coalder wrote: ↑Mon. Apr. 05, 2021 8:27 am
Bill, as I have eluded to, in previous posts, I personally don't feel that you would be gaining anything to speak of by reducing your present liner. You would only be adding significant expense for negligible results. Being able to idle down to 170* is about as good as you are gonna get. Rather than wasting all your time, energy & money focusing on the chimney, you would be better off just swapping out your present stove for a smaller one & move on. Your chimney is fine.
Jim
I agree, Jim. That’s why I said I was only “wondering” what the results would be without factoring in costs...not making the change really worth while. I was strictly thinking about performance. I am thoroughly impressed with my chimney and results. Just goes to show:
1. How well a coal stove functions.
2. How well an “inside the home chimney” drafts even though it may not be all that tall. I’m probably just a tick shy of 15’ from top of chimney to the firebox floor with two 90 degree turns.
Going to be burning some wood in this stove just because I want to see how it performs. These will likely be short hot fires simply because the weather is changing so fast, so it won’t be a full blown test.
Another reason I want to try burning some wood in the stove is because there’s literally zero wood burning info on these stoves that I can find. Since the stove is still made the same exact way and still being sold, though now only marketed as a “coal only” stove, I think it would be nice for some to have at least some information to access and hopefully answer some questions they might have on into the future.