My Ashford 30 was finally installed today. It is truly the cherry on top of my entire cabin build project.

[kevk]

After months of waiting, the day finally arrived. Just wanted to thank everyone for the advice in helping me choose my stove. I'm looking forward to putting it to use.

 

[stoveliker]

Beautiful!

 

[nortcan]

Very nice place. All is nice : the cabin, the dog and for shure : the stove, it is just like my 30.2A. Hope to read your comments on how the stove works...

 

[kevk]

Very nice place. All is nice : the cabin, the dog and for shure : the stove, it is just like my 30.2A. Hope to read your comments on how the stove works...

Thanks & congrats on your new Ashford. I just saw your post, it looks like we both got our Blaze King this past Friday!
I had the opportunity to fire it up and it was amazing.

It wasn't very cold out where I'm at, it was in the 50s. After the initial burn, I put in a small load and fired it up. It worked great and delivered exactly what I was looking for in a stove. My cabin is not large and I didn't want a stove that would sweat me out of the house.

Once the BK reached the catalyst zone, I closed the damper and turned down the thermostat dial. The flames died down and the logs smoldered to produced a nice gentle radiating warmth for most of the evening, I love it.

Please let me know what you think after you had a chance to fire yours up.

 

[begreen]

That's a cozy scene. Pup approved.

 

[Tron]

Once the BK reached the catalyst zone, I closed the damper and turned down the thermostat dial. The flames died down and the logs smoldered to produced a nice gentle radiating warmth for most of the evening, I love it.

That's exactly the way these stoves are supposed to be run.
Some even say it's boring because the output is so constant that there's hardly a need to fiddle with it during the burn.
I basically only turn up the thermostat near the end of the burn, like half an hour before a reload, when only coals are left. It seems that the available range for the thermostat has reached it's limits then and heat output drops off, requiring the thermostat to be opened all the way.

 

[Highbeam]

Looks good Vince!

 

[GG Woody]

That's exactly the way these stoves are supposed to be run.
Some even say it's boring because the output is so constant that there's hardly a need to fiddle with it during the burn.
I basically only turn up the thermostat near the end of the burn, like half an hour before a reload, when only coals are left. It seems that the available range for the thermostat has reached it's limits then and heat output drops off, requiring the thermostat to be opened all the way.

I'm sure I still have a ton to learn, but, would turning it up at the end of a burn be doing anything? (obviously depending on the temperature behind the stove) Wouldn't it be most likely that as the fuel is not available anymore the thermostat has already opened itself before the knob was touched?
I kinda assumed that if it was calling for heat near the end of a burn it had already turned itself up?

 

[stoveliker]

I do see coals brightening up a bit more at the end if I open up. That suggests that the range of motion of the thermostat is less than the range of motion due to the knob rotating.

I don't think it makes a huge difference in heat output. "Small + a little = still small".

 

[Tron]

Wouldn't it be most likely that as the fuel is not available anymore the thermostat has already opened itself before the knob was touched?
I kinda assumed that if it was calling for heat near the end of a burn it had already turned itself up?

You'd think that, but it's not entirely the case.
Contributing to it is likely that I usually run the stove pretty much dialed down. The thermostat has a certain range of adjustment, but I think it just can't open "fully wide" when the knob is turned down, it just doesn't allow for that.
I'd have to watch it with the cover off, but the coals do get going quite some more, as @stoveliker said, when I set the thermostat to "open", so I suppose it does open up more then. But yes, since it's only coals at that stage, heat output doesn't increase all that much. But it's good for burning down the coals to get more space for the reload.

In practicality not really an issue, since the heat output only drops off when the burn is nearly done.

 

[GG Woody]

You'd think that, but it's not entirely the case.
Contributing to it is likely that I usually run the stove pretty much dialed down. The thermostat has a certain range of adjustment, but I think it just can't open "fully wide" when the knob is turned down, it just doesn't allow for that.
I'd have to watch it with the cover off, but the coals do get going quite some more, as @stoveliker said, when I set the thermostat to "open", so I suppose it does open up more then. But yes, since it's only coals at that stage, heat output doesn't increase all that much. But it's good for burning down the coals to get more space for the reload.

In practicality not really an issue, since the heat output only drops off when the burn is nearly done.

That might be my difference, I have not turned mine more than halfway down yet...
Halfway turned down leaves me with a good amount of coals to reload after 12hrs.

 

[Tron]

I have not turned mine more than halfway down yet...

It really depends on the heat requirement you have. You're easily 1200 miles further north than I am ;-)

 

[kevk]

Looks good Vince!

Thanks Joe! I'm loving the stove.

 

[GG Woody]

It really depends on the heat requirement you have. You're easily 1200 miles further north than I am ;-)

And surprisingly mild up here as well...
Our igloos don't stand a chance this year!