I own three stoves. One is a smaller stove. Of the three stoves, which do I like the least? That's right, the smaller stove. Far less flexible. Reload time is far too short. Go with the bigger stove it will cause a lot less second guessing.
spirilis said:I will say in my Jotul 8 downstairs, when I added thin firebricks to the perimeter of the firebox the overall performance was *much* more consistent. However the secondary air paths for that firebox were plugged up with ash (it goes around the steel plates that compose the main firebox), so this year I'm going to start the shoulder season without them and see how it goes. In that stove putting firebrick around the perimeter reduces the fire's ability to heat the steel plates which are responsible for preheating the secondary air.
branchburner said:Seems like adding bricks to only the floor of a firebox would serve to make a hotter box with smaller fires, in general, without losing anything. Fun to speculate about the possible effects of putting in bricks, but I suppose the proof is in the putting.
branchburner said:spirilis said:I will say in my Jotul 8 downstairs, when I added thin firebricks to the perimeter of the firebox the overall performance was *much* more consistent. However the secondary air paths for that firebox were plugged up with ash (it goes around the steel plates that compose the main firebox), so this year I'm going to start the shoulder season without them and see how it goes. In that stove putting firebrick around the perimeter reduces the fire's ability to heat the steel plates which are responsible for preheating the secondary air.
I think that's the consideration, how will the bricks change the dynamics of the system with any insulating effects and changes in air supply, exhuast, thermal mass, etc. Is that #8 a pre-EPA stove?
Seems like adding bricks to only the floor of a firebox would serve to make a hotter box with smaller fires, in general, without losing anything. Fun to speculate about the possible effects of putting in bricks, but I suppose the proof is in the putting.
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