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Help me decide between a Quadra Fire Adventure 3 and a Pacific Energy Summit Wood Stove

February 7, 2017, 10:47 am
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I will be putting in a wood stove this spring, and am trying to decide between the Quadra Fire Adventure 3 and the Pacific Energy Summit models. I like the looks and reputation of the Summit better, but I also like the thermostatically controlled aspect and (claimed) long burn times of the Adventure. I am a bit leery of the complete lack of reviews of the Adventure however, despite it having been out for over a year now.

My house is right at 5,000 sq. ft. with about 1,300 of that being...

Help me decide between a Quadra Fire Adventure 3 and a Pacific Energy Summit Wood Stove
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Blaze King Bypass question

February 7, 2017, 10:52 am
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Sorry if it's been asked before. Searches came up dry for me.

I have a blaze King ultra. Love it. I have a friend with a King as well who actually was the one to recommend it to me. When chatting with him recently, I learned that when he does a reload, he throws the bypass immediately. I asked 'only on hot reloads, right'? He said he does it even when he's starting from a cold restart. His thinking being that he might as well throw as much heat through it to get up to temp as fast as...

Blaze King Bypass question
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Loading unit Not Pumping

February 7, 2017, 12:45 pm
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Good Morning All.

So I went to fire up the Varm yesterday for the first time this season (oil has been cheap and I needed to make some mods to my storage). Got a little heat in the boiler and ceramics, and noticed my inlet temps were still really low. The motor on my loading unit was hot, but it was pretty clear I wasnt getting any pumping.

I see there is a plug on the end of the motor (its a Grundfos circ pump), and if I open it I get a little water out, but Im not clear what it is that...

Loading unit Not Pumping
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Need a gas fireplace insert at wholesale

February 7, 2017, 12:53 pm
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Hello,

I am new to this forum, so apologies if i am not posting in the correct area.

I am and a real estate rehabber (buy/sell houses) and I am looking for a place online to purchase a gas fireplace insert. there are 2 stores close by, but i never pay retail; i am looking for wholesale prices.

the problem with a "google fireplaces" is that there are THOUSANDS of websites that all claim they are the cream of the crop and i want something tried and verified.

from what i can tell...

Need a gas fireplace insert at wholesale
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Vermont Castings Radiance gas log set

February 7, 2017, 1:09 pm
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I am looking for a log set that is compatible with a VC Radiance vented gas stove. Buying a new set is not in my budget. Maybe you have one that is no longer working and want to sell the log set? Thanks.

Fritz
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Complete newbie question - what would you install

February 7, 2017, 1:30 pm
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The reason for venturing onto this forum & this post. I am getting crowns put on my chimneys soon & while the guy is there I decided that I would like to take at least some initial steps to getting one of my fireplaces operational. Primarily will be doing the initial step of installing a new stainless steel flu as I currently have an unlined brick masonry one. I’m trying to research options as best I can

If you had a blank slate to get a fireplace in operation what route would you go?...

Complete newbie question - what would you install
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Blaze King stole my dog and gave me gas.

February 7, 2017, 1:31 pm
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Here are a couple of my earlier posts.

https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/new-guy-with-new-bk-stove.155235/

https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/2016-17-blaze-king-performance-thread-everything-bk.155890/page-37#post-2122543

Now on with the story.

When we first got our new Blaze King Sirocco 30.1 we did not have a dog as we had to put ours down a few years ago and weren't sure we wanted to get another one. Well, we wound up adopting this guy. He's a 50 pound Bull...

Blaze King stole my dog and gave me gas.
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? for the experts!

February 7, 2017, 1:55 pm
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I've been lurking here for a few weeks trying to learn what I can about saws and stoves! You all seem like a very knowledgeable and kind group willing to help out a newbie.

Here is what we are going for. We live in SW Idaho, winters are mild to cold. Most days are in the 30s with lows in the teens. We will go weeks, or months like this year with highs in the teens to single digits to lows below zero. We have a 2300 sq/ft house (not to scale floor plan attached) that was built in 2008...

? for the experts!
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BK king cat inactive, CO problem

February 7, 2017, 1:55 pm
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I'm hoping you all can help me otherwise I'm going to have a very expensive, decorative cold black box in the corner of my living room.

We recently moved into a new house with a BK king stove. We have been having no end of problems with smoke in the house when we first light it which we are told is a problem with our chimney being too long and getting too cold.

Today though, we had a different problem. We stacked the stove full at 3pm, left it burning at 2 (3 o'clock) all day and...

BK king cat inactive, CO problem
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Shagbark and red oak leaving me unimpressed

February 7, 2017, 2:05 pm
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So this past weekend I loaded up my wood box for the week with a pretty healthy dose of my shagbark and red oak. This would be/is the first big run for this stash. I was pretty excited as I've never had great quantities of either in the past.
Well while I'm not horribly disappointed I'm far from thrilled with the performance so far. I loaded up the osburn last night and had it cruising by about 815, I woke up around 230 and came out to see what was left and for the second night in a row i...

Shagbark and red oak leaving me unimpressed
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Heat pump water heater

February 7, 2017, 2:20 pm
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Hey guys, what are your thoughts on this? Im currently heating with electric and I want to get my energy bill down of course but I also want to help out with the environment. I have no solar tho it is in a future plan and I have looked at both a solar batch and evacuated tube setup but dont really want to pay for the install. The best bet would be a sun bandit setup with panels and a hyrbrid tank but oh my lord, the cost is unreal. $9999 installed. I do not think so! The ROI would be never....

Heat pump water heater
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Damper vs air control

February 7, 2017, 2:50 pm
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I'm not sure which sub-forum to post this in, but can some one explain in layman's terms the effective difference between a damper and an air-control. I understand that the damper limits the flow of smoke up the chimney and the air-control limits the amount of air that feeds the fire. So they both limit the fire but from opposite ends. In actual practice do both have the same effect of slowing the burn? Are there differences in what they accomplish? I know that some people add dampers...

Damper vs air control
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Duravent Clean Out Tee

February 7, 2017, 2:59 pm
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Looking to see if anyone has any leftover clean out tees that they don't need. I need one but trying to avoid paying $50-$60 for that one piece so I figured i'd ask around here.


Thanks

Chris
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Main burner won't light

February 7, 2017, 3:07 pm
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A friend of mine is having trouble with their Wolf GDI-30N insert, and asked me to help since I am more mechanically inclined.

The pilot stays lit, and has a proper flame pattern, but the main burner will no longer light at all (they said it used to light after 10-20 seconds).

I've cleaned the thermopile, and get a reading of 730 volts.
I tested the main valve, and am getting 2.3ohms.
Both of those readings are within spec.

There is no wall switch.

Could the on/off/adjustment dial on...

Main burner won't light
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Pink Oak! (and yet another wood ID request)

February 7, 2017, 3:10 pm
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I was splitting some white oak and noticed that a few pieces showed a very bight pink streak along the split face, just inside the heartwood from the punky layer. The pix don't do it justice but trust me, it really stands out in real life. You can see a little bit of it along the cut edge too, though not as well. I assume it's some kind of fungus but thought I'd see what y'all think. Almost looks like someone drew on it with a pink highlighter!
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Pink Oak! (and yet another wood ID request)
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New regency i3100 broken weld

February 7, 2017, 3:15 pm
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Just got this thing installed on Jan 16th. Now that the weather has been warm I let it cool to look it over and clean it out before next cold snap. I noticed this on the plate where the blower air comes out. The plate looks warped now that it has cooled. The highest Ive had this was 650 measured just above door in the center with a handheld temp gun. I also have a thermometer on the upper right corner just above the door thats pretty close to my temp gun reading. Ive tried to be careful with...

New regency i3100 broken weld
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what wood is this?

February 7, 2017, 3:24 pm
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Hi,

I scavenged some "Oak" and some "apparent" Cherrywood from my local canal this week, can someone identify the orangey wood in the middle of this photo please. The lumberjacks said it was nice cherrywood, I had the lot Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view. :)

Thanks
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Blower motor needed for a Warm Morning wall heater

February 7, 2017, 3:27 pm
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Help I need a blower motor for a Warm Morning wall heater model WFC 50 or 65 . The motor is made by Fasco industries . There number is 7151-2427 . I believe Warm Mornings number is 3FK2427 .
Thanks for looking
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free wood

February 7, 2017, 3:32 pm
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Think I made out pretty good, got paid to take out some trees and clean up some brush...
ended up with elm, hedge, and sugarberry/hackberry.

The pallets stack is 20' long and around 4.5' high, other rows are 16' long and...crap I don't know how high.

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Help, Thoughts, Ideas, suggestions???

February 7, 2017, 3:32 pm
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Hello all,
I am newer to the fireplace heating world. We purchased our home about 1.5 years ago and there is a Majestic SC36 fireplace in the corner. I am was wanting to upgrade to an EPA ZC Fireplace, but I am running into issues I believe. The current fireplace is small and doesn't take up much room. The newer EPA ZC fireplaces are much bigger and take up a whole lot more room. I would have to bring my corner wall out into the living space over 12-15" for the EPA ZC fireplace. Is there...

Help, Thoughts, Ideas, suggestions???
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