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Originally Posted by Bentwheelbob
I can't believe you are more excited about the Century than you are the Tulikivi. Have you researched it yet? I am a fireplace (fire) nut and have wanted a Tulikivi for years. That thing is 4200 lbs of thermal mass that will radiate heat for a day after the fire dies down. You lucky dog. Please update this thread after you fire it the first couple times.
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We live near the quarries where they get all the stone for them, so many homes here have them. I have not owned one prior. I fired it 3 days in succession in the Spring b/c I could not stand the suspense. Roars like a freight train. After reading the book, I did exactly as instructed, building 2 fires in a row with 70lb stacks of kiln dry hickory in each. After 3 days, I had still not heated the entire stove. I figure it will take 5 days to get it up to Temp. Might be that I need to build a slightly bigger fire, but the book is pretty specific about the whole procedure. Might also try doing 2 sets of 2 fires one in AM and one in PM until it is heated up? No real forums on info I have found on-line.
That stove is in a more isolated room where I have a return I have moved near the stove to suck some air back into the HVAC. Then it has a window in the top of the room open to a bedroom. It does not seem to me like the location is going to allow it to do as much for the house as the Century.
As a side note. I lived in an old company house originally part of the Alberene Soapstone Co. on my current property before I built. It had chimneys made of soapstone bricks. We used a Monarch cook stove to heat that place. The chimney would stay hot for about 18 Hrs after use. When I built, I lined all my hearths and fireplace surrounds with those bricks, which I found in the woods. My current FP uses a Texas Fireframe grate, and heats pretty well. If you have not see one of these, it is worth a Google. I have been using them for 30 years. They will run you out of a room with ANY conventional fireplace. $125. The stones on the hearth will hold heat for OVER 24 hours. Century thing at new place has a similar hearth, but I doubt it will absorb as much since there are airtight doors on it.