You are the only person I've seen on the internet open the door correctly by first opening the vent/flue all the way before you open the door to prevent smoke roll out. You see so many complain about the smoke they don't realize they're doing it wrong. It even tells you in most manuals to do it this way. Kudos. By the way, can you actually cook on the top of this stove in emergencies?
Haha yeah growing up with a wood stove my father was a stickler about the house smelling like smoke. He made sure my mother, sister, and I all knew how to properly open and operate the stove! You can definitely cook on top of the stove. Much better suited for long drawn out cooks like soup or stew rather than a hot high temp steak but think about how the pioneers and early settlers would cook!
That Drotlet is a high capacity stove. I had a Nightengale wood stove for 15 years. 10 years ago we went with a Fireplace Insert, which takes up a lot less space. It has 2 / 90 CFM Blowers, which we only have to use when it’s extremely cold outside. It will heat our 2200 sq ft house. Stay warm👍
It’s cool to see how other people run their boilers and stoves. I use a small Vermont Casting stove in a 1200 square foot ranch in ny state and I love it. I do the same as you just on less than half the scale. Thanks for the content. Keep it up and we will keep watching
dunno if you guys gives a shit but if you are bored like me during the covid times then you can watch all the latest movies on Instaflixxer. Been binge watching with my girlfriend for the last months =)
In my opinion, the greatest way to have a stove setup. A good amount of wood within 20 feet of the stove. Nice woodroom by the way. I see so many people carrying a couple pieces in from outside a couple times a day. I want to ask them, is that all they do? So nice to have a setup like yours. I have a similar setup. makes it so easy.
I have the same stove beats the heck out of my older one I'm hanging out in my shorts right now the stove is in the basement with one big great cut directly above it warmest house in town!!
@@DudeRanchDIY 12x14 floor grates one was existing for the forced hot air system which I do not use that was one floor joist Bay over from directly above the stove and I added another one in the floor joist Bay right above the stove
If it’s mild weather, left to right is a preferred method that’s burns slowly. In colder weather, front to back in a hotter burn. Wood placement: rack all the coal to the left front corner then fill the box from right to left. The burn is slower while producing lots of heat. Burning it from the center, as you showed, burns all the wood at one time requiring more frequent refills. Think of smoking a cigarette- it last longer burning from the end first oppose to trying to smoke it while burning it from the center. Nice set up and great stove
Great advice, while I no longer live in the house with the Drolet stove I burn daily in my home with a Quadrafire stove. I definitely agree with you about the different burning methods! Thanks for watching 👍🏼
@@trevino37 I like it a lot, it’s not as large 2 cu ft firebox but it burns nice and evenly and very clean. I got it second hand after bartering firewood from a friend so I need to replace the door gasket and then I think it’ll burn even better! The Drolet was nice but it really went through wood fast.
Always watch a CT boy with similar hobby. Video idea that took me awhile to appreciate......question asked to people who burn wood....... What gathering cutting splitting stacking burning firewood means to me. Some of the wood ticks have some special videos and their answers very insightful and touching .......think about it for awhile before you formulate your own answer......peace brother.
It’s a great question and one I’ve given thought to after watching some of the response videos, something I may have to touch on in a future video! More ash coming your way soon Guerry!
I have the same stove and need to replace the rear insulation. I can't get it from Drolet for 10-12 weeks. Do you know of a replacement product I could use and cut to size? Another ceramic fiber insulation perhaps?
I burn the tears of all oil burning home owners in mine. We heat over 3000 sq ft with ours, do plan on installing the blower unit I ran a 20" box fan which worked well. Lucky we have all the land that we do so besides the work I do way way ahead of time to "harvest" the wood with our tractor it's free. Hot water uses oil so worst case we use about 300 bucks worth of oil annually.
@@DudeRanchDIY you'll get there man, as you're well aware it genuinely takes years. About 3 solid years for us for me to build up so much firewood, and to save up money for a really good stove the ht3000. We started with a 1979 buck 27000 and I love the ole girl but it's dirty and about 4 hrs is all I could get from her unless I mixed hop-hornbeam with a few bio bricks to gain an extra hour! That was reserved for below zero tho to be fair. Also I couldn't afford proper stove pipe and the wife demanded I make the pipe run up the gable far end of the house, and it was only double wall uninsulated pipe. I had 3 90's and 13' of 1 1/2" pitched horizontal pipe with a stack straight up at 16' to make my draft. As you're well aware man it was far from ideal but it was safe and it worked when I read so many guys on here tell others it'll never work, you just need a good understanding of what you're trying to do basically. Also I checked the pipe monthly no matter what but honestly with proper wood it was always better than I expected considering she was chugging 24/7. The old stoves do tend to have hotter stack temps which makes them draft stronger by nature which is the ONLY benefit of being far less efficient to our new stoves. Many people I know that grew up with the old stoves hate the new ones and it's almost always them not wanting to change their ways/habits to maximize the new stoves. I would've loved to buy the blaze king-king stove for the 40 hour burn that's for real, but it needs a totally vertical stack with such low flue temps and even with my correct stack now I still have 2 45 and 1 clean-out-tee but Im sticking with the 16' vertical stack with "only" 5' horizontal pipe which goes through the wall thimble tho she still has alittle pitch.
I just put the quiet music in to fill the complete silence, some people like it others don’t I guess! Can’t make everyone happy haha. The Drolet heats the majority of the house about 2,500 sq ft I’d say. The downstairs is hot, upstairs is pretty cold but we don’t mind.
@@DudeRanchDIY oh sorry. I was going to ask if you had the optional blower unit installed on it rather than a fan of any sort to move the air around. I have used cheap fans for years as I can easily move them and they move more air but the blower unit is able to move the absolute hottest air so idk if it's worth it or not
He does not have the blower, just the fan that I showed in the video. That fan was extremely expensive though, check out my recent video of my stove and the cheap fan I use! I have a link In the description as well! It works really well and I’m going to be ordering a second one
Hi, I have the same stove Drolet ht2000can you tell me the dia of your door gasket and if its black rope?(it looks black in your vid) I don't have a manual and my stove is at my off grid place. I think my original gasket is a flat white rope but one person told me the part my have been upgraded to the black rope? Thanks for the video.
Hey there Jedidiah, I just went and checked the stove and it is in-fact a black door gasket. I couldn’t take measurements on it because the stove is very hot but I found a part number for the gasket kit in the manual. “Black self adhesive gasket kit (6’)” AC06400 hope this helps and thanks for watching!
@@DudeRanchDIY Thanks a million....I checked another channel and he said it 5/8, funny as my original rope is white/maybe factory and my model is 5 years old....thanks for utube channels cause the stores were of no help lol...
There’s all sorts of products they make for heat distribution that run off the heat of the stove, Sam just happened to find the Warp Five brand which is probably of the cooler looking stirling engine fans!
Please peoples never load your stove like he just did unless you want to burn your house I have a ht2000 and 3 to 4 pieces is about max you should be using otherwise you will damage your stove notice that is not using a gauge on is pipe 18"above the stove
Not sure what your considering bad practice here…? Simply filling the stove with wood will not cause it to overheat and burn down the house. Leaving the air dampers open and unattended will cause that to happen. In this instance I was using an infrared laser thermometer to monitor both stovetop and stove pipe temperature.
that sound ridiculous. why even have such a large stove if you can't pack it tight full of wood.. You must have an over draft issue or air leaking somewhere.
You are the only person I've seen on the internet open the door correctly by first opening the vent/flue all the way before you open the door to prevent smoke roll out. You see so many complain about the smoke they don't realize they're doing it wrong. It even tells you in most manuals to do it this way. Kudos. By the way, can you actually cook on the top of this stove in emergencies?
Haha yeah growing up with a wood stove my father was a stickler about the house smelling like smoke. He made sure my mother, sister, and I all knew how to properly open and operate the stove! You can definitely cook on top of the stove. Much better suited for long drawn out cooks like soup or stew rather than a hot high temp steak but think about how the pioneers and early settlers would cook!
That Drotlet is a high capacity stove. I had a Nightengale wood stove for 15 years. 10 years ago we went with a Fireplace Insert, which takes up a lot less space. It has 2 / 90 CFM Blowers, which we only have to use when it’s extremely cold outside. It will heat our 2200 sq ft house. Stay warm👍
Very cool Al! I’ve always been interested in the inserts...maybe one day!
It’s cool to see how other people run their boilers and stoves. I use a small Vermont Casting stove in a 1200 square foot ranch in ny state and I love it. I do the same as you just on less than half the scale. Thanks for the content. Keep it up and we will keep watching
Thanks Stan! This is a pretty big stove and goes through a lot of wood! I’ll keep it up!
It’s not too cold out so we don’t need to stuff the firebox.... proceeds to stuff the firebox haha
Lol do it once do it right, no shortage of wood here!
I have a Timberwolf 2200 wood stove. Two years old. Love having it for heat and atmosphere. Got a log carrier for Christmas 🎄. Nice setup you got.
Nice Richard! Can’t beat the warmth and ambiance of the stoves!
Nice big stove! That fan is pretty cool 🍻
Just subscribed. Saying hello from central PA
Hello Rusty! Thanks for subscribing!!
Love the stone wall in back. Looks great!
Thank you! The landscape around here is littered with the stone walls!
dunno if you guys gives a shit but if you are bored like me during the covid times then you can watch all the latest movies on Instaflixxer. Been binge watching with my girlfriend for the last months =)
@Ryder Ismael yup, I have been watching on instaflixxer for years myself =)
In my opinion, the greatest way to have a stove setup. A good amount of wood within 20 feet of the stove. Nice woodroom by the way. I see so many people carrying a couple pieces in from outside a couple times a day. I want to ask them, is that all they do? So nice to have a setup like yours. I have a similar setup. makes it so easy.
It really does make it easy, growing up in my parents house we had to take the wood up a flight and a half of stairs!
I have the same stove beats the heck out of my older one I'm hanging out in my shorts right now the stove is in the basement with one big great cut directly above it warmest house in town!!
That’s something I’d like to see! How big of a hole are we talking??
@@DudeRanchDIY 12x14 floor grates one was existing for the forced hot air system which I do not use that was one floor joist Bay over from directly above the stove and I added another one in the floor joist Bay right above the stove
I gotta say..... These felling dogs look pretty sweet on my 290 🤝 They came in today.
Nice! Glad you like them I’ll be sinking mine into some ash later today!
@@DudeRanchDIY 🤝
I like your new video today this is a nice wood stove look good cool video today buddy
damn that fan... I have to have one. nice set up.
They’re pretty cool!
Love the video! Just subscribed, I love wood stove videos, can’t wait to install mine
Thanks Matt!! I love my stove! What kind are going to be installing??
If it’s mild weather, left to right is a preferred method that’s burns slowly. In colder weather, front to back in a hotter burn.
Wood placement: rack all the coal to the left front corner then fill the box from right to left. The burn is slower while producing lots of heat. Burning it from the center, as you showed, burns all the wood at one time requiring more frequent refills. Think of smoking a cigarette- it last longer burning from the end first oppose to trying to smoke it while burning it from the center.
Nice set up and great stove
Great advice, while I no longer live in the house with the Drolet stove I burn daily in my home with a Quadrafire stove. I definitely agree with you about the different burning methods! Thanks for watching 👍🏼
@@DudeRanchDIY how is the new stove compared to the Drolet?
@@trevino37 I like it a lot, it’s not as large 2 cu ft firebox but it burns nice and evenly and very clean. I got it second hand after bartering firewood from a friend so I need to replace the door gasket and then I think it’ll burn even better! The Drolet was nice but it really went through wood fast.
Always watch a CT boy with similar hobby.
Video idea that took me awhile to appreciate......question asked to people who burn wood.......
What gathering cutting splitting stacking burning firewood means to me. Some of the wood ticks have some special videos and their answers very insightful and touching .......think about it for awhile before you formulate your own answer......peace brother.
It’s a great question and one I’ve given thought to after watching some of the response videos, something I may have to touch on in a future video! More ash coming your way soon Guerry!
I see the dreaded Emerald Ash Borer got to that one piece of wood. Pretty sad what happened to all those ash trees.
It’s gotten to all of the ash trees in our area, sad for the environment but great for firewood!!
I have the same stove and need to replace the rear insulation. I can't get it from Drolet for 10-12 weeks. Do you know of a replacement product I could use and cut to size? Another ceramic fiber insulation perhaps?
Try this stuff amzn.to/3fWbXaK
Many different options and sizes on Amazon.
I burn the tears of all oil burning home owners in mine. We heat over 3000 sq ft with ours, do plan on installing the blower unit I ran a 20" box fan which worked well.
Lucky we have all the land that we do so besides the work I do way way ahead of time to "harvest" the wood with our tractor it's free. Hot water uses oil so worst case we use about 300 bucks worth of oil annually.
Very nice John! That’s the point I’d someday love to get to with the new house!
Very nice John! That’s the point I’d someday love to get to with the new house!
Very nice John! That’s the point I’d someday love to get to with the new house!
@@DudeRanchDIY you'll get there man, as you're well aware it genuinely takes years. About 3 solid years for us for me to build up so much firewood, and to save up money for a really good stove the ht3000.
We started with a 1979 buck 27000 and I love the ole girl but it's dirty and about 4 hrs is all I could get from her unless I mixed hop-hornbeam with a few bio bricks to gain an extra hour! That was reserved for below zero tho to be fair. Also I couldn't afford proper stove pipe and the wife demanded I make the pipe run up the gable far end of the house, and it was only double wall uninsulated pipe. I had 3 90's and 13' of 1 1/2" pitched horizontal pipe with a stack straight up at 16' to make my draft.
As you're well aware man it was far from ideal but it was safe and it worked when I read so many guys on here tell others it'll never work, you just need a good understanding of what you're trying to do basically. Also I checked the pipe monthly no matter what but honestly with proper wood it was always better than I expected considering she was chugging 24/7.
The old stoves do tend to have hotter stack temps which makes them draft stronger by nature which is the ONLY benefit of being far less efficient to our new stoves. Many people I know that grew up with the old stoves hate the new ones and it's almost always them not wanting to change their ways/habits to maximize the new stoves.
I would've loved to buy the blaze king-king stove for the 40 hour burn that's for real, but it needs a totally vertical stack with such low flue temps and even with my correct stack now I still have 2 45 and 1 clean-out-tee but Im sticking with the 16' vertical stack with "only" 5' horizontal pipe which goes through the wall thimble tho she still has alittle pitch.
Question why the music? It's kinds kinda distracting. How many square ft does your Drolet heat? Just wondering?
I just put the quiet music in to fill the complete silence, some people like it others don’t I guess! Can’t make everyone happy haha. The Drolet heats the majority of the house about 2,500 sq ft I’d say. The downstairs is hot, upstairs is pretty cold but we don’t mind.
Hey man have you started the old HT2000 wood stove up yet this season?
I personally have not because I no longer live in that house with my buddy Sam but I know he’s been burning in it!
@@DudeRanchDIY oh sorry.
I was going to ask if you had the optional blower unit installed on it rather than a fan of any sort to move the air around. I have used cheap fans for years as I can easily move them and they move more air but the blower unit is able to move the absolute hottest air so idk if it's worth it or not
He does not have the blower, just the fan that I showed in the video. That fan was extremely expensive though, check out my recent video of my stove and the cheap fan I use! I have a link In the description as well! It works really well and I’m going to be ordering a second one
Hi, I have the same stove Drolet ht2000can you tell me the dia of your door gasket and if its black rope?(it looks black in your vid) I don't have a manual and my stove is at my off grid place. I think my original gasket is a flat white rope but one person told me the part my have been upgraded to the black rope? Thanks for the video.
Hey there Jedidiah, I just went and checked the stove and it is in-fact a black door gasket. I couldn’t take measurements on it because the stove is very hot but I found a part number for the gasket kit in the manual. “Black self adhesive gasket kit (6’)” AC06400 hope this helps and thanks for watching!
@@DudeRanchDIY Thanks a million....I checked another channel and he said it 5/8, funny as my original rope is white/maybe factory and my model is 5 years old....thanks for utube channels cause the stores were of no help lol...
What is the firebox capacity in square feet?
I believe it’s 2.0
@@DudeRanchDIY Thank you!
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How did you find that cool fan?
There’s all sorts of products they make for heat distribution that run off the heat of the stove, Sam just happened to find the Warp Five brand which is probably of the cooler looking stirling engine fans!
Say it however you want. But the company pronounces it draw-lit
If you say so 🤷🏼♂️
Please peoples never load your stove like he just did unless you want to burn your house I have a ht2000 and 3 to 4 pieces is about max you should be using otherwise you will damage your stove notice that is not using a gauge on is pipe 18"above the stove
Not sure what your considering bad practice here…? Simply filling the stove with wood will not cause it to overheat and burn down the house. Leaving the air dampers open and unattended will cause that to happen. In this instance I was using an infrared laser thermometer to monitor both stovetop and stove pipe temperature.
that sound ridiculous. why even have such a large stove if you can't pack it tight full of wood.. You must have an over draft issue or air leaking somewhere.
@@tnt666tnt He said the firebox is only 2 sq ft, large stoves are 3 sq ft.
@@rick419 ?