Letter from a happy customer.

Part of a letter from a satisfied customer in Maryland.

"We got the stove installed Saturday the 22nd. It’s been running great & we haven’t had to relight the stove since the first firing, even when we let it sit as just coals for up to 8hrs. We just rake it & throw more wood on. I’ve even played with some massive knotty logs & green wood (on top of the pile) & it eats it all up. Stack stays right at 200F with the draft set about 1/3 open. So far our only issue has been with how to deal with the heat it puts out. We found that for our size home we don’t have to keep it topped off at all times or load it right away when it runs out, thus the 6-8hr coal burns. When loading, it takes no time for the stack to reach 500F. In fact, with dry oak & hickory, it can reach 650+ in just a couple minutes so we really have to watch it. I’m guessing it’s good practice to get it up to 500 at every reload? Think I read that somewhere so that’s what I’ve been doing each reload. I was worried at first that our stack wouldn’t be tall enough at only 13.5ft but I don’t think it’s an issue since we don’t have any backpuffing like I’ve read about on the yahoo forum. Our home is a single story rancher & I positioned the stove so the stack exits as close to the peak as possible. At 13.5ft, it extends almost 5ft out the roof already so I really wasn’t looking forward to going any higher. Fortunately, it doesn’t seem like we’ll have to. Still don’t have the water pipe hooked up yet but will be trying out the thermo-siphon method next weekend. We also positioned the stove so the water heater is directly behind the stove on the other side of the wall, less than 3ft away. Hope the passive method works out so we don’t have to add a circulating pump. We’re glad we chose the Sedore, it’s a great stove! I’ll get you some pictures of our setup sometime this weekend."

Jim