Totally enjoyed watching your video. We installed a Buck Stove model 81 a few years ago. I harvest my own wood and everything. Such an enjoyable hobby. Turns out that I struggle with the dry heat, though. Bad bout with recent pneumonia. We set a pot with about 2” of water and a dab of Vick’s Vapor Rub on the stove. It helps. Thanks for sharing!!
Thank you for watching and for the compliment! I struggle with the dry heat too, it’s so much worse from the forced air natural gas furnace. I was thinking to put a bigger pot of water on the wood stove actually. This little one I refill 2-3 times a day. Pneumonia is no good hope you’re feeling better!
My Quadrafire woodstove is security for my cabin home in the forest. It is 40 years old and still works like a champ. An easy and fun way to make an abundance of kindling is to purchase a KINDLING CRACKER. It is a hand forged iron device that is as addictive as it is functional. I have the XL version and love it! A must have for any family with a woodstove . Children can use it too and they enjoy it. You use a 3lb sledge hammer. No axe! Amazon sells them. You need a stove top Eco Fan also. I would NEVER leave my woodstove door open all the way once a fire was going. Sap in the wood or bark pops occasionally too, not just wet wood. Best wishes.
You have a good point about sap too, I should have mentioned that. About the time I trust looking away from it I’ll hear a POP! Years back we lost power twice in COLD winter night. That was when we decided to get a wood stove. Haven’t lost power since! 😂 Also, the kindling cracker is awesome! I have one here and at my camper. One of my next videos will be making kindling with the cracker. Very under rated tool, and I also have the 3lb drilling hammer to go with! Thanks for watching and for the comment, have a great day!
Bob, have you made any videos showing how you load up the stove for an overnight burn or a video on showing differences when you adjust the secondary air damper?
I live in Workington in the U.K. …… that should be the Woman’s job on a morning !!!!!!!!!! However things change over decades and yes You have guessed it , it’s normally me that does this 😩 It will be fun tomorrow , My great granddaughter is staying tonight ( she’s 5 ) I’m only 64 though 😂 And for fun , I’ll show her how to light the fire and obviously show her safely ( they have gas central heat heating .) All the best for Christmas and the new year of 2025
My neighbor just added a Geo Thermal system to his home and attached garage after 25 years of using two wood stoves. He loves it and wishes he would have installed it ten years ago. He Could gave been selling the firewood unstead of burning it up. He's 66 y.o. and still uses the stove once or twice a week.
I’ve heard that but never tried it, will do sometime soon. Thank you, this stove has been great for us and lets us have less reliance on the natural gas furnace. Plus wood heat just feels different. Happy New Year!
I very love my use defiant encore,and encore, two use catalytic very very good wood stove i never get,two of them i buy from facebook from difference area,i just start burn month ago so lovely made my house warm.
Thanks for making this video. I wish there were more on this same model. I’ve got the same stove and have never scooped any ash out of the stove. I might be wrong but I feel like you’re just wasting your time doing that. I just pull the pan out and empty that every couple days, and the ash in the stove just seems to remain at a constant level that I’ve been told is actually beneficial for the stove.
I used to go crazier and clean everything out completely, remove the grate and vacuum it out, when I first started using it. I haven’t removed the grate since the beginning of this season. But I still do rake it every morning. I’ve found the coals burn better. Better airflow it seems by shuffling it around and getting the fine dust down into the pan. Last few days the stove has been running non stop, so I just rake it a little, then take the pan outside to my metal ash bin. Thanks for watching!
First, I understand that there is some advantage to leaving an inch of ash. No need to start with a perfectly clean fire box. Second, I see that it's a secondary combustion system rather than catalytic. That's great. Secondary combustion stoves are ultimately more efficient. The reason is that the chemical coating on the cat are used up within around 3 years. Now, to maintain the high efficiency of a cat stove, you have to replace it. It's so expensive that few make this choice. By contrast, a secondary combustion stove uses stainless steel tubes with small holes drilled in them to deliver air to mix with the smoke and allow it to combust at high temps. It was my job to order these parts. In 13 years, I ordered a few replacement secondary combustion tubes. However, I did order several cats. Once, I had to go install one. It was held in place with bolts that had been heated and cooled many times and were all absolutely seized. Not a simple problem. Also, a filthy, difficult job. Last thing, pro tip, wile you shouldn't need to clean the pyroceram glass window on a stove like this. If you do, just get a bowl of water and dip a rag or towel into it and then into the ashes. Then scrub at the creosote, ash, and soot and it'll come clean right away. Good luck!
I have always wondered about the catalytic stoves and recently saw one in person. I was impressed with how it worked but not sure on maintenance. This stove is super easy to light, use, and maintain. I did opt for the outside air kit so the stove is pulling in air from outside the house for combustion. Thanks for watching!
I burn around the clock, with two, 12-hour loads. I fill the stove with wood and simply let the hot coals start the flames. Once most of the wood is in flame, I close the external air duct, which still allows a very small amount of air through. The heat then comes from the smoke burning in the secondary air ducts and from the catalytic converter. Heat continues for 12 hours and plenty of coals remain for the next batch. I heat a 2500 sq. ft., well insulated house in northern New Hampshire with just the Woodstock Ideal Steel stove. I let the stove cool down once every two weeks to clean out the ash.
It’s a pretty small stove that I have. If I really cram it full at night and dampen it almost all the way closed I’ll still have coals in the morning. Which model Lopi do you have? At some point I may replace this with something just a little bigger.
@@BacktoBob1great set up, I love the fan behind, The door doesn’t seem to seal that good when you showed opening the door, maybe a tighter sealing on the door might help keeping it going longer 🤷♂️
im sold on catalytic stoves..i load my small stove twice a day and there is always plenty of hot coals left to get the fire going..even upwards of 18 hours there cam be enough hot coals..you want to be absolutely sure your wood is seasoned with a moisture content below 20%..meters are like 20 bucks ..and if you want the best of the best burn the compressed sawdust blocks..they are amazing and will spoil you..they are around 10% moisture or less and burn so much better than firewood!..you will never want to go back to regular firewood trust me..
What model catalytic stove do you have? I’m not sure I could fit one in this small space but I love the idea of only loading twice a day. This doesn’t really “go through” the wood fast but you need to load it several times a day. I do have a moisture meter, super handy tool and cheaper than most people think. Thanks for watching!
@@BacktoBob1 i have the Vermont Castings Dutchwest 2461..its not much bigger than yours..its a 1993 model..some say its the best stove vermont castings ever made..there are others like it with the dutchwest name made by Consolidated, but are inferior and some are made in Taiwan..Vermont castings bought the Dutchwest name and stove patent but redesigned the stove when they made them starting in 1993..they made 3 different sizes and mine the 2461 is the middle size
@@rat8356 Nice, thanks for the info! At some point I’m wanting to build a cabin. I might take this Morso out to the cabin and put something different in its place.
Omg I have this exact stove and just lit it! Also mine has the exact same crack in the back firebrick, too funny and weird… Wondering how you got the handle to stay on? That’s one thing I don’t like about this model, having to pick it up and slip it on every time I want open the door. Does it get too hot to touch being there all the time?
That’s interesting, I had just assumed that I was missing hardware. I went to the hardware store and got a stainless metric allen screw to hold the handle in place. If the stove is burning 400-500 chimney temperature it’s bearable. If the thing is burning at 600-700 the handle gets pretty hot. I’ll use it quick or use the included oven mitt to open it.
Also the firebrick crack I think happened last year. I was going to hopefully order a whole new brick set and maybe even a door glass. Even though it doesn’t need replacement yet, just don’t want to get into a bad spot if and when some day I need those parts. Been really happy overall with this stove though!
@@BacktoBob1 thanks for that! I may try screwing mine on too. My installer told me the handle comes that way. I’m also happy with it overall, glass stays pretty clean and with good hardwood it will burn almost all night.
@@phunkyx9773 I can’t remember for sure how I did it. Maybe there was a section of double threads too? Honestly if you want I’d take it apart and make a quick video to show what’s in there.
Bob does the Morso wood stove have a fresh air vent to draw outside air? Just found your channel a day ago so I haven't dug in to deep on researching Morso other than it is based in Denmark.
It does. The “fresh air kit” was like a $29 option and all it really is, is a hose adapter that bolts into the back of the stove. I used a fixed dryer vent (no flapper but has mesh to protect from rodents) basically to go through the wall, then some flexible air duct tube to connect to that. Soon I’m going to do another video with this stove to address some questions I’ve been getting about it and I’ll make sure to cover the fresh air inlet.
@@BacktoBob1 Cool! I had a Napoleon wood stove back in the early 2000's and I never saw the need for one. I never had a computer either so never knew the benefits of having one on the wood stove.
You shouldn't remove those ashes, I dont know how you are loading it for the over night burn but it will last longer and burn better with a good 4-5 inches of ash left in there. You shouldn't have to relight in the morning.
I’ve played around some more if I get a good pile of coals in there, then stack 3-4 nice size splits and dampen it down, it’ll burn til morning. Just had to find that sweet spot.
If I really cram it full, and dampen the air down I can get it to last all night. But it’s been very mild here, that room would get up to 85 degrees at 3 in the morning. 😂 What kind of stove do you have? Thanks for watching!
@@oldsteamguy it's included in the Morso 7110b manual, but I bet other manuals include this in instructions. The layer of ash insulates the start-up fire. More insulation means a quick jump to clean, efficient operating temps.
@@ceegmanthat’s my thoughts . Never empty the ash until you need to . I’m in the U.K. and have heard of the Morso fires , there supposed to be very good . Now , I o notice with the grate and the ash pan it must be a multi fuel fire , so if burning just wood , I’ll let the ashes build up on the grate and the ash pan gets emptied maybe twice a week , it burns better with the ash and actually uses less wood . Now if Your burn wood through the day which I do , then at night get the fire hot , give the grate a quick poke and riddle to get air below put some smokeless coal on 2 medium shovels ( like a dust pan ) will keep the house lovely and warm until mid morning . If burning wood an empty fire ( no ashes ) is hungry fire . Give it a try . Best wishes for Christmas and New Year 2025 😀
Totally enjoyed watching your video. We installed a Buck Stove model 81 a few years ago. I harvest my own wood and everything. Such an enjoyable hobby. Turns out that I struggle with the dry heat, though. Bad bout with recent pneumonia. We set a pot with about 2” of water and a dab of Vick’s Vapor Rub on the stove. It helps. Thanks for sharing!!
Thank you for watching and for the compliment! I struggle with the dry heat too, it’s so much worse from the forced air natural gas furnace. I was thinking to put a bigger pot of water on the wood stove actually. This little one I refill 2-3 times a day. Pneumonia is no good hope you’re feeling better!
Lucky you I have to pay £172per pallet for my wood🇬🇧
I run a fire 24/7 for weeks at a time. 23 acres of oak forest supplies 10X what i need every year
If I had a wood burning stove in my house, I’d be sleeping next to it every evening.
Haha it is so nice. The dog’s favorite spot is also next to the stove, I’ll send you some pictures.
My Quadrafire woodstove is security for my cabin home in the forest. It is 40 years old and still works like a champ.
An easy and fun way to make an abundance of kindling is to purchase a KINDLING CRACKER. It is a hand forged iron device that is as addictive as it is functional. I have the XL version and love it! A must have for any family with a woodstove . Children can use it too and they enjoy it. You use a 3lb sledge hammer. No axe! Amazon sells them.
You need a stove top Eco Fan also.
I would NEVER leave my woodstove door open all the way once a fire was going. Sap in the wood or bark pops occasionally too, not just wet wood.
Best wishes.
You have a good point about sap too, I should have mentioned that. About the time I trust looking away from it I’ll hear a POP!
Years back we lost power twice in COLD winter night. That was when we decided to get a wood stove. Haven’t lost power since! 😂
Also, the kindling cracker is awesome! I have one here and at my camper. One of my next videos will be making kindling with the cracker. Very under rated tool, and I also have the 3lb drilling hammer to go with! Thanks for watching and for the comment, have a great day!
Bob, have you made any videos showing how you load up the stove for an overnight burn or a video on showing differences when you adjust the secondary air damper?
Great video thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
I live in Workington in the U.K. …… that should be the Woman’s job on a morning !!!!!!!!!!
However things change over decades and yes You have guessed it , it’s normally me that does this 😩
It will be fun tomorrow , My great granddaughter is staying tonight ( she’s 5 ) I’m only 64 though 😂
And for fun , I’ll show her how to light the fire and obviously show her safely ( they have gas central heat heating .)
All the best for Christmas and the new year of 2025
Nice stove👍
Thanks!
My neighbor just added a Geo Thermal system to his home and attached garage after 25 years of using two wood stoves.
He loves it and wishes he would have installed it ten years ago.
He
Could gave been selling the firewood unstead of burning it up.
He's 66 y.o. and still uses the stove once or twice a week.
I’ve heard good things about geothermal.
nice stove
Try the top down fire starting method. Works great. Nice stove!
I’ve heard that but never tried it, will do sometime soon. Thank you, this stove has been great for us and lets us have less reliance on the natural gas furnace. Plus wood heat just feels different.
Happy New Year!
Nicht bei jedem ofen funktioniert das!!!!👍🇩🇪
You were right!
I very love my use defiant encore,and encore, two use catalytic very very good wood stove i never get,two of them i buy from facebook from difference area,i just start burn month ago so lovely made my house warm.
Thanks for making this video. I wish there were more on this same model. I’ve got the same stove and have never scooped any ash out of the stove. I might be wrong but I feel like you’re just wasting your time doing that. I just pull the pan out and empty that every couple days, and the ash in the stove just seems to remain at a constant level that I’ve been told is actually beneficial for the stove.
I used to go crazier and clean everything out completely, remove the grate and vacuum it out, when I first started using it.
I haven’t removed the grate since the beginning of this season. But I still do rake it every morning. I’ve found the coals burn better. Better airflow it seems by shuffling it around and getting the fine dust down into the pan.
Last few days the stove has been running non stop, so I just rake it a little, then take the pan outside to my metal ash bin. Thanks for watching!
First, I understand that there is some advantage to leaving an inch of ash. No need to start with a perfectly clean fire box.
Second, I see that it's a secondary combustion system rather than catalytic. That's great.
Secondary combustion stoves are ultimately more efficient. The reason is that the chemical coating on the cat are used up within around 3 years. Now, to maintain the high efficiency of a cat stove, you have to replace it. It's so expensive that few make this choice.
By contrast, a secondary combustion stove uses stainless steel tubes with small holes drilled in them to deliver air to mix with the smoke and allow it to combust at high temps. It was my job to order these parts. In 13 years, I ordered a few replacement secondary combustion tubes. However, I did order several cats.
Once, I had to go install one. It was held in place with bolts that had been heated and cooled many times and were all absolutely seized. Not a simple problem. Also, a filthy, difficult job.
Last thing, pro tip, wile you shouldn't need to clean the pyroceram glass window on a stove like this. If you do, just get a bowl of water and dip a rag or towel into it and then into the ashes. Then scrub at the creosote, ash, and soot and it'll come clean right away.
Good luck!
I have always wondered about the catalytic stoves and recently saw one in person. I was impressed with how it worked but not sure on maintenance.
This stove is super easy to light, use, and maintain. I did opt for the outside air kit so the stove is pulling in air from outside the house for combustion.
Thanks for watching!
I burn around the clock, with two, 12-hour loads. I fill the stove with wood and simply let the hot coals start the flames.
Once most of the wood is in flame, I close the external air duct, which still allows a very small amount of air through.
The heat then comes from the smoke burning in the secondary air ducts and from the catalytic converter.
Heat continues for 12 hours and plenty of coals remain for the next batch. I heat a 2500 sq. ft., well insulated house in northern New Hampshire with just the Woodstock Ideal Steel stove.
I let the stove cool down once every two weeks to clean out the ash.
I keep hearing about the catalytic stoves and it makes me want to upgrade.
try the Swiss method of lighting your stove 🔥🔥🔥 you will save a lot of time....
Will try!
What’s the Swiss method🤔
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Why are you having to light a fire every morning?
My lopi will hold coals and come back to life in the morning while I fix coffee
It’s a pretty small stove that I have. If I really cram it full at night and dampen it almost all the way closed I’ll still have coals in the morning.
Which model Lopi do you have? At some point I may replace this with something just a little bigger.
I have a Lopi Endeavor. Thx for sharing your tips on starting a fire! I am a newbie! ☺️
@@BacktoBob1great set up, I love the fan behind,
The door doesn’t seem to seal that good when you showed opening the door, maybe a tighter sealing on the door might help keeping it going longer 🤷♂️
@@Thedar561 Yeah the rope gasket on the doors could use to be replaced. I’ll be doing that at the end of this season.
@@BacktoBob1 I’d say it will
Make a big difference in performance
im sold on catalytic stoves..i load my small stove twice a day and there is always plenty of hot coals left to get the fire going..even upwards of 18 hours there cam be enough hot coals..you want to be absolutely sure your wood is seasoned with a moisture content below 20%..meters are like 20 bucks ..and if you want the best of the best burn the compressed sawdust blocks..they are amazing and will spoil you..they are around 10% moisture or less and burn so much better than firewood!..you will never want to go back to regular firewood trust me..
What model catalytic stove do you have? I’m not sure I could fit one in this small space but I love the idea of only loading twice a day. This doesn’t really “go through” the wood fast but you need to load it several times a day.
I do have a moisture meter, super handy tool and cheaper than most people think. Thanks for watching!
@@BacktoBob1 i have the Vermont Castings Dutchwest 2461..its not much bigger than yours..its a 1993 model..some say its the best stove vermont castings ever made..there are others like it with the dutchwest name made by Consolidated, but are inferior and some are made in Taiwan..Vermont castings bought the Dutchwest name and stove patent but redesigned the stove when they made them starting in 1993..they made 3 different sizes and mine the 2461 is the middle size
@@rat8356 Nice, thanks for the info! At some point I’m wanting to build a cabin. I might take this Morso out to the cabin and put something different in its place.
Omg I have this exact stove and just lit it! Also mine has the exact same crack in the back firebrick, too funny and weird… Wondering how you got the handle to stay on? That’s one thing I don’t like about this model, having to pick it up and slip it on every time I want open the door. Does it get too hot to touch being there all the time?
That’s interesting, I had just assumed that I was missing hardware. I went to the hardware store and got a stainless metric allen screw to hold the handle in place.
If the stove is burning 400-500 chimney temperature it’s bearable. If the thing is burning at 600-700 the handle gets pretty hot. I’ll use it quick or use the included oven mitt to open it.
Also the firebrick crack I think happened last year. I was going to hopefully order a whole new brick set and maybe even a door glass. Even though it doesn’t need replacement yet, just don’t want to get into a bad spot if and when some day I need those parts. Been really happy overall with this stove though!
@@BacktoBob1 thanks for that! I may try screwing mine on too. My installer told me the handle comes that way.
I’m also happy with it overall, glass stays pretty clean and with good hardwood it will burn almost all night.
@@phunkyx9773 I can’t remember for sure how I did it. Maybe there was a section of double threads too? Honestly if you want I’d take it apart and make a quick video to show what’s in there.
Bob does the Morso wood stove have a fresh air vent to draw outside air? Just found your channel a day ago so I haven't dug in to deep on researching Morso other than it is based in Denmark.
It does. The “fresh air kit” was like a $29 option and all it really is, is a hose adapter that bolts into the back of the stove.
I used a fixed dryer vent (no flapper but has mesh to protect from rodents) basically to go through the wall, then some flexible air duct tube to connect to that.
Soon I’m going to do another video with this stove to address some questions I’ve been getting about it and I’ll make sure to cover the fresh air inlet.
@@BacktoBob1 Cool! I had a Napoleon wood stove back in the early 2000's and I never saw the need for one. I never had a computer either so never knew the benefits of having one on the wood stove.
You shouldn't remove those ashes, I dont know how you are loading it for the over night burn but it will last longer and burn better with a good 4-5 inches of ash left in there. You shouldn't have to relight in the morning.
I’ve played around some more if I get a good pile of coals in there, then stack 3-4 nice size splits and dampen it down, it’ll burn til morning. Just had to find that sweet spot.
Why do you let it go out my stove will last 10 hours or more filled up
If I really cram it full, and dampen the air down I can get it to last all night. But it’s been very mild here, that room would get up to 85 degrees at 3 in the morning. 😂
What kind of stove do you have? Thanks for watching!
@BacktoBob1 I'm in Tennessee mild climate also I have a master forge steel stove That's the down side to a cast iron stove their not air tight
Need to get Morgan's fire starter. You won't need kindling.
I’ve seen it’s quite popular.
You'd better keep some ashes before starting a new fire......
why?
@@oldsteamguy it's included in the Morso 7110b manual, but I bet other manuals include this in instructions. The layer of ash insulates the start-up fire. More insulation means a quick jump to clean, efficient operating temps.
@@ceegmanthat’s my thoughts .
Never empty the ash until you need to .
I’m in the U.K. and have heard of the Morso fires , there supposed to be very good .
Now , I o notice with the grate and the ash pan it must be a multi fuel fire , so if burning just wood , I’ll let the ashes build up on the grate and the ash pan gets emptied maybe twice a week , it burns better with the ash and actually uses less wood .
Now if Your burn wood through the day which I do , then at night get the fire hot , give the grate a quick poke and riddle to get air below put some smokeless coal on 2 medium shovels ( like a dust pan ) will keep the house lovely and warm until mid morning .
If burning wood an empty fire ( no ashes ) is hungry fire .
Give it a try .
Best wishes for Christmas and New Year 2025 😀