well as a couple people have walked me through the last couple day with the startup of my fireview ive been having a little trouble as ive never used a cat stove before. today i took some of my wood outside and split it down smaller. cut it at least in half. just loaded up the stove at 620pm and its up to 500 degrees at 700pm. both sides of my cat are now glowing red and its 80 degrees in here. lol im happy. its about 32 degrees outside and snowing real wet flakes not sticking yet. woke up this morning to a wet dusting. thanks guys for all the help again now ive got a warm house without breaking the bank so much appreciated!! pics are coming