this Leyden wood stove. I am also new to secondary burn chambers. I am not new to burning wood though. I might be trying to do something that this stove can't do. I have had a fire in this stove maybe 8-10 nights so far this fall. It seems to get the stove to burn with the internal damper closed in the secondary chamber, I need to have a really hot fire. This puts out way too much heat for these 40 degree nights. If I leave the bypass open it burns out too fast. I was wondering if a damper in the pipe above the stove would be a way to find a happy medium until the nights get cold enough to really let this stove run.
I can already tell the cast iron heats differently than the steel stove we had previous to our failed attempt with a pellet stove!
I can already tell the cast iron heats differently than the steel stove we had previous to our failed attempt with a pellet stove!