Re: Shop heat

Posted by Dave NE IA on February 20, 2006 at 12:34:30 from (12.214.14.245):

In Reply to: Shop heat posted by RedJD on February 20, 2006 at 09:51:00:

Those little barrel stoves will put out a lot of heat. I have a wood furnace for the house, lp backup and a large wood furnace for the shop, and have only burned 3 tanks of lp since 1990. I can honestly say those little barrel stoves kick some major butt for the investment.
A friend has a barrel stove, and has back draft problems, the only ways to cure the draw problem is to add to the chimney height 99% of the time. If you have good draft with any wood furnace or stove the fire should dance when you throw paper products in. The hotter the fire the more draft it will create. A example is many folks start a little grass fire on a day there is no wind, and it gets away on them. This is because when the fire gets going good it will draw air from the side to displace the hot air rising, and then it seems the wind just picked up. Another option that is probably not practical is to insulate the chimney, a hot chimney draws better, and less condisation than a cold one. If your chimney is not drawing as good as it used to, you may have a train wreck in the near future due to creasote build up chocking your chimney size down. You no doubt know about chimney fires. If you choose to drip oil, that will not make it draw better unless your fire perks up. I suppose the first question I should of asked is are you burning dry wood. Not always easy to burn dry wood, but even us that put things off, have to agree that dry wood is the best hands down. The only other quick fix you can try is if you have a cap on top of your chimney try taking it off as a test. Dave NE IA

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