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nate379
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I had shut the stove down for the season a few weeks back so went ahead and did the full cleanout on it. Pull the bricks out, vacuum everything and decided to pull the combustor as well.
Combustor looked brand new, 2 years on it, so I'm happy.
BUT I ended up breaking 8 firebricks getting them out. The sides and backwall were all stuck. Creosote had built up behind them and fused them to the stove. Also rusted the heck out of the steel behind there too!
I cleaned it all up well, put down some rust treatment and a few coats of stove brite. $40 later replaced the broken bricks as well.
Didn't have this issue last year, not sure what changed? Most of the wood I burned this year was left over from last year even, so light with a match dry.
Something I noticed to is the stock firebrick is pretty chinsey compared to the replacements I got. The 8 I broke weighed about as much as 2 of the new bricks.
Combustor looked brand new, 2 years on it, so I'm happy.
BUT I ended up breaking 8 firebricks getting them out. The sides and backwall were all stuck. Creosote had built up behind them and fused them to the stove. Also rusted the heck out of the steel behind there too!
I cleaned it all up well, put down some rust treatment and a few coats of stove brite. $40 later replaced the broken bricks as well.
Didn't have this issue last year, not sure what changed? Most of the wood I burned this year was left over from last year even, so light with a match dry.
Something I noticed to is the stock firebrick is pretty chinsey compared to the replacements I got. The 8 I broke weighed about as much as 2 of the new bricks.