damper

Wood stove exhaust damper/flue use, am I doing it right? My flue method: exhaust damper fully open when starting a fire and until I have a decent bed of coals, then fully closed. Open it whenever I add wood so I don't get smoke in the house. If there is still a decent bed of coals I generally...

I have a rather primitive outdoor forced air stove that is basically a barrel stove in a metal box. It has a manual damper on the door to control the rate of burn and can be a real nuisance to regulate. I want to put a barometric damper on the chimney this year to see if it will burn more...