Symptoms of insufficient draft that you may experience with you’re chimney.
1. It will take you longer than the five minutes mentioned to get to the required 500°F (stack-
temperature) when starting the furnace.
2. Shorter burn times than expected.
3. Stack temperature will settle below 200 F, with air draft bar fully open.
4. Dripping" fluid down the chimneys exterior.
All of these problems are caused by chimney related issues. The following is a guide to
chimney building and testing. either having too big (inside diameter) or too low of a chimney,
and will quickly be corrected when the chimney is corrected. If you know you must go higher
with your chimney, but are not sure how high, you could temporarily fasten a piece of
stovepipe on top of your chimney, when you have found the correct height, replace this
with proper insulated chimney.
Maintenance
Inspect the chimney flue weekly until you are sure of how to operate the Sedore, and
a safe frequency is established.
The only maintenance for the Sedore is to check the gasket each year— it should last for
several years, but when it needs replacing, use high temperature caulking (available from
hardware stores.) Never use the glue that comes in gasket kits.
There is a replaceable cast iron baffle in your stove. It is easy to replace by removing 2
bolts.. If you need a replacement, contact your dealer.
FUELS
BURNING WOOD
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Wood still seems to be the most popular fuel. Well seasoned hardwood will give you the
longest burn time. Those that are able to store their wood indoors, are getting the longest
bum times, but most of us cannot store our winter's supply of wood indoors. Try to have at
least one day's supply of wood inside. The reason for this is that it takes heat energy to
warm the wood. If the wood is already room temperature understandably you will get more
heat from the fuel. You will get the most heat, and the longest burns out of a load of
seasoned hardwood, however green or wet wood will still burn in the Sedore as long as it
is put on top of dry wood, as it will dry out before it reaches the bottom. You will discover
that you get more creosote when you put in green or wet wood: however, this is not a
problem in the SEDORE because as long as you have placed good dry wood on the
bottom of the fuel load, the rest of the load doesn't matter much because it will dry before it