How to properly operate your wood stove

It is important to know how to properly load your stove as well as control the intensity of the fire. Watch the video to learn tips from Ryan Reed at FCPros and contact us today if you have any questions or concerns about the operation of your wood stove.

[nateeames]

Finally found a video where someone explains where the airflow comes from! Thanks! Also gotta say, this video definitely gives great family-owned business vibes. Nice to see someone just imparting knowledge to the audience and his son. Keep it up!

[RachelDoesntknow]

This is absolutely BRILLIANT. There's an entire subreddit for "explain it to me like I'm five." You brought Brody on to literally make sure you followed that same model lol! (We don't expect a five year old to have all the background, and sometimes we need to teach people things without the background stuff, too )

[tacitus]

1:30 "A woodstove prefers to operate in a medium to low setting." I have a few questions about that. I just had a Lopi fireplace insert installed and am really looking forward to using it when it gets colder.
What you said speaks to a concern I have. I read in several places the best way to get the most efficiency is to increase or decrease the amount of wood you add instead of decreasing the oxygen. Their argument is that when you starve the fire of air, unless it is really hot (and even then it can be a problem), you will generate more creosote and burn it less efficient.
So my question is: If I avoid the low oxygen setting, except late at night before going to bed, on cold nights, is it be best to leave it wide open, or could I split the difference and set it at medium? I'm thinking of setting it at medium before going to sleep. This way the fire lasts longer but still burns clean enough.
Interested in any input you or anybody else might have. Thanks.

[amoryblaine]

Question. Would adding a flue damper to these modern stoves help in anyway? With retainingthe heat..seems like it would help but the community seems divided? Thoughts?