Well 3 months into burning with the new stove and so far no hiccups
big learning curve compared to my heiss heater. I have read many horror stories about the Heiss heaters but honestly I loved mine but too small to heat house and new shop and with it being 6 yrs old and made of concrete I figured moving it would cause problems so I went shopping for new and bought a p&m.
Biggest thing is loading it twice a day. The heiss I could get 24 hrs no problem. I am getting 12 plus hrs no problem with the new one but don't think I would have heat left after 24. I am burning nothin but ash trees and very little split usually only throw in splitt pcs if I leave it a little long and not many coals left other than that all rounds at 18" long.
Did a few mods on my stove so far. I added a low temp shut off with a timer for the blower. I also moved the bracket back an inch on the front door for the open limiter. I was finding it wouldn't allow the inside stove door to open enough and I was always rubbing my coat sleeve on the doors inside and getting it covered in soot. Also mad a rod that is hooked to be able to make sure the slots are clear between the bottom stones. Also bought a 6" chimney brush and put it on a 6' pipe to allow me to brush out the top exchanger area, only made this a few weeks ago and used it twice and seems real handy.
Anyways a few more months and should be able to shut it down for the summer.
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