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[ssr]

about to see what the scrapper will give me for the whole thing.lol

[ssr]

will trade for a crappy looking one that works good.lol

[RSI]

the grate is removable .you think i should just build the fire on the bottom of the fire box?i havent tried that one

Yes.
There are a lot of brands that don't have grates at all.
You need to get a coal bed a few inches thick built up when you don't have a grate for it to work good.

[ssr]

i will try that one tomorrow.cant get the grate out right now  . hopefully it will work

[rosewood]

you do have good wood to burn? and your sure that fan is putting out a good flow of air? that fan is rotating the right way?squirril cage was installed from factory in right direction?

[ssr]

you do have good wood to burn? and your sure that fan is putting out a good flow of air? that fan is rotating the right way?squirril cage was installed from factory in right direction?

was burning oak,running low now.positive the fan is putting out air.

[ssr]

getting some hedge shortly.but i still need a good air flow no matter what im burning.

[Scott7m]

Is the wood green??  If its wet or green it really makes problems 10x worse

On another note....  I'd rather have dry pine as green or wet oak, you lose over half the available btu if Your burning wood that is not properly seasoned

[willieG]

i think the best thing to try is the idea of removing the grates and just trying the wood without them.

[ssr]

its a mix now im just about out,the wood coming is seasoned hedge.the wood i had before was seasoned oak and green bs mixed. will the hedge be to much if i load it half full

[Scott7m]

In your stove I have no idea, in a stove that shuts down properly and seals the air out it's no big deal but where we haven't seen any consistency on your stove so far I'm not sure what will happen

Did you ever switch the pump from top to bottom?

Also, if it burns correctly and you have no way of shutting all air off to the stove it should boil over in less than an hour and probably look like a geyser

[MattyNH]

Is your stack plugged?.. Not sure how high it is...I had a problem last spring..The very top of my stack was pretty much plugged up..Inch thick of creosote  and the opening was about the size of a golf ball..Like I said It was at the very top of the stack..Rest of the pipe was clean...When it was plugged up..It didn't matter with forced air etc...That fire would not burn like it should when the door was shut....Almost seemed like it was putting itself out when the door was shut..Not to mentioned..Door gasket was all gooed up....

[beeman]

i would try dumping some sand or dirt about 12inches back from the door all the way to the top of the fire greate this way the air has to go up through fire first  easy test