Wood Heat Thread ~ post pics

I bypassed the thermostat fan control on my Elite. It’s not difficult. The thermostat is located behind the first brick to the right…

 

^^^^ Federal Airtight! We had one of those for many years. We bought a window kit for the front doors so we could see some fire; they didn't really stay clean for very long though because the stove wasn't designed to keep air flowing over them. Ours had a "catalytic combustor" which supposedly burned off excess residue in the smoke. It was a PITA to maintain.

 

Getting the big OsBurn Horizon ZC in the front door of the Idaho build





Stone hearth & either quartz or tile surround.
Rheostat blower switch on side wall.
8 " triple wall class A with a 25 ft run in insulated chase.
Stove is set up 18 inches



Buttoned up with the Durock

 

share no expense ! I like that

 

you are one busy beaver with energy

 

Took the splitter and finished up what I couldn’t axe. Around 3 1/2-4 cords I think. Hauling starts next weekend maybe.


70pcs out of that one wafer.

 

Love me a wood stove

 

Love a good fire...

 

Just wanted to share a tip I got for the pellet stove. To clean the glass, barely wet a rag, dab in fine ash and wipe clean.

 

Was told the same for my wood stove

 

Burning locust and running the stove hotter, during the cold spell, seems to have degraded the air tight nature of the stove. It runs even turned down all the way.

 

Question for the group, hopefully easy to follow and thank you for your time:


I have a drolet 1800 wood insert, the vermiculite baffle is/has been cracked since I purchased the home (cleanly right down the center so i have still been using it moderately) from what I can see on the interwebs it happens pretty easy as this is a somewhat fragile material.

Also on the interwebs I see that I can potentially replace the vermiculite with a c-cast baffle? is this worth it, last longer? What’s more efficient?

C cast is considerably more expensive. So I can go through a few vermiculite for the price of one. also if I’m missing something and these materials aren’t interchangeable shoot this down too.

(Any luck with knock off from Amazonn? )

The c-cast baffle seems to come from maybe a sister company from drolet, “Osburn” but the dimensions are the same..

Also I guess I could reach out to drolet but TW is more fun of course..

Link to my stove/replacement parts https://www.drolet.ca/us/en/parts-and-manuals/db03125/

Osburn stove with same dimension https://www.osburn-mfg.com/en/replacement-parts/parts-list/?productId=OB02016

prices from manufacturers:

 

I agree on the PITA , but once it’s going it not too bad, but I wouldn’t do it again…..

 

check the gasket door seal, pinch a piece of paper in the closed door and feel for drag. If the paper pulls freely, the seal is compressed and needs replaced.

 

These baffles are a rather recent introduction to wood burners. Yes, they increase burn efficiency, but,....how much.

I would run the split one until it fell out. Then I would replace at and be careful while loading wood.

 

I will. Thanks.
I do that every summer.
A few years ago I removed the top and resealed it.