My father in law gave me a insert he bought out of somewhere in North Carolina many, many moons ago. The stove works great.......keeps our house very toasty. We have used it for about five years now. He recently brought over a box of spare parts because he moved into a new place. This stove has a door with a glass panel in it approx. 15" x 24" of clear ceramic glass. Now here's the kicker.......the spare parts box contained two additional glass panels but instead of one piece of glass, they are three seperate panes that make up the 15x24 size. One is in it's orignal package......one has been used before. For the life of me, I can't figure out why three pieces would be used over one solid piece size. The only thing that I can think of is that it was for some sort of expansion..........but it must have been one heck of an air leak. This stove has vents above the glass on the door for an airwash setup I guess.......Has anyone seen anything like this?.........the three pieces of glass to make the glass panel has me stumped.
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I don't know about the three-piece glass either; the single is working fine for you. I've never seen this insert before; perhaps someone else can help. If it's working for you, and it is in safe, operable condition then you are ahead of the game, right?
MarkG
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Works like a champ......the glass in there now is a single piece.........just curious as to why it would be made with three seperate pieces just butted up to each other. I would also like to know who made it.
webbie
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It is possible that a model of the same stoves used 3 pieces for expansion and contraction - it may have even been a lower temp glass - some inserts used this type - borosilicate as opposed to the modern ceramic.
As to the manufacturer - I am drawing a blank which likely means it was not a national brand. At one time there was dozens...or more of these "North Carolina" type inserts - everything from Squire to Silent Flame to Appalacian, Black Bart, Buck and lots of others.
Can't ID this one.
As to the manufacturer - I am drawing a blank which likely means it was not a national brand. At one time there was dozens...or more of these "North Carolina" type inserts - everything from Squire to Silent Flame to Appalacian, Black Bart, Buck and lots of others.
Can't ID this one.
I'm thinking someone in N.C. with knowledge of machining and had an ample shop to build these. The time frame was somewhere in the early 80's. It is steel the best I can tell and weighs a lot.
central_scrutinizer
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My guess is that the spare glass panes are not for that stove, but for another model with a bay-type window like the Appalachian 36BW or something. Perhaps he got the parts as a lot and there were other brand parts in the box. Looks like a "homemade" type stove. That's what we call them when there is no manufacturer's name plate or any distinguishing marks. Not a bad looking stove. I like the big widow.
They are the parts for the stove.......one set was the original, he replaced it with the solid piece......and there is the spare set that has never been installed. It is a solid stove.....I too like the big window.
central_scrutinizer
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thechimneysweep
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Some of the early viewing windows were made of tempered glass, and the several-panel technique allowed for expansion and contraction without as much breakage. The early Efel models had large viewing windows comprised of 8 or 9 narrow pieces of tempered. With a little modification of the mounting hardware, the multi-panes in the Efel models could be replaced with a singel pane of ceramic glass, and we did quite a few of those conversions. My bet is that's what has been done to this stove.
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