Question on loading stove
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There is absolutely no way for us to know that. On some setups it will run best completely closed. Others it will need quite a bit more. There is absolutely no set position run it by temperature
I think this is why. This stove has not putting out a lot of heat. I always had a flue temperature of 300-450, sometimes 500 thank you.
This is how it’s burning, flue temperature is 280 please tell me if this is good check out the video!
Ctwoodtick
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That looks a nice clean burn and you’ll actually get better heat from that low setting than from the other video you have.
Thanks. I just thought more yellow flames is more heat. But I see you get more heat from a slow burn
Ctwoodtick
Minister of Fire
I know, it’s a learning cove. Those secondary burn tubes will create a really toasty stove.
Ctwoodtick
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That’s a tough question for me to answer because honestly there’s so many variables. Not to mention every stove set up is going to be different from house to house. For example, my set up is a woodburning insert in a 1970s home with fair to decent insulation And a floor plan that I would describe as not being open.
For you or anybody else, you may have a centrally located big freestanding stove that heats 1000 ft.². In that case, you could heat your house much much quicker than with my set up.
Sorry to give you a sort of vague answer, but at least it gives you some idea of the factors involved with what you might be dealing with for your application.
That's better. Note that the stove is operating fine, but it is fighting against large heat loss through the uninsulated basement walls and floor. The stove is trying to heat a large amount of sq ft. If the basement walls get insulated, the equation will significantly improve.
Insulating the floors will definitely help as well, just some carpet and pad will make a noticeable difference.
What will really cook your noodle is. What wood do you put on the bottom, middle, and top?
Do you put the largest pieces on top or the bottom? Maybe just the middle?
What species wood should you load and where?
Personally, I seem to gravitate to putting a medium piece of oak on hot coals with a piece of cherry or ash next to it, then I load up another row of mediums, followed by larger pieces and maybe a smaller one on top to cap everything off or just simply to fit as much wood as I can in my stove. This is my overnight burn style as well. I get the new load going nicely more quickly this way, then I turn my stove down. If I wake up a few hours later for some reason, which I do just out of habit to check on my stove, I usually see nice small amount of flames and good heat in that room. Next morning I'll wake up to larger pieces of oak just about to fall apart and I can let that go for awhile , ..maybe add a smaller split to help get flames back up..
Mine is a 6-8 hour stove, and Im easily getting 8 hours this way. I consider any burn that keeps my stove over 400 degrees as the time for my burn.
Honestly, you seem to be way over thinking/complicating things. Its a wood stove, not rocket science. Just my two cents.
Insulating the walls will make a notable improvement. Addressing the floor can also make a big difference. I have a small shop on a cement slab floor. The walls and ceiling are insulated but the floor wasn't. The shop was hard to keep at 50º with the uninsulated floor. I put down a layer of interlocking foam panels on the floor and the difference is amazing. Now it is easily heated with a basic space heater.
That's overthinking it. Fill it with what fits. This is a hot reload in the T6 which has the same firebox as the OP.
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It really is going to depend on your chimney. How much insulation it has how tall it is etc in order to stay above the condensation point all the way to the top. Many people can do fine at 250 or even a bit lower others will need more temp. It really comes down to learning what works for your system
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