Hearth pads are often found used with fireplaces and stoves in situations where it wouldn’t be feasible to construct a full hearth and certain safety requirements need to be met, …
Wood Stove Thermometers (Explained Including Placement)
Thermometers for wood burning stoves are a great accessory to have and are often overlooked. Understanding how well a fire is burning inside a stove by seeing the operating temperatures …
Wood Stove Fans (Explained With Pictures)
Wood burning stoves can often be seen being accompanied by a fan located on the top surface of the stove. Wood stove fans don’t typically come with a wood burning …
Wood Stove Gaskets (A Complete Guide Including Replacement)
What Is A Wood Stove Gasket? A gasket on a wood burning stove is the seal located around the inside of the stove door. A wood stove door gasket typically …
What Moisture Content Firewood Should Be (And How To Check)
An important aspect of having a fire in any type of fireplace, whether it’s an open fireplace or wood burning stove, is to ensure that the firewood is dry enough …
Where The Flue On A Wood Burning Stove Is Located (With Pictures)
The flue on a wood burning stove helps to remove waste gases and smoke from a stove out of your home. So where is the flue on a wood stove? …
Can A Wood Stove Be Too Big? (Or Even Too Small?)
Wood burning stoves help to increase the heat output from burning wood in your home, and in general the larger the stove the more heat can be generated. But can …
Are Wood Burning Stoves Airtight? (And How To Check Whether Yours Is)
Wood burning stoves allow you to control a fire in your home more easily by providing a sealable door and air vents, but are wood stoves airtight? With both the …
5 Reasons Why Your Wood Stove Is Burning Hot (And How To Cool Down)
The aim of a wood burning stove is to burn wood more efficiently to produce more heat, but in some circumstances a wood stove can be burning too hot. A …
7 Reasons Why Your Wood Stove Isn’t Drawing (And How To Increase It)
A wood burning stove needs sufficient draw to ensure continuous airflow through the stove in order for the fire to keep burning through the wood. A wood burning stove that …