Woodstove Tuning

Most airtight woodstoves have to be inspected and "tuned" to make them truly airtight. My new stove needed some tweaking of the door gaskets and adjustment of the door latches to keep the air flow under my control. If one wants to bank a stove at night, the air flow has to be reduced to a bare minimum to have adequate coals present in the am. Ideally one just opens the damper in the morning to energize the remaining coals, and adds a couple of chunks of wood. The sound of the woodburner roaring to life is almost as comforting as the sound of the coffee brewing.