I want one of these in my house in the mountains...

[dorkweed]

If my stove starts to "run away", I've always got at least 1/2 bucket of ashes to throw over the fire if needed…………..along with a store bought "fire-smothered"!!!

 

No black glass here…………………..just a light haze that you can only see if looking for it!!  My wood is almost "baseball" bat dry.  

[Mopar1973Man]

Just for fun... I snapped a pic of all 3 wood burners...

 

Guest House

 

Shop Stove

 

Main House

 

Then the wood piles...

 

Dry wood... Approx 4 cords left

 

Semi-dry wood about 3 cords

 

Wet unsplit wood about 3 cords.

[dorkweed]

 

 

 

 

Also this was brought up at the last fire call. (Chimney fire). With a steel box you can spray a short burst of water in a steel box and slam the door shut and the steam will go up the chimney and put out the chimney fire. Do that with a glass door stove you now blow the glass out and have a house fire to boot! So in this case we had to unload the stove into a steel pan because the air damper was broke and defunct on this call. So carrying live fire in a pan outside was very smoky and PITA!

 

With a chimney fire, I'm sure the last thing I would be, you would be (and most home owners) would be worrying about is the glass door on the stove!!!!

 

Just saying, not arguing!!

[hex0rz]

Now, I dunno if this is something the fire dept. I was with adapted for its efficiency or what; But they just have a plastic baggy full of dry-chem that they will drop down the flue and it apparently works wonders.

 

After that, all they gotta do is just look for fire extension in the attic, etc.

[hex0rz]

Here is my dream stove!

 

http://spokane.craigslist.org/for/4132946172.html

[Mopar1973Man]

Here is my dream stove!

 

http://spokane.craigslist.org/for/4132946172.html

 

Had one of those excellent stoves till it cracked around the damper control. Mine was fireplace insert slightly different.

 

Hard to explain that fire call here.