1st time wood burner, stove was previously installed in house that is new to me.
Stove is Hearthstone Homestead 8570H
STove is intalled in an existing brick fireplace with brick hearth and mantle. Chimney is brick on teh outside and 28' high. Woodstove is secondary source of heat and located in living room. Chimney is on outside of house.
Had it sweeped and had the stove went over a little more than a month ago. The flue is a 6" double wall. THe sweep thought is was a 2005 install.
I have had several successful fires and have a condor stovetop thermometer that I have placed on teh back left hand corner. I had been just running the stove with teh primary air control wide open until today. I would typically have the stove top thermometer at 400-425F and really never really added more than 1 large piece of wood once I got a good bed of coals going.
Tonight I put 2 pieces of wood and a small split on a good bed of coals and the flue started to glow red as the wood statred to take off with teh air control open all the way. The stove top therm was about 425F. I will quickly got up and closed the primary air all the way and the fluestatred to cool, going from red back to steel colored. I than opened the air contol up a little so that the wood was not putting off sooty smoke as it burned and closed enough that the flue was not turning red. I also got a box fan pointed at the stove to help cool the area. All this took place in 5 minutes or so. The stove top them reached 500-525F when I did this. My flue is mostly in teh chimey so I did not have a flue thermometer.
Now the big question what do I need to do before I run the stove again and did I ruin anything.
Bill
Stove is Hearthstone Homestead 8570H
STove is intalled in an existing brick fireplace with brick hearth and mantle. Chimney is brick on teh outside and 28' high. Woodstove is secondary source of heat and located in living room. Chimney is on outside of house.
Had it sweeped and had the stove went over a little more than a month ago. The flue is a 6" double wall. THe sweep thought is was a 2005 install.
I have had several successful fires and have a condor stovetop thermometer that I have placed on teh back left hand corner. I had been just running the stove with teh primary air control wide open until today. I would typically have the stove top thermometer at 400-425F and really never really added more than 1 large piece of wood once I got a good bed of coals going.
Tonight I put 2 pieces of wood and a small split on a good bed of coals and the flue started to glow red as the wood statred to take off with teh air control open all the way. The stove top therm was about 425F. I will quickly got up and closed the primary air all the way and the fluestatred to cool, going from red back to steel colored. I than opened the air contol up a little so that the wood was not putting off sooty smoke as it burned and closed enough that the flue was not turning red. I also got a box fan pointed at the stove to help cool the area. All this took place in 5 minutes or so. The stove top them reached 500-525F when I did this. My flue is mostly in teh chimey so I did not have a flue thermometer.
Now the big question what do I need to do before I run the stove again and did I ruin anything.
Bill