Red Devil Mecos, has a black tar gasketing cement, I just changed mine worked great.

I wish I had a Blaze King. I have a Ozburn now its ok but the firebox is not deep enough, and ash tends to work its way out the door, and needs cleaning often.

Thanks,I"ll see if I can find it here.

How big is the firebox on those 2100's? On my 3100's the boxes are 18" deep. I cut all my wood at 16" to keep it away from the glass.

Boco, wherever you get the new gasket should also sell adhesive, usually furnace cement, to secure the new gasket in place.

I put a small stove in a couple days ago just for the ambiance. Glass door so I can watch it burn and put my feet up and warm my toes. My lady friend is paranoid and threw a fit because the fire was "too big". I guess I won't be building any more fires until I find a different place to live.

I'd find a new lady friend. lol.

My wife is the opposite, she keeps a big fire going, keeps it at 80-85 in the degrees in the living room and kitchen even when I there to complain about it. When I come back from a week or so at camp and see an alarming amount of firewood gone I know she's kept it even warmer in my absence.

I cured a GF of this by "LETTING" her come and HELP put up a couple of cords, it was amazing how stingy with the wood she got! LOL

When I bought my Timberline, it didn't have a door gasket. Worked so well, l never bothered to get one.

Yeah, she used to claim, “The wood’s free.” Then I had her help me cut, haul, split and stack. It’s still didn’t cure her.

18 deep 16 wide unsure on height but not real high , it burns great and so clean that the mail man asked me one day how come you have a stove and all that wood and I never see you have a fire going. there was about 3 inches of snow on the ground that day.
I said I almost always have a fire going there is one going right now , look close at the top of the chimney look at the heat waves you can see the mirage . there is only smoke when I first start a fire for a couple minutes and that is in the morning before light.

I intend to cut all my wood 16 some ends up shorter and some a little longer I built a 4 foot long saw buck that is 16 on center so I cut down the stuff over 20. I also bring home limb wood in 4-6 foot lengths less pieces to load and it rides better then I back up to the saw buck and load it on and cut it to lengths when I pick it up it can go right in the shed. all about handling it the fewest times.

Well, ended up ordering the jotel Greenville. Will be feb before it comes in but really like it. Gives me time to knock wall out and get things ready!

Hello to all. Just bought my house about a month ago. It has a Pacific Summit series A in the basement. Made in Canada. Wasn't sure how to use it so good old computer told me. Seems it is a good one. Haven't used it yet still putting wood in the basement. Plus, only going to use it when gets cold. place has open vents from basement to first floor so the heat can get through. Anybody have one of these.

since it doen't sound like you know much about stoves ,before you use it get a chimney sweep to come inspect your chimney and fire brick.

make sure the chimney is clean and in good repair

fire brick are all in order , he can probably give you a few tips on the stove also

Dry wood , get a moisture meter if you haven't had time to season a year under cover

Back up! Been using about a 10 year old Quadrafire 4300 steptop i bought new. Good stove, but not getting what I want out of it. My dad has had a BlazeKing Princess for around 40 years. It s a great stove and believe I’m going to sell my 4300 and get a catalyst stove. I’ve narrowed it down to a BK princess, BK Ashford 30, or a hearthstone mansfield. Man, those soapstone stoves loo good. The stove is heating my basement of 900 sq.ft. pluus 1600 sq.ft. upstairs. Around 20 ft of 6” double wall flue. Good seasoned hardwood only. Anyone use a princecess, ashford, or mansfield?

Quadrafire 2100 Millenium ACC. Heats our 1400 sq ft house pretty well. The room that it is in gets pretty warm to be able to heat the rest of the house. I have cooked on it during a power outage. Not perfect for cooking but it works in a pinch.

how are you running your air controls ?

a 4300 should cook you out of that space unless it is sided with new paper on the coldest day of the NC winter

running it with the start up air left open it burns well but sends most of your heat up the chimney

start up air for 15 minutes , burn the first fire of the day primary air wide open and 15 minutes after your reload it should be good to pull the primary air closed and let the real heat begin.

put a fan or blower blowing across the top of the stove also to push the air around some

Our house is 2x6 walls with good insulation. Normally run the AAC at a minimum and regulate the tubes at medium or closed down at night. It will run you out of the 900sqft. down stairs. I run the mnual fan on our HVAC sytem as we have two returns within 20 feet of the stove. I have closed one return off upstairs to try and suck in more air downstairs (near stove) and am considering closing off another upstairs while heating in winter. I will probably be selling this stove.I just really like the cat stoves after watching dad’s for 40 years.

Me too. My brother used to have the trucking contact for Fisher. They sold tons of stoves to the New England states back in the 70's.

Very fond of the Fisher stoves. I have the Grandpa, but can’t use it at my dwelling. I’ve owned and used Pacific Energy, Napoleon, and Lopi. Right now I’m burning the the Drolet Escape, best stove I’ve ever had.

Love my non-cat, pre-auto combustion control Quadra-Fires. I have two 3100’s, one for home and one for camp.