OK, I am a rookie in here and have been reading until my eyes have pretty much started bleeding. I have a thermometer (magnet kind) that the store that sold me my stove gave me. They told me to put it on the stove top closest to the pipe (double walled). I will load up the stove and get get a fire going and about 3-4 hours later, burned up ashes. I have been using mostly ash. Some 75% seasoned BL has been mixed in. However, for amusement sake, I threw in a piece of Oak that I split the other day. GONE! I put in two pieces of Cherry that a buddy gave me, they were about 90% seasoned. Got hot as Heck, then GONE after about 3.5 hours. My stove is like a finely tuned Heckler & Koch Pistol, it's a damn garbage disposal for wood. I will stack the wood pretty tight and throw a few pieces of fatwood in there to help get the fire going. I'll have to flu all the way open and crack the door to get more air in the box. After it's rip roaring for a few and won't die when I close the door, I leave it alone. Then I close the flue about 40% and go to bed. I have woken up 4 hours later to find nothing but ashes, not even coals really. Then I have to start over. I'm worried about getting to much creosote built up. I have only been burning for about a month on and off & about a week strait round the clock.
Here's the $64,000 Question What am I doing wrong? I thought I would get an "overnight burn." I have the opportunity to get some truly seasoned (2 year old split & stacked) Maple for a good price. I'm wondering of I shouldn't buy a face cord to supplement the ash. My oak & cherry is fresh and will need a year or two. Can someone please give me some sound advice here. I really hate getting up in the middle of the night and having to get yet another fire going. Especially when it takes me about 15-20 minutes to get it to the point where I can shut the door and dial it down. It's not even that cold out yet. We had our first frost this past weekend.
Thanks in advance.
Here's the $64,000 Question What am I doing wrong? I thought I would get an "overnight burn." I have the opportunity to get some truly seasoned (2 year old split & stacked) Maple for a good price. I'm wondering of I shouldn't buy a face cord to supplement the ash. My oak & cherry is fresh and will need a year or two. Can someone please give me some sound advice here. I really hate getting up in the middle of the night and having to get yet another fire going. Especially when it takes me about 15-20 minutes to get it to the point where I can shut the door and dial it down. It's not even that cold out yet. We had our first frost this past weekend.
Thanks in advance.