dyerkutn
Feeling the Heat
HotCoals said:I'm curious,dyerkutn said:Dakotas Dad said:neumsky said:Is it a general consensus that it would be easier for the wife to run a non cat for the wife tho?
My wife will be along in a few to make a comment about the "spirit" of what you, poor lost soul that you are, have written.
If your wife can walk and chew bubble gum, she can run a cat stove. It has exactly twice as many "levers" as a non-cat stove, and the SEX of the operator has nothing to do with being able to operate them.
I am a 60 year old totally non-handy woman who has been successfully running a very old (1983) Dutchwest Federal Airtight Catalytic stove for 12 years. I just followed the instructions in the manual. It gets a bit dirty at times with all the loading and so forth but if I can do it probably your wife can too!
Are you still using the original cat?
If not how many have you been through?
Thanks,
Dave.
I had the stove checked out this spring (being non-handy) and the guy told me that he thinks it is the original. It is extremely scuzzy but he said as long as it is not cracked it is ok. FYI there are three controls--the front door air vent, the side door airvent and the ?bypass--it is basically a flue damper. When it is hot I close all three to burn the wood as slowly as possible. Never thought I could actually have info that is useful to anybody!