TFPace, I didn't take pics while I was modifying the stove, I wished I had now. I built the building to match the house cause its pretty close 80 feet.
GG, The building is nice when the wind is blowing, I didn't close it in until a couple of months ago. The stove was in the open from Jan,09. I used to fire a carolina water stove 15 years before I built this house while I was living in a mobile home and it was in the open. Got some experience on firing in the rain,wind. Didn't think I was going to have to fire a water stove after building a new tight house,, that was until the propane went over 3.00 a gallon in 07 and two chimney fires from burning a open fireplace. It's hard to stop using a water stove after having one that long. That deflector plate is a plate to deflect the smoke from coming out while feeding it. I hated the smoke coming out and smoking up the front of the stove. There's a plate inside of the firebox just below the tubes to make the fire burn alittle hotter and keep some of the ashes from going down the tubes. When I added the extra water I did change the supply outlets and the over flow tube. I put a water site tube in the back too. I didn't change the returns. The aquastat does great, I think it does better with alot of water over it. It's not setting in the top hottest part of the water. I do think the building helps with the wood consumption. For right now I didn't insulate it, I wanted to see how the building does with out insulation.