The end of week 2 burning my new to me stove 24/7. I've been fairly satisfied with it. It is my first CAT stove and getting used to it. Seems to have a very fine line between smoldering and full out fires of hell. Inlet air damper seems to have minimal effect. Anyway I decided that it being a nice day I'd let it go out and clean it up and check the chimney, cats etc. I made 2 seemingly small adjustments.
1: There was small gap between the cats and the top of the stove so I cut a piece of stainless to fit and snug up the cat chamber.
2: Where the slip joint from the ceiling box meets the stove pipe seemed a little sloppy so got out the caulk gun with the furnace mortar sealed it up.
When I lit her up for the evening fire I couldn't believe the difference. Took 1/2 the time to get the temp up and when cruising I was able to control the fire without a problem. I even loaded the second time with a lot more wood than usual and the temps stayed controlled and didn't run away as it would have before. Curious as to what little adjustment "tamed" my stove.
1: There was small gap between the cats and the top of the stove so I cut a piece of stainless to fit and snug up the cat chamber.
2: Where the slip joint from the ceiling box meets the stove pipe seemed a little sloppy so got out the caulk gun with the furnace mortar sealed it up.
When I lit her up for the evening fire I couldn't believe the difference. Took 1/2 the time to get the temp up and when cruising I was able to control the fire without a problem. I even loaded the second time with a lot more wood than usual and the temps stayed controlled and didn't run away as it would have before. Curious as to what little adjustment "tamed" my stove.