Hitzer season startup. House cold

 
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Post by wilder11354 » Wed. Jan. 10, 2018 9:00 pm

need to fill it up to top of bricks.....adjust it onced the bed is deep and a sustainable fire in there. Do it in layers...about 20 minutes apart, till filled to top. once coal beds established, every 12 hours short quick choppy grate shaking... till a fair amount of red enbers fall out, add coal again in several layers over half hour or so...and it will pack out all sorts of heat.

 
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Post by oeespo » Wed. Jan. 10, 2018 9:08 pm

Thanks, just backed her down due to projected 50d weather and fixing two dhw coil leaks tonight (hopefully!). Ill get her ripping again Friday

 
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Post by oeespo » Sat. Jan. 13, 2018 10:07 pm

Cold no more! Thanks everyone.

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Post by Lightning » Sat. Jan. 13, 2018 10:21 pm

I'd like to add something different and say that you need to fill it up to the top of the bricks at least. :lol: Then mound more on top in the middle so that the coal bed depth is 10-12 inches in the center.

 
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Post by ddahlgren » Wed. Jan. 24, 2018 12:38 pm

Fill it up you have air bypassing that very shallow bed of coal and pulling heat up the chimney.

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