BangBangNik Posted December 21, 2012 Report Share Posted December 21, 2012 Well as said in one of my previous posts, I've wanted one for years. Finally got it burning on Tuesday and its barely been off since. Me, the wife and hound all love it. Never seen the dog so sleepy, even if he was terrified of it for the first day and a half! Went for the esse 100 as we both liked it and they are made in the next town to me(keep it local and all that.) soon realised that we won't be running it solely of wood as first expected as it fairly chews throu it and as I'm buying it at the min, so pretty expensive! Hopefully next season I will have had the time to collect, prepare and season some free stuff. Still playing around with it at the mo but having good success with excel smokeless fuel and throwing the logs on when we really want to ramp the heat up. Just wish I could stop playing with the airflow controls. Getting abit of an obsession! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandspider Posted December 21, 2012 Report Share Posted December 21, 2012 If you can get the airflow controls set up right it should chew through a bit less wood? I open my chimney valve while I light it, then when it's burning well I shut the stove doors, close down the chimney a bit, open the top vents on the stove and open the bottom vents a wee bit. Once it's settled down a bit I close the bottom vents and close the chimney vent a wee bit more. It then burns nice and hot and doesn't spit too much heat out of the chimney. Having said that, feeding it and tweaking the controls is all part of the fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ME Posted December 21, 2012 Report Share Posted December 21, 2012 We have got the Esse 525. It stunk up a bit for the first few goes. (as the paint settled in) The best I have achieved is a temperature of 26.5*c in the front room. That's 80*F in old money! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie-fox Posted December 21, 2012 Report Share Posted December 21, 2012 Nothing nicer...I'm on nights tonight or would of had mine on all day... Half the pleasure is tweaking it to find the best airflow and burning temp..after a couple of weeks I've got the hang of mine.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
39TDS Posted December 21, 2012 Report Share Posted December 21, 2012 I have got 3 of them lit and I am sitting in my underpants cos it's too hot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKPoacher Posted December 21, 2012 Report Share Posted December 21, 2012 We've got one in the cottage we are renting out here in France. We get two loads of wood per 6 months in lieu of paying the rent up front. At the moment we are burning wood cut from oak beams and chestnut floorboards taken from a 400 year old chateau. It is what you would call 'seasoned'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangBangNik Posted December 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2012 Loading it up and playing with it is half the fun, although I'm not sure the wife agrees. Think I'm going to have to get one of the stove too thermometers to take the guess work out of it. At the minute I'm happy to leave it aslong as the insides are gettin sutted up. So far when burning wood I have been leaving the bottom control open a tad as there is usually some smokeless left in there aswell. According to the instructions this keeps abit of cool air running through the grate and stops it burning out. If I was burning only wood I'd keep this closed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tam Posted December 21, 2012 Report Share Posted December 21, 2012 We've got one in the cottage we are renting out here in France. We get two loads of wood per 6 months in lieu of paying the rent up front. At the moment we are burning wood cut from oak beams and chestnut floorboards taken from a 400 year old chateau. It is what you would call 'seasoned'. If you watch the reclaimer programes on History Channel (Seeking Salvage) what you are burning would keep you going in firewood for a lifetime :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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