New to wood stoves - what am I missing?

[dafattkidd]

I fully agree with BG. Brian your diligence to have this install be correct and proper is to be commended. That is a beautiful stove and it deserves a proper install. Good work. Now go get some wood for next year.

Thanks all :exclaim:

I was going to pick up another trailer load of the kiln dried oak ends this morning, but that got put off due to the chimney modification. They sell it every other Saturday, so I'll be back there for another trailer load then. Its a 100 mile round trip, but even after spending $30 in gas (my Expedition gets 12mpg pulling the trailer), that's less than $60 for almost a cord of kiln dried oak.

I'm seriously considering a cheap metal 10'x8' shed (~$300) just to store this kiln dried wood. I figure if I put sheets of plywood around all the inside walls, tie them into 4"x4"s inside the corners, and put a 3' sheet across the doorway, I should be able to stack it 3/4 full of this wood, 2-3 cords worth. I wonder if the sides would hold up to it reinforced that way?

That depends on how you stack it inside the shed. It wouldn't hurt to frame 2x4 walls behind the plywood. Connect the two sides with a top plate. That would insure stability for very low cost and you'd only loose a few of inches on each side.

 

[BrianK]

As I stated in an earlier post, we took out the 30 degree offsets on Saturday and went straight up through the eaves, and continued the flue a total of 7 feet above the roof level. It is a total of 22 feet now, with four feet of stove pipe inside and 18 feet of Supervent outside. Previously, it had the 30 degree offsets and only went 3 feet above the roof line.

Could this change in the flue height and geometry cause the single wall stove pipe to heat up faster and hotter on start up from a cold stove? We didn't burn the stove since Sunday, and when I started it up tonight, I got concerned because something smelled too hot, similar to the first time we fired the stove, breaking in the stove pipe.

Then I realized the flue was heating up much faster/hotter than before we altered the chimney. The surface thermometer on the stove pipe went up to 550 then dropped when I engaged the cat and decreased the draft, but that's hotter than it was running in the past (it never went over 450 before). I did move the stove pipe thermometer down to about 14 inches above the stove top. Before it was about 20 inches above stove top level.

I'm assuming its just drawing that much better and heating everything up faster? Stove pipe temp in general is now running about 50 degrees hotter than before, but again I don't know if that's because of changing the chimney or moving the thermometer down 6 inches.

 

[cricketfarmer]

Hi Brian,
If you still have those elbows, I'd be interested in two of them. I'm accumulating the parts I need for my installation this coming summer. I bought the Supervent pipe sections a few weeks ago at Menards when they were on sale, but didn't buy the elbows because they were not on sale. Let me know what you need for them if they're still available.
Tom