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[hondaracer2oo4]

I was wondering if anyone had removed their stainless cover over their hardy and built a traditional enclosure so that they could insulate their hardy better? I had the spray foam guy cover mine with about 1-1.5 inches of spray foam and then put the cover back on. That means that I only have about r7 to r10 on top and the sides. My buddy with a shaver placed 6 inches of rigid foam board on top of his which really helped. His insulation melted this year due to the flue and he realized  this when he saw his wood consumption go through the roof. So I was thinking that I must be losing a lot through the top if I only have r 10 or so. The problem is I can't add any to the top with the cover. I would have to take the cover off and build another enclosure.

[AirForcePOL]

Bull did this to his.  It ended up catching on fire a while back.  I don't dont if it was due to the extra insulation or not.  I have thought about rebuilding mine but adding a double wall pipe to reduce the heat inside the inclosure. 

[AirForcePOL]

Here is his thread.  http://outdoorwoodfurnaceinfo.com/forum/index.php?topic=1165.0

[hondaracer2oo4]

Jesse the ISO must have been to close to the flue or something. I would like to try to avoid lighting the outside of my stove on fire. Lol.

[AirForcePOL]

Yeah I'm not sure what happened.  I'm going to remove the cover on mine this weekend and try to patch the insulation up a little bit.  My stove was also involved in a fire and so some of the insulation is missing off the sides.  I bet that would help my burn times a little bit in it covered the water jacket lol