Wood Heat Stoves: What you need to know

Melissa at Lehman's talks about selecting, installing, and maintaining a wood heat stove

Category:

Education

Tags:

• wood
• heat
• stove
• maintenance
• lehman's
• lehmans
• fire
• logs
• ash
• coals
• creosote
• chimney
• hearth

[magna59]

Some nice aims, chimney clean 2 or 3 times a year....why not advise when you know the chimney needs a clean...how do you tell ?

[LehmansHardware]

@magna59, If air seems to be rushing out when the door is opened it may be a sign of creosote build-up. So if you notice more smoke than usual in the room you will want to inspect the chimney for significant build-up or tarry black creosote instead of the normal flaky brown that is achieved with proper firing techniques.

[LehmansHardware]

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[schawn973]

why would you have kids that close to a fire if your worried about a fan?

[miniwoodstove]

The secret to keeping your chimney clean is to burn hot fires, with seasoned hardwoods. It turns the tars into a flaky combustible. The flakes fall back down and burn.

[immensecat]

Who the hell dislikes something like this??! What's wrong with folk?

[JustineBieberxoxo]

Good to see a woman in a kitchen, even if the stove is a little old-fashioned.

[myway43]

I have been using a fireplace insert w/ a blower to heat here in Indiana. I burn about 7 to 8 cords a year. I am wondering if a freestanding stove like this would be better as far as heating goes. Any thoughts?

[jah0524]

300 degrees isn't hot enough. You'll get too much smoke and poor burning at 300 degrees. I burn in the 450-550 degree range.

[994206]

Q. Does the flue pipe going up the chimney have to be rigid? Can flexible pipe be used?

[TheCoolfez]

Oak takes 3 years to season, not one year.

[chimneygeorge]

The controls at the bottom are for air intake, damper controls are usually above burn area. Some systems have a damper in the first exhaust pipe. Cleaning is based on how much wood burned, type of wood and burn habits. For soft wood, I recommend cleaning at 1-2 cords of wood. Hard woods can go a bit more you may be able to burn up to 5 cords between sheduled cleanings. If you are unsure how long its been, have some one check it out.

[Gun4Freedom]

@eyechubcunt She did mention chimney cleaning, pay attention.

[gsbacorn]

@LehmansHardware If air rushes out the the door when it is opened, you should not be using the wood burning stove at all! I have used my wood burning stove for four years now with no problems. It's secondary heat, burned occasionaly. About 2 cords a year. I use a chain to rattle around the chimney every year or two to clean it out and it works excellent. If you only burn good cured, dry wood, you can go much longer then that.