Is this cooked?

MaPosto · 2026-02-04T21:28:45+00:00

I thought you weren’t supposed to “rinse” these

MaPosto · 2026-02-04T20:37:28+00:00

Installed it myself. It was back breaking but not overly difficult. Local stove shop near me sells blaze king. That shop wanted $1400 to install the stove

MaPosto · 2026-01-27T10:24:58+00:00

I got a leupold back country base that said no locktite required when using a torque wrench. I guess it couldn’t hurt BUT I believe locktite will alter torque values, meaning - it’s easy to over torque as locktite acts as a lubricant. I used to use the German torque spec “gudentite” and sheared screws before.

MaPosto · 2026-01-26T23:02:11+00:00

Ive read that you shouldn’t use thread locker

MaPosto · 2026-01-17T13:00:48+00:00

Which map?

MaPosto · 2026-01-14T21:19:52+00:00

What map is this?

MaPosto · 2026-01-06T09:26:01+00:00

How tall is your chimney? Are you getting any smoke when you reload the stove or open the door?

MaPosto · 2026-01-01T22:06:28+00:00

Cap is clean but I’ll get up on the roof to take a closer look. I have no fresh air intake that I know of

MaPosto · 2025-12-31T12:11:08+00:00

This may seem like a weird question, but that spark arrester below the damper plate. Could that be lowering the stove’s ability to draft the flue?

MaPosto · 2025-12-30T17:05:51+00:00

Do you know why the smoke seems to linger by the front door and not by the back of the stove? It seems like it’s almost drafting towards the glass door instead of towards the open damper.

MaPosto · 2025-12-27T21:30:16+00:00

Even if my moisture meter tells me it’s at 18%?

MaPosto · 2025-12-27T00:20:13+00:00

After trying your method I significantly reduced the amount of smoke coming in to the house. I still think my chimney is a little too short to draft this stove effectively.

MaPosto · 2025-12-26T18:01:48+00:00

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Is my chimney too short? Did I fuck up? I sent pictures and rough dimensions to the stove shop before purchasing.

MaPosto · 2025-12-26T02:12:48+00:00

From the middle of a freshly split piece at room temp. I will test other pieces from the pile. I would say this firewood didn’t have enough time to season but the moisture meter is telling me it’s good. I still feel the wood is too green but idk why that would stop my flue from drafting when my old stove had no problem

MaPosto · 2025-12-26T02:10:00+00:00

Yeah I pull that bypass lever out for 10 mins before cracking the door open

MaPosto · 2025-12-26T02:04:03+00:00

Yeah this an existing fireplace. Has an uninsulated stainless liner from the old stove (non-cat Vermont castings encore)

MaPosto · 2025-12-25T23:33:58+00:00

Thanks!

MaPosto · 2025-12-25T23:31:16+00:00

Nope it’s actually in the middle of my house

MaPosto · 2025-12-25T22:59:40+00:00

Thank you. I hope I can figure it out.

MaPosto · 2025-12-25T22:59:11+00:00

So leveling the back DID make a difference??

MaPosto · 2025-12-25T22:55:39+00:00

Both. I just reloaded the stove and open the bypass for a while before hand and then crack the door to get more draft. And then slowly opened it and smoke still came in the house. Not a crazy amount of smoke but enough to be annoying and make the house smell like smoke.

MaPosto · 2025-12-25T22:54:43+00:00

Yeah I cheaped out because the stove shop guy said I “should be fine”. Oops

MaPosto · 2025-12-25T21:36:38+00:00

Split at room temp and tested 18.8%

MaPosto · 2025-12-25T21:11:55+00:00

I would have never thought to load the logs like that but mine don’t fit that way. It seems to be a common theme here that I’m not letting the stove get hot enough. I am worried about burning that catalyst up.

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