We have a smallish vermont castings wood burning stove in our family room - use to have a large one that made things much hotter ( sometimes too hot as there was no real way to control the temo ) but it not only was illgeal by new EPA standards but it wasnt working properly - leaked etc due to age . Now its a lovel addition to our front garden .
The new one is safer and nicer to look at and easier to clean but doesnt produce as much heat .
So i noticed that when i start a new fire there is all this wonderful heat that comes out the doors that is warmer than what radiates out from the stove when it closes.
I google to see if there is some sort of a fireplace screen and sure enough you can buy one so you can leave it open .
sooo vermont castings wants over 100$ for a "custom" spark screen for our Wood burning stove ..
I say no way , go to home depot buy a 21$ fireplace spark screen - use my cut anything scissors and custom make my own screen ....yeah !!! and have enough screen left to make a second one in the future . ( saving it in case i want to tweak a few things to work differently with the new one )
its working great !!! best yet we are expecting up to 15" of snow so we are prepared in case we lose electricity since its icy rain right now which usually brings the lines down !
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The new one is safer and nicer to look at and easier to clean but doesnt produce as much heat .
So i noticed that when i start a new fire there is all this wonderful heat that comes out the doors that is warmer than what radiates out from the stove when it closes.
I google to see if there is some sort of a fireplace screen and sure enough you can buy one so you can leave it open .
sooo vermont castings wants over 100$ for a "custom" spark screen for our Wood burning stove ..
I say no way , go to home depot buy a 21$ fireplace spark screen - use my cut anything scissors and custom make my own screen ....yeah !!! and have enough screen left to make a second one in the future . ( saving it in case i want to tweak a few things to work differently with the new one )
its working great !!! best yet we are expecting up to 15" of snow so we are prepared in case we lose electricity since its icy rain right now which usually brings the lines down !
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