A lot of today's stoves come

　　Mode stoves don't create a lot of waste, but from time to time you'll want to clean out wood ash.

　　Feel like you're getting the idea? Mode stoves are designed to take most of the guesswork out of all this. Or you may already be a stove owner, in which case you've started basking in that radiant heat. Maybe you've heard the buzz about the efficiency of mode stoves and their small environmental footprint. This makes it hard to control the bu rate of your fire, and compromises efficiency. Capitalizing on your stove's potential begins with choosing the right type of fuel. When a wood stove is buing with maximum efficiency, it creates almost no visible smoke. Either way, you're wondering how to ensure that your stove tus out to be one of those peak performers--and a smart investment to boot. Heating your home is hard work, so the last thing you want to do is making your stove short of breath. When there's no smoke, and just a shimmer in the air, you'll know your stove is reaching its potential: buing clean and hot. For the average wood stove, the ideal temperature range falls between 300 and 400 F. You can target this optimum spectrum by adjusting the stove's bu rate or changing the quantity of fuel.

　　A lot of today's stoves come with thermometers preinstalled, which makes this step easy. This a simple step, but easy to overlook.

　　By "outsider" I mean outside your house. So when you have a good blaze going, walk outside and inspect your stove flue or chimney.

　　Third, take an outsider's perspective on your wood stove. But beyond that, here are three steps to help stoke your stove to its full heating potential. Feeding your stove the right woods and following the "common sense" tips above will tu your stove into a radiant heating machine. When excess ashes start to build up, it's time to service your stove with the equivalent to a quick oil change--only it's much, much easier! Collected ash can obstruct the air vents of your glove knitting machine stove, depriving the fire of oxygen.

　　First, take the temperature of your wood buing stove.If you're interested in owning a wood stove, you probably done some research. A well-tended fire with good fuel will eliminate that smokiness. If you see dark fumes, you should vary the stove's oxygen flow and wood supply, then check again.

　　Second, do stove maintenance. Once you have a thermometer in place, you'll be able to check the temperature of gases as they exit the stove. If the stove is buing within this range, it is producing heat efficiently while causing the least pollution possible. If so, you're asking the right questions, because today's stoves a designed to pay great dividends. If this isn't the case, it's not difficult to attach a stack thermometer to your stove's flue--that pipe that carries the exhaust outside