Enviro Empress Pellet Stove

My husband and I found a 2006 Enviro Empress on CL that someone listed for free, as long as you came and picked it up. Previous owners claimed that the stove is in a working condition and that it had some parts replaced. They did provide us with the info on replacement parts but I do not have that in front of me right now.

My husband and I emailed them right away and went following day to look at the stove.

Guys, I don’t think they ever cleaned the stove. Not only that, the glass on the door was missing.

Long story short, we decided to take the stove and we spent much of the weekend cleaning it up. Amazing what a good cleanup will do to a stove.

Thanks to this great board, I was able to find out that there was a recall on the door for the stove and my husband called our local dealer to find out if there was a way to get the replacement door. We are awaiting a call back. Since the stove was free, we are willing to pay for a new door should the dealer come back and say it’s a no-go. The pellet stove will be our secondary heat source for the upstairs of the house so more likely, it will not be used 24/7 over the winter.

But, I do have a question. As we were vacuuming and scrubbing the stove down, we did notice some moderate rust. There was so much ash and dirt that the rust wasn’t even visible.

We took many parts apart as we could and are trying to figure out best way to get rid of some of the rust.

Also, the hopper is full of pallets. Should we even attempt to empty the hopper?

Any tips would be appreciated.

Not only did they give the stove away for free, they also provide us with some pipes and a hearth for the stove.

Thank you!
I am anxious to see what the dealer will come back with. Will post an update as soon as we hear something and I am sure we might have more questions about the stove.

Thank you, everyone!
Stovelark-Thanks for all the tips. We removed as much as we could and we inspecting/cleaning everything we can.
We did remove the cast bricks inside but do tell me if the middle cast brick does not come out?? We tried taking the middle one out too and that thing won't budge. We don't want to force it out in fear we might break something but the side pieces did come out pretty easy.

Update on the door!
We heard back from the dealer and unfortunately, Enviro does not want to honor the door recall and therefore, the door won't be replaced. The dealer quoted us at $300 to replace the door. Considering the stove was free, I don't think its a bad price.

Bioburner said:

And how much to replace just the glass? Still have no idea if the stove I going to run or just turn into a money pit.

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To get the glass replaced is about $150 or so.

Don2222 said:

Hello
I am working on Lopi Yankee Bay right now. After cleaning and painting black I added some pizaz to the iron brick backing and grill. What do you think?
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Don, that looks really nice! What exactly did you do to the brick?

stovelark said:

300 for a new door assy sounds ok, it will work better than the original. As for the center brick, its just stuck or rusted in place. Take a hammer and screw driver to it, she'll come out. Forgot to tell you before, make sure you clean the Proof of fire switch in the exhaust housing, its right above the exhaust blower. Very important for that to get cleaned each year. There's going to be a ton of fly ash up in the burn tube area as well, get that area clean so she can breathe well. I hope you get the stove running without more expenditures. As Don was saying too, after a good cleaning, protect the metal inside with a good painting. Good luck with it..

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We spent another good two hours last evening cleaning the stove. We managed to get all the pellets out and luckily, the auger is in good shape. Managed to get most of the rust off too. thanks for the tip on the center plate. We will attempt to take it off tonight.

Don,
Thanks for the info and links. Very helpful.

Well, its up and running! Installation happened yesterday.
Still finalizing things but you get the idea.
I need to upload before/after picture of the stove so that you can see what condition it was in when we picked it up.
We also ended up changing the location of the stove and ended up getting rid of the Quadrafire gas stove that was supposed to go in the basement and installed the pellet stove instead. No regrets whatsoever!