Yes be cautious. You are playing with fire
There are a lot of tools wood burners have. But wood cut to size and matches will get a fire going. Here are a few of my tips dealing with some issues that are waiting to get you.
Empty the ash pan, outside into a metal container. It must be placed on fireproof ground. Week old cold ash is still burning. Do anything else you will have a fire.
Never run the stove with the ash door open. When you pull the ash pan out, ash will fall in back preventing the pan from going all the way in. The door won't close. When starting up, you need more draft. You can run with the side door cracked open.
Use the side door for loading. Ash spills out of the front.
The wood you get won't burn well. It's not seasoned. You need a real hot fire to keep it burning.
Because the wood is not seasoned and you haven't learned how to burn, you will blacken the glass. You can learn to burn all winter and only need to clean white haze off the glass.
Most important your wood is not so good. After a month or so clean the chimney. see what comes out. Learn to do it yourself. Most of us clean once a year. The screen on the cap is likely to plug up in the first year. This will cause smoke to pour out of the stove at start up.
Spend some time here. You can find all you need know about wood stoves. This all sounds like gloom and doom, but its not that hard.
There are a lot of tools wood burners have. But wood cut to size and matches will get a fire going. Here are a few of my tips dealing with some issues that are waiting to get you.Empty the ash pan, outside into a metal container. It must be placed on fireproof ground. Week old cold ash is still burning. Do anything else you will have a fire.
Never run the stove with the ash door open. When you pull the ash pan out, ash will fall in back preventing the pan from going all the way in. The door won't close. When starting up, you need more draft. You can run with the side door cracked open.
Use the side door for loading. Ash spills out of the front.
The wood you get won't burn well. It's not seasoned. You need a real hot fire to keep it burning.
Because the wood is not seasoned and you haven't learned how to burn, you will blacken the glass. You can learn to burn all winter and only need to clean white haze off the glass.
Most important your wood is not so good. After a month or so clean the chimney. see what comes out. Learn to do it yourself. Most of us clean once a year. The screen on the cap is likely to plug up in the first year. This will cause smoke to pour out of the stove at start up.
Spend some time here. You can find all you need know about wood stoves. This all sounds like gloom and doom, but its not that hard.
