When I do get the fire going hot - it's ungodly hot. I'm always having to turn and re-arrange logs because it only seems the left side of the fire box wants to burn wood. My normal operation is to prop it open, but sometimes I even have to open the front door to keep oxygen on the fire. It closes very quickly after I start the fire, and essentially snuffs out the burn. I have a small lever on the back that opens up the trap door - I guess what you would call the thermostat. I'd love to just throw logs in and let them burn, but I'm having to babysit the stove. I'm constantly having to attend to the fire for one reason or another. The limited number of burns also has to do with how much work I have to put into it when I do have a fire. It's obviously not our primary source of heat, but I burn on those days when it's just unbearably cold and windy outside. I've been in the house maybe 8 years, and have probably only burned in the stove about 2 dozen times. I bought a house with a 1977 (or so is cast on the inside of the firebox) Vermont Castings Vigilant stove.
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