Yes check for leaks!
I spent an age and too much energy clearing our hangar ,dragging an old wood burning cooker into it then raising it up on bricks. I fitted the metal flu out and up the outside of the hangar and carefully added an extension length of "chimney". My son and I moved a tree stump that we towed then rolled next to the cooker (it is over waist height and big enough to dress large ducks on) The plan was to use the tree stump as a work surface next to the stove. I cleaned the oven and the hot plates then firred up the cooker. Having cleaned the cauldron ( found in our barn) I filled it and lifted it on the hot plate.Sodding cauldron leaked - steam everywhere !
I now use the oven to store root veg that I then cut up and cook in a smaller pot on a gas ring on top of the tree stump!!!!
Always check a pot before you ----- in it.
Martin