My shaver mods
I ordered mine with the auto damper but changed the mounting a little by rotating it to the left to keep the door completely closed. While I had the blower off, I ground the booger welds off the flange and siliconed it so it actually seals. The chute below the ash door is attached to the block wall and is probably my favorite mod (other than the wall itself). I use a slightly altered garden hoe to clean the ash bin, piece of cake. Also, makes it easier to load wood, no more bending over - nice. The larger grey box houses the Ranco ETC while the smaller one is the blower shutoff. The back of the wall is open to allow access to the underside of the boiler. Already had to get under there to find a water leak. I added a shim to the door latch to tighten it which helped, still getting a little smoke leakage and will probably have to re-silicone. For this season I'll live with it. The poker leaning on the side is what I use to clean the stack. Dropping into the 20's tonight (finally!), hopefully we can get some of this creasote burned out.:greenchainsaw: