I am just about ready to pull the trigger on a Woodstock Fireview. Now I am thinking about how to break it in.
So, if I do a couple of light driveway burns I'll be forced to uncrate the unit which (I think) would make it harder to ultimately move the unit into my house. Once it is out of its crate I would have to worry about scratching the cast iron against the dolly, etc. But the advantage would be that I'd burn off a lot of the paint-curing fumes outside. I have heard those fumes are kind of nasty.
The alternative would be to forget about driveway burns and just move the FV into the house in its crate, which would be easier to move, and then just do the first break-in fires with the windows wide open during the shoulder season.
Does anyone have experience with driveway burns? Are they worth it, or just a pain in the butt?
And the fumes...are we talking just unpleasant or are we talking brain damage (I have kids)?
So, if I do a couple of light driveway burns I'll be forced to uncrate the unit which (I think) would make it harder to ultimately move the unit into my house. Once it is out of its crate I would have to worry about scratching the cast iron against the dolly, etc. But the advantage would be that I'd burn off a lot of the paint-curing fumes outside. I have heard those fumes are kind of nasty.
The alternative would be to forget about driveway burns and just move the FV into the house in its crate, which would be easier to move, and then just do the first break-in fires with the windows wide open during the shoulder season.
Does anyone have experience with driveway burns? Are they worth it, or just a pain in the butt?
And the fumes...are we talking just unpleasant or are we talking brain damage (I have kids)?