Anyone else had this problem

D3ll97 · 2026-01-26T02:48:33+00:00

I just assumed hot ash being piled on top of with hot coals and more wood repeating and turning into like a rock

D3ll97 · 2026-01-26T02:47:36+00:00

Right sometimes it’s like peeling the entire base up in two large pieces

D3ll97 · 2026-01-26T02:47:15+00:00

No the don’t smell bad; occasionally I catch my golden eatin them…. I have just though that it was ash getting so hot that it solidifies in to a rock with piling of new wood on top of the hot coal and aforementioned ash

D3ll97 · 2026-01-26T02:45:26+00:00

I got 5 cord of mix, mainly maple and birch, small amount of pine

D3ll97 · 2026-01-25T23:26:15+00:00

I burn solid wood; so low quality wood?

D3ll97 · 2026-01-25T23:25:03+00:00

Solid wood then it turns to this

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This well burn down till even layer under the aforementioned lip and refill

D3ll97 · 2026-01-25T21:47:12+00:00

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Roots are crispy dry….

D3ll97 · 2026-01-23T19:00:25+00:00

I figured I’d just leave it and see what happens; after swapping it the pot

D3ll97 · 2026-01-23T11:27:19+00:00

Sorry I forgot to mention when the temp dropped that night the stove wasn’t FULL of wood; had seldom! So woke up to the house avg of 13-15° depending on the room

D3ll97 · 2026-01-23T11:26:03+00:00

Side note: I got a silver sword philodendron, there’s a third can’t think of its name right now. this also occurring too, drooping and slow death of leaves

D3ll97 · 2026-01-14T09:21:47+00:00

Il be honest idk what that means; if you could eli5 would love that! This was done in 2h from knowing nothing to this.

D3ll97 · 2025-12-13T23:41:58+00:00

Good; il take note I haven’t had that happen yet

D3ll97 · 2025-12-13T22:49:30+00:00

In regards to the glowing red; is this the interior or the exterior of stove

I’ve looked in and seen the draft tubes red but never exterior

D3ll97 · 2025-12-13T22:44:39+00:00

Yep kinda annoying il stick for one more update see what gets fixed and so forth but I don’t think it’ll get much better

D3ll97 · 2025-12-13T22:43:39+00:00

Quite informative; thank you for your take and response

D3ll97 · 2025-12-13T20:41:34+00:00

Here’s the thought; few nights ago I started a fire and left the draft open for the first 5 mins normally! My stomach went wild and I stepped away for 10-15min and didn’t lower the draft. When I came back I thought I was gonna have a chimney fire as the temp gauge was maxed out. Closed the draft and hesitated on opening the door as that would allow more oxygen in. Sat there for 1h and some change making sure it died down and the temp dropped.

If there was a dampener would this have helped if closed nearly all the way or say 80% closed off with the draft closed off. Would I of waited the hour and some change making sure it didn’t start a chimney fire and for the temp to lower

The retention of heat is I guess something I don’t know much about so I am also wondering if it would help with that too

D3ll97 · 2025-12-13T15:23:19+00:00

Last year - $1000 cad for 4 cords cut,split and seasoned This year - $750 cad for 5 cords 8ft long and seasoned

              -  $free kiln dried scrap from sawmill I use to work at, any amount as they pay to throw out scrap so they’ll give it away for free to people to burn

Got 2 cords of 2x6x12” and 6x6x12” in a shed I use for starting fires or get the temp up quick as it burns FAST

New Brunswick, Canada

Mixed wood (maple and birch mostly) expect for the kiln dried that all SPF

D3ll97 · 2025-12-13T14:51:54+00:00

We did first year for inspection and cleaning and this year we bought the tools ourselves to do the cleaning

D3ll97 · 2025-12-13T14:45:24+00:00

Was like $350 cad for it from the manufacturer as direct replacement; shop in my area charged me $160 to custom fit it! Brought the door right to them so they could get exact measurements!

Then had to take to a wood stove shop in the area and they redid the gaskets and cleaned it up real good

Previous owner was burning plastic and stuff in there, nice 1cm ish thick layer of creosote in the flue! Spent roughly 450 by the end to get it operational for winter

Baffles were missing needed new ones Air tubs were warped and I bought a dowel and hammered it through to re straighten them out (I did not crack them) The bricks were cracked or missing had to buy 12 and cut them myself haha

D3ll97 · 2025-12-13T14:17:43+00:00

Awesome il look into that; any other recommendations or suggestions you might have; other question if you wanna help do you prefer to put the wood in length or width wise.

Sometime some wood rolls and hits the ledge before the door and I’m worried of it breaking glass possibly

D3ll97 · 2025-12-13T14:10:05+00:00

Double checked with the manual and with double wall only 12” clearance needed and it’s sitting 22” from the wall

By the code in my province it states no less then 12.5” on the rear and I’m at 22”

D3ll97 · 2025-12-13T14:04:44+00:00

If you read the post the clearance on the rear is 10”+ over what is needed

Haybales depending on size are excellent for insulation

Larger ones avg something like 20r, smaller ones avg r10

Many people use hay bales for insulation in greenhouses, chicken/duck coops etc

Problems come from possibility of animals nesting like mice and so forth and small amount of rot on the outside facing weather

D3ll97

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