- Nov 17, 2012
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Hello All,
What a wonderful and informative forum. Appreciate all of the good information available.
I have just moved into a property that has a Quadra-Fire wood-burning insert installed by the previous owner. It has two controls levers, one center, one to the right, which are working fine [center lever to control burning once lit, right lever pushed all the way in to get the fire started, then out once burning].
Burning is good, starting is very easy: 1-year seasoned wood, glass is remaining clean. Very happy with the stove.
Some questions though about it:
Thank you all for a wonderful forum, and greetings from beautiful Dutchess county in New York.
Happy burning to all.
Steve
What a wonderful and informative forum. Appreciate all of the good information available.
I have just moved into a property that has a Quadra-Fire wood-burning insert installed by the previous owner. It has two controls levers, one center, one to the right, which are working fine [center lever to control burning once lit, right lever pushed all the way in to get the fire started, then out once burning].
Burning is good, starting is very easy: 1-year seasoned wood, glass is remaining clean. Very happy with the stove.
Some questions though about it:
- I would like to get some reference material on the stove [none was left in the house]. How can I indentify my particular Quadra-Fire (photo is attached) - anything to check? In short, could be good to know what the parts I may need in case the glass gets cracked etc. ... or are all of the quads similar or not?
- I've found burning wood North-South rather than East-West gets me better results. Is this others' experience?
- The unit produces good heat, but I have noticed that leaving the door wide open it produces *a lot* more apparent heat. Is this simply because the heat is radiating directly to the air (rather than heating up the steel plate)? And is it good/bad to do this - I mean, the door is there for a reason... does leaving the door open lead to less complete combustion (I imagine so). Any comments on the door being open would be useful.
Thank you all for a wonderful forum, and greetings from beautiful Dutchess county in New York.
Happy burning to all.
Steve