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dangit wrote:coal berner is great source of information and invaluable help. On the 1st site listed the hollow firebrick for my stove is the WM5289R for $88 and looks like there are 12 in stock. Not cheap but they are available. These web sites don't come up when I've made a Google search. Wonder why?

Anyway, many thanks coal berner.

dangit wrote:Thanks for an explanation on the hollow brick channels envisage.

Our area is just entering the heating season. Just a few cold nights/days so far but I imagine you all have already been firing up for a few weeks. In your experience have you been able to observe that as the fresh, hot air rises thru the channels the volatiles actually flame up as they burn-off?

Considering the size of the 523's firebox is 2 cubic feet (1.167' X 1.167' X 1.5' = 2.04 cf) is it recommend to keep it filled up? If so, I would hope that much coal would take a good while to burn because that would be about 5% of a ton of coal. The little experience I have burning coal was years ago as a young kid visiting my grandparents. Wish I had paid more attention. I remember going to the coal yard with my grandfather. He would handpick thru the pile for the big chunks. Some of those were 6" x 12" and some much bigger. He just loaded them into the stove whole and I don't remember him spending much time fussing around with the stove so they must have given a good burn time.

My big concern at this time is the poor condition of the oval boot (see photo). I have search all over the internet for one that measures 8.5" X 4.5" but have not found a replacement boot. Any instructions you might want to give me will be much appreciated.

Thanks, Terry for answering the question regarding the lack of gaskets around the loading door.

dangit wrote:OK - ole dangit has the Warm Morning loaded for another cold, windy night. Wanted to show a pic of the big chunks the size of melons this Warm Morning will burn. After the volatiles burn off the chunks swell, split open and burn cherry red to white hot with just a little draft. Flames and smoke are fairly low after the vols burn off. Nice blue flames are dancing around sometimes but mostly are yellow. No clinkers and a good burn down to a fine ash that is a very light brown color. Flue temps at the oval boot run from 250 to 350 with just a little draft. With 1/2 to 2/3 of a load the burn lasts 8 to 10 hours and no problems getting it fired up again.

Thanks to all who have helped with advice. Now, just wondering how to keep soot buildup to a minimum. I've read burning a little cardboard helps. Any ideas?