Reading all these different threads has me wondering (I'm so new I don't have a stove or place to put it yet) . . . and I'd appreciate your input. The trees on my lot will be felled in the next 6 weeks and then c/s/s to start aging for 2016 and 2017. The trees are all Douglas fir and oak. Then the house will be built. It's a one story over the garage plus a loft. At this point I am planning to get a PE Super 27 and it will go in the corner of the living room, which is about as central as it can get, and have a straight chimney pipe up through the 10' ceiling and 8' attic plus of course ceiling joists, roof, and above the peak. The chimney pipe will be enclosed in a chase on the roof.
I see all the thread about measuring the temperature here, there, everywhere, baffle this, damper that, door open, door closed, etc. Does it really have to be all that complicated? In a pit outside, I simply make a fire. When I had a wood fireplace 30 years ago, I simply made a fire.
Can't I just open the flue, open the door, and simply make a fire (using seasoned wood, of course)? Does it really have to be so stinkin' complicated?
I see all the thread about measuring the temperature here, there, everywhere, baffle this, damper that, door open, door closed, etc. Does it really have to be all that complicated? In a pit outside, I simply make a fire. When I had a wood fireplace 30 years ago, I simply made a fire.
Can't I just open the flue, open the door, and simply make a fire (using seasoned wood, of course)? Does it really have to be so stinkin' complicated?