Freakingstang
Doctor Freakinstein
lit mine for the first time last night. Been behind all year
It's doesn't sound like you have a blockage problem since increasing the air inlet (and temperature) helped - the flue was able to flow well enough.
Maybe it wasn't all that cold and the temperature difference was not enough to make a good draft?
Was it windy (it's pretty still here this morning).
Well, I have a dial calipers, so I could measure really small amounts of snow - would that be enough? I'm really not (mentally) ready for snow yet! I guess that doesn't matter though, as it will snow when it snows.Weather people are talking about the first measurable snowfall of the season happening on Monday. Maybe up to 6 inches. I saw one of my neighbors put his snow blower on his garden tractor today. What can you expect for Wisconsin weather
Here in Centex i started our fireplace Wednesday. Been a long time since i had a fire going. Sure was nice!!
Well, we just dipped below 30deg early this morning, heading up to 50 and the sun is bright. I think I will load the little stove once and do some work on that damper linkage on the big stove.
It won't be long until we're in the mode where the fire rarely goes out, and it's just a matter of keeping the ashes down and loading in more.
We're in the Eastern corner of Berks Co - it's only flurried a bit here so far. I'm in no hurry for more, mind you!
I decided 35deg was cold enough for the big stove, so it's cranking away now. Tossed a tulip split in with the rest - instafire! I love that stuff.
I smeared a thin coat of anti-seize on the control rod wear surfaces and it moves nice and smooth now.
It doesn't really get that hot. The rod runs in brackets welded to the bottom of the stove, under the fire brick. The door shutter slides up against the bottom steel plate, but again it is under the fire brick. The whole assembly is above the ash pan, which is semi-enclosed and right at the air intake, so even if it smoked a little it would likely be pulled right into the stove.How hot does that part get? The reason I'm asking is because there might be a chance the heat would burn that off? Maybe some high-temp grease instead?
How hot does that part get? The reason I'm asking is because there might be a chance the heat would burn that off? Maybe some high-temp grease instead?
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