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When I start a fire (paper, twigs, sticks, bark), I can very easily get the burn to 600 degrees QUICKLY...I then add gradually splintered pieces of wood and thicker branches before putting in a smaller "real " piece of wood...however, when it comes to even small thinner pieces of wood (14 - 17"...

Ash Pan Hi all! Would like your feedback on the ash pan and leaving ashes in the stove. I find that if I leave a hefty amount (3-4 " thick") of ash/build up IN the stove at all times, then there are more than enough embers in the morning for the fire to start up again - and there is still...

Hi all~ Thanks for all your feedback and I many good points have been made. As our home is broken up into so many rooms as compared to an open floor plan, I suppose our expectations of heating are unrealistic (even for the 1st floor!).... We did try something new. We put fans...

Ed - We have been wondering about the secondary combustion tubes. To be honest, we see minimal usage of them...we see them throw back heat when we put a NEW piece of wood in and the new log lights up. After a log has burned or has little burn, or if there are only embers we do not see them...

Hi - I have been blogging about my Jotual F3CB and believe that I have come to the assumption that the F3CB can not heat my approx. 2,000 sq. ft Colonial (2 floors) home built in the 1840's. Definitely not an airtight house but not major drafty either! Each room is approx. 13 x 13.[/. The...

Colin - Your home is 24 x 24 2 floor...and is the floor plan open? My home is about the same (just a tad larger) but with 4 rooms on each floor, hence walls that separate each room (approx. 4 rooms at 13 x 13). We were considering the same with taking off the log barrier, and now that we know...

Sunfish...my apologies, I did not see the sq. ft. that yours burns..wow, I am impresed!...I love your stove - very cute...and obviously efficient! When we asked the vendor, before we bought the stove, approx. how many pieces of wood we would need to burn a night, he said, "5"...this is way...

Haywire - We would love to cut our own wood..but not sure where to find the trees that you can cut down..we don't have the trees on our property...we have discovered how much we love chopping wood though~ May look into purchasing a chain saw.... Sunfish - what model do you have? For...

Sunfish - you have the 118CB Black Bear (which uses only 1 piece of wood at a time),,,and you add 1 piece every 6-7 hours?! Your stove gives off more heat than the F3 CB. We will need to re-monitor how often we put wood in with the new wood we will be purchasing...however, when we used the...

Do you have an open floor plan? Ours is "boxy"....1st floor is 4 rooms approx. same size each (13 x 13)...

How big are your rooms...or is your stove in one big room? Do you have more than 1 floor to your home? Ours is 2 floors with each room being approx. 13 x 13

I agree totally!!! The logic did not make sense to me either...Think the owner tried to "squirrel" his way out of that one by saying what he did!

Hi~ Thanks AGAIN! I understand and agree with the wood issue...the Kiln lit up....and we question the seasoning of the present red oak we have even though the guy we bought it from said it was "seasoned" (...so he said..but it is not burning hot)...so, we purchased some "white oak"...

Pic downloaded Hillrat ~ I added an "album" that includes a pic of the stove..let me know if you can see it! Also, I replied with a post to your lasst one, but it didn't come up yet..will check again to see it comes...it addressed your post! Janet

Thanks for the quick response! Hillrat ~THANK YOU for the quick response!!! Yes to all your initial questions about the design of the stove, the glass being secure and the air modulator being closed once we start the fire. We have double piping that runs up through the ceiling, through...

Help!!!! We were encouraged to buy the Jotul F3CB (as compared to the Castine) by the owner of the wood stove provider (The Wood Stove & Fireplace Center; Oakhurst, NJ). LOCATION: Central New Jersey where the temps do not get extremely cold but can go into the "teens" on a very cold day...