using wood stove query

[Zak33]

now...lets deal with this

Also wire wool cleans the door up nicely.

you don't need anything so harsh.

Get a cup of water- and 3 sheets of kitchen roll tissue or a rag if you can rinse it clean daily.

Lets assume kitchen roll.
Dampen a folded piece of kitchen roll in the water, dip it into the cold ash from yesterdays burn and use it like a paste. It is gently abrasive, less than wire wool and it seems to work better than anything I have ever tried.
Keep the tisse damp and dip it in more ash as you need. Use that to clean the entire window.

once it's soot free but smeared to hell with ash, use a clean wet sheet to wipe it off and the last one dry to buff it to a shine.

Clean

[Butcher]

On the subject of wood stoves, some of the plaster around the alcove mine is in is cracking. Any good products / ideas on how to fix it? I was thinking about just gunning in a bit of flexible caulk or the like the hold it together then using filler to smooth the top surface.

[philehidiot]

that's more hysteria bud. The news last month was about "wet wood" controls but as there was utterly no detail at all about it because the dept that issued the idea didn't even use the word "seasoned" it's nigh on impossible.

Fair enough, cheers for the correction. It was just something I think appeared on my news feed... probably to push me towards buying one sooner.

[Domestic_Ginger]

As has been said; The top vent is for burning wood; you feed the flames. It is also a window wash to stop condensates on the glass.

The bottom one is for coal; you feed the fuel.

You never need to use the bottom one for wood and I imagine vice versa. Just open the top one to max when starting and turn down when its started.

I'm keen to know if you need the window clean with coal. Every time I see coal on offer it seems to be on a pallet stored outside and there is condensation on the inside of the bag.

Top tip on the ash cleaning too I wipe the windows with wet cloth and leave it to soak a little before I start. I need a good few dabs of ash to get a good paste.

[Zak33]

The top vent is for burning wood; you feed the flames.
The bottom one is for coal; you feed the fuel.

I Have never heard it like that and it's very good. I appreciate it, thanks