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Correct.Please, anybody that installs this "upgrade" post pictures. I assume this issue and fix doesn't apply to the other bk stoves with nuts and studs?
Correct.Please, anybody that installs this "upgrade" post pictures. I assume this issue and fix doesn't apply to the other bk stoves with nuts and studs?
I can appreciate that BK folks like their stoves, but the assumption that others need to tweak their stoves constantly is incorrect. We load the T6, let the fire get going and turn down the air. With dry wood this is about a 15 minute process. The stove is not touched again for hours until maybe 30 minutes before a reload. Then I open up the air about 50%. Reload 30 minute later and turn down the stove within about 5-10 minutes. Rinse and repeat 8-12 hrs later depending on outside temps, how hard the stove is being pushed and whether it's burning softwood or hardwood. Our house too is always warm in the morning. 8 yrs of burning in this stove and all I have spent money on it gaskets. And never a runaway or overfire worry in that time. Nor a hint of a smoke leak.I have heated my house since 1971 with wood. The Blaze King stoves require the least amount of attendance of all stoves. Every stove has a start-up. After start-up of the BK you set the thermostat and you are done. Tweak it up or down as conditions change. All other stoves require some level of constant monitoring and adjusting to prevent over/under firing. Not the BK. The BK burns more like a furnace than a wood stove. Steady, controlled heat.The little smoke issue I have with the door will be resolved. We have the VP at our disposal! This is NOT true of other stove manufacturers. As for the cat, all the fragility of the ceramic units is gone, the BKs use steel cats. They are a dream to use. Long burn times are lovely. My house is always warm in the morning. Never even a question. Very wood stingy too. I burn wood cut, split and dried for one summer wood with no problems. Just get it done in the spring. My previous (high-end) stove was a cat stove too but it behaved as an angry child. Then I discovered the BK. She is a keeper.
Just like a BK... but replace your 8 - 12 hour interval with 30 - 40 hours.I can appreciate that BK folks like their stoves, but the assumption that others need to tweak their stoves constantly is incorrect. We load the T6, let the fire get going and turn down the air. With dry wood this is about a 15 minute process. The stove is not touched again for hours until maybe 30 minutes before a reload. Then I open up the air about 50%. Reload 30 minute later and turn down the stove within about 5-10 minutes. Rinse and repeat 8-12 hrs later depending on outside temps, how hard the stove is being pushed and whether it's burning softwood or hardwood. Our house too is always warm in the morning. 8 yrs of burning in this stove and all I have spent money on it gaskets. And never a runaway or overfire worry in that time. Nor a hint of a smoke leak.
EVERY stove has design flaws... or more accurately, compromises. If there were a perfect stove, there would be only one stove on the market. Choose your poison.Wow seems crazy that the original design had such a glaring flaw for such an expensive highly regarded stove. I have been researching which stove to buy and now the blaze king does not seem like a great idea anymore. I live in Seattle area with 1300 sq/ft home and do not really need the long burn times combined with smoke issues, having to burn totally dry wood and dealing with the cat. I am considering a non-cat stove now. Any recommendations on a high quality non-cat stove.
Correct.Please, anybody that installs this "upgrade" post pictures. I assume this issue and fix doesn't apply to the other bk stoves with nuts and studs?
Just like a BK... but replace your 8 - 12 hour interval with 30 - 40 hours.
EVERY stove has design flaws... or more accurately, compromises. If there were a perfect stove, there would be only one stove on the market. Choose your poison.
I believe BK makes most of the best stoves on the market, today. That's based as much on overwhelmingly positive reviews from others with more stove experience than me, as well as my own 40 cords experience in my Jotul Firelights vs. the BK Ashfords.
I'm not sure how many stoves BK sells per year, but we have here a small handful of complaints of a very minor smoke smell, out of likely hundreds of units sold. It sounds like they've already identified a likely cause of the problem, and they seem to be installing the proposed fix on new stoves shipped.
In making the decision on which stove to buy, I'd be paying more attention to their response to this possible problem, than anything else. They're going out of their way to hunt down a problem that seems to be affecting only a few, sending out replacement doors and parts, as well as implementing a change in their production of these doors. This is why I have such admiration for Blaze King and Woodstock. They seem to be two companies who go above and beyond the rest, to stand by their customers, post-sale.
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