Well, I finally got the Shrader hooked up just before my surgery...glad I did as the electric furnace was already running me $350 the month. So, I test fired a small pine board fire ( hot and fast burn) then I built a little bigger fire and messed with the dampers and all and found the perfect setting, heats the whole 1400sqft house at 72.
Well the night after surgery it dropped into the low 20's so it was late and I wanted to run it all night so I packed the stove with oak logs ( mostly split with a big whole log on top )
after it got rolling I closed it down and went to bed. Woke up in the middle of the night to hit the toilet and the house was hot, looked at the thermometer for furnace showing it was 78 in the house, well, the heat doesnt move off the sunroom too well so have a box fan behind the stove and the ceiling fan on high as well, and I bet it was 120+ out there, whew. the walls were hot, the floor was blazing...i freaked. Shut all the dampers and waited about 2 hours for the thing to cool down ( I will never again stuff the stove)
my got that thing throws the heat
it has been burning clean, no smoke unless theres a wet log, The inside is not showing any signs of creasote, just a tan powdery dust in the stove, the stainless pipes are still clean, the rain cap has rainbowed due to the heat but no creasote or anything building up inside, on or around... not bad for an 8" flue, wish I actually had a 6" flue to slow the burn time down, a couple logs are lasting me about 3 to 4 hours. but have been burning for over a week now with no issues of leaks. My furnace hasnt ran yet except when fire dies down over night and it cools too much in the house (set at 64)
I just had cochlear surgery, so Ive been nice and comfortable lately.
Well the night after surgery it dropped into the low 20's so it was late and I wanted to run it all night so I packed the stove with oak logs ( mostly split with a big whole log on top )
after it got rolling I closed it down and went to bed. Woke up in the middle of the night to hit the toilet and the house was hot, looked at the thermometer for furnace showing it was 78 in the house, well, the heat doesnt move off the sunroom too well so have a box fan behind the stove and the ceiling fan on high as well, and I bet it was 120+ out there, whew. the walls were hot, the floor was blazing...i freaked. Shut all the dampers and waited about 2 hours for the thing to cool down ( I will never again stuff the stove)
my got that thing throws the heat
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I just had cochlear surgery, so Ive been nice and comfortable lately.