The new Jotul 400 Castine has been installed. It's in a masonry fireplace -- fully lined and capped.
Now all we need is some cold weather.
Now all we need is some cold weather.
pyper said:The new Jotul 400 Castine has been installed. It's in a masonry fireplace -- fully lined and capped.
Now all we need is some cold weather.
BeGreen said:Very classy. It looks great. I'm a little concerned that the brass hood is going to trap a lot of heat. Did the damper get sealed?
pyper said:Thanks! I'll consider the Roxul. I think I want to use it a few times the way it is to get a baseline. I have also thought about just fabricating a metal plate to close off the whole smoke chamber. That would still allow radiant heat, but it would stop convection.
Can the Roxul touch the liner?
pyper said:Where is the secondary intake? I read about this stove going nuclear in a variety of threads. Our chimney is so short it might mitigate that tendency.
As far as dry wood, I have a variety. I have some that was formwork under a concrete porch for 30 years or more. Red oak at about 11% moisture. When it's actually cold I'll burn some of that. Also have a fair bit of lumber ends.
We recently moved, and at the old house I knew exactly what wood was how old, but my wife moved most of the wood and it ended up all mixed together. I'm not complaining one bit though -- that was a lot of work to do. I split some of the pieces and found 20% to 25% in what I though should be the wettest.
You might have been in the 30s -- who knows -- the weather has been really weird this year. I think the cold front is coming down through your area before it gets to us this time around, where usually they kind of bow down and go through our area first. I agree with you about the cold/wet thing. Yuck.
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