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Definitely well done the ambiance of a fire is hard to beat. Now about this cat. Does it have a bypass you open close for startup and reloads or is it just always in the exhaust stream? Is there a cat thermometer or a active/inactive indicator? And can you see it if you look up in the...

If you refuel when the load has burned down to embers(as I've described a few times in this thread) there is very little risk of flying debris vs the chuck a piece or three in as they fit method. That said I'd be very vigilant about flying sparks if it were my setup. All of my stoves are on...

It's more about efficiency(burning cold air instead of previously heated room air), and smoke and co spillage. In order for smoke to go out the chimney that air that caused the combustion needs to be replaced within the home, otherwise.....no draft. It is coming from outside the home whether...

Normally there is unless a house is super super sealed and has lots of other venting type of appliances running like hood ranges, bathroom fans etc. The big plus is that nearly all the air that is used for the stove combustion is unheated outside air vs already heated inside air that is being...

You tweaked my interest here. I have been over the b365 a lot in the past, had a online subscription through my WETT certification and had plenty of bits in my course materials. But it seems to me that the b365 changed its requirements on fresh air intakes from a requirement to only required...

Doesn't surprise me one bit. I inspected and cleaned many not to code installations that had previously passed WETT inspection. CAI requirement is sidestepped around/ignored on many installs I believe. I've seen new installs without it when I was sweeping a few years ago, It adds sometimes...

Sounds good Sean. The number one way to know that a modern reburn stove is burning properly is there should be no visible smoke out the stack once a load is settled in and up to temp. Steam will sometimes be present like a vapor trail(depending on the weather), it will be white and dissipate...

You could've put a screen.......just saying.:P

A magnahelic is what was recommended in the courses I took to measure draft and that's what my chimney cleaning supplier sold for checking draft but I never bought one. I didn't install only serviced and mainly sweeping, no one wanted to pay what it would take to get that involved when most of...

I've never known anyone who's actively measured draft or seen anyone with a setup when I was cleaning systems for a couple of years. I only ever checked draft with a match after cleaning. Light a match, snuff it out and see if the cold chimney/stove would draw the smoke up. Somewhere I...

There is almost endless info out there on draft if one is interested. Besides the basic theories of how a chimney works, height, size, outside air temp/pressure. I'd encourage anyone interested to look into or think about their house as a whole system. Because many of the design, use or...

Seems like it would work. Shielding greatly reduces the temps of the wall behind it. I have some shielding in my basement stove install and I've monitored the shield temps and the wall behind temps(with a IR thermometer) and can't recall the numbers off hand but my conclusion was the shielding...

I haven't read through it all. But this may help/be of interest to you Kyle. If not search around on that site, you'll find your answers and ideas for solutions. https://www.hearth.com/articles/hearth-design-for-wood-pellet-and-coal-stoves/

I used duravent duraliner for the rigid insulated liner installation. It's SS, high quality product Slammer install. Where a insert is slammed into a chimney and either straight vented into it or a short section of pipe more commonly jutting up into the chimney/smoke shelf. Super dangerous...

First off, beautiful cookstove Dave. I recall you have another quite beautiful stove setup too I think? When I was really young we had a wood cookstove. Form, function, a woodburners dream. Kyle I would be leery of installing a chimney liner like you described. Definitely not the intended...

I've seen many run that way for years, even decades. Just things to be aware of. Sometimes a smaller stovepipe dumping into a large masonry chimney can have a tendency to cause the draft to weaken and cause buildup right where the stovepipe dumps into the masonry too. Many masonry chimneys...

Place is still full of miscreants I see!

Can I ask Scott if you have a cap on the chimney? If you burn decent wood at proper temps it's not uncommon for a masonry chimney to be somewhat self sustaining, espescially if there is no cap. The bit of rain that gets down helps to wash the flaky creosote off. One warning is creosote when...

Well I had typed out a short novel which was somehow misplaced/lost. Basically stovetop and stovepipe are the two temps to be concerned about. And accuracy isn't really all that important. Certainly not to the tenth of a degree of a pot of water on your stovetop. But if it's working for you...