Hello,
A few months ago we purchased a house in Vermont and the house came with a Vermont Castings Encore woodstove. We used up the remaining firewood that the previous owner left us. I had split some wood as soon as we moved in and about once or twice a week we have been using the stove to take the chill out of the house at night.
I know that our wood that we are now using is extremely wet. I have been trying to get the fire going with framing lumber scraps from work and then adding the newly split(about 2 months ago at this point) wood. The fire never really seems to get going anymore and I am assuming it is just because the wood is not dry enough. This is with the catalytic lever not engaged and with the air valve all the way open. The only way that I can get it going is if I crack the door to the ash pan open as well and this seems to let enough air in to get the stove firing.
So my question is, before this stove goes into full time use next winter, could there be something wrong with this stove that needs to be addressed or are there common maintenance items that I should perform that might have not been done before and will help the performance of this stove?
Thanks
A few months ago we purchased a house in Vermont and the house came with a Vermont Castings Encore woodstove. We used up the remaining firewood that the previous owner left us. I had split some wood as soon as we moved in and about once or twice a week we have been using the stove to take the chill out of the house at night.
I know that our wood that we are now using is extremely wet. I have been trying to get the fire going with framing lumber scraps from work and then adding the newly split(about 2 months ago at this point) wood. The fire never really seems to get going anymore and I am assuming it is just because the wood is not dry enough. This is with the catalytic lever not engaged and with the air valve all the way open. The only way that I can get it going is if I crack the door to the ash pan open as well and this seems to let enough air in to get the stove firing.
So my question is, before this stove goes into full time use next winter, could there be something wrong with this stove that needs to be addressed or are there common maintenance items that I should perform that might have not been done before and will help the performance of this stove?
Thanks