Mike, you inspired me after watching your fire starting video. I still struggle at times to get a fire started. This summer I'm going to extended my fresh air intake pipe/duct for the stove from pulling crawl space air to outside air. This might help with keeping the crawl space a little warmer? Take care!
@@tbb10785 not to I understand your set up but it is all about it being able to draw easily. Your chimney extends past the highest point on your roof line? Have you ever tried cracking a window that is close to your fireplace for the first 10 min or so? I need to open a window a bit to get the fireplace started in the garage. Cheers, Mike.
My air feed for the stove is a 4 inch opening in the back which I connected to a 4 metal dryer duct tubing. Cut a hole in the hearth so it's pulling air from my crawl space. I think I'll extend it to the outside this summer which will only have one 90 degree elbow so it should flow easily. Yes, we had a house in the past where we had to crack a window on fire startup. I was thinking this house would be that tight so that's why I'm pulling air from outside the living quarters.
Hello. From the back corner to the stone work about 12 inches and it gets larger as you get to the front of the stove. FYI, we removed the sheetrock and replaced with cement backerboard for the stone work. The hottest fires heat the stone work to about 125 degrees fahrenheit according to my infrared temp reader, so not that hot. The back of the stove has a heat shield so most of the heat is from the sides and front. Hope this helps!
J'ai le meme poêle a bois que vous. Mais le compartiment a cendre en dessous est toujours vides et il faut que je les enlève part le haut. Avez vous une idées pourquoi celas fait sa
Hello! I'm not sure what to do with the small "ash" drawer. I scoop out the ashes once they've cooled into a metal bucket and save for the garden. I can't think a good use for this compartment?
You have it down to a science! Nice instruction video. Thanks for sharing. Cheers, Mike.
Mike, you inspired me after watching your fire starting video. I still struggle at times to get a fire started. This summer I'm going to extended my fresh air intake pipe/duct for the stove from pulling crawl space air to outside air. This might help with keeping the crawl space a little warmer? Take care!
@@tbb10785 not to I understand your set up but it is all about it being able to draw easily. Your chimney extends past the highest point on your roof line? Have you ever tried cracking a window that is close to your fireplace for the first 10 min or so? I need to open a window a bit to get the fireplace started in the garage. Cheers, Mike.
My air feed for the stove is a 4 inch opening in the back which I connected to a 4 metal dryer duct tubing. Cut a hole in the hearth so it's pulling air from my crawl space. I think I'll extend it to the outside this summer which will only have one 90 degree elbow so it should flow easily. Yes, we had a house in the past where we had to crack a window on fire startup. I was thinking this house would be that tight so that's why I'm pulling air from outside the living quarters.
@@tbb10785 sounds like a good system. Hopefully changing the intake a bit will help. Sounds like a good video idea! Cheers, Mike.
What is your clearance from the back wall?
Hello. From the back corner to the stone work about 12 inches and it gets larger as you get to the front of the stove. FYI, we removed the sheetrock and replaced with cement backerboard for the stone work. The hottest fires heat the stone work to about 125 degrees fahrenheit according to my infrared temp reader, so not that hot. The back of the stove has a heat shield so most of the heat is from the sides and front. Hope this helps!
J'ai le meme poêle a bois que vous. Mais le compartiment a cendre en dessous est toujours vides et il faut que je les enlève part le haut. Avez vous une idées pourquoi celas fait sa
Hello! I'm not sure what to do with the small "ash" drawer. I scoop out the ashes once they've cooled into a metal bucket and save for the garden. I can't think a good use for this compartment?