I know the answer. I own this same wood stove. The lever on the bottom is left to open right to close. It unscrews. there are two bolts/screws on top and the plate behind it comes off. then the slider on the draft lifts off. Use a butter knife to break up the congestion in the draft. Don't just clean out the holes the draft has a chamber that runs between them as well...clean that out too. when you clean out your box lift the cast iron grates out of the floor and clean under them then put them back. they aren't perfect but try to remember how they came out. In mine one sits on the other a little. Then clean the draft... then clean out your box again. I use a Bellows to blow the draft clean too when its not too bad. but my wife and i went threw this our first winter in a new house with no furnace. I am sure this will help. Plus. We Prop ours open to get fires started and it works good. no smoke in the house. I will show some pictures of how to do this. Your gonna need a little block of wood. 1x2. & A pot of water on the stove goes a long way to keeping the house humidified.
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