I recently bought an old Woodstock stove (ca 1978-1979 non-cat model - looks like current Classic model, but without cat) and am getting it ready to install. I am re-painting the frame and re-grouting the joints inside. I removed most of the grout from the corners and where the stone joins the frame-- do I need to do anything as far as cleaning the stone or cast frame before I re-grout it (besides vacuuming out any loose dust)?
Re-grouting Soapstone Stove
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Todd
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Give Woodstock a call, they should be able to help you out. I think you could even purchase and install the newer guts to bring it up to EPA standards and make it more efficient? I know they do refurbish older stoves.
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I also have an older non-cat Woodstock model WS1 circa 1980 and just last year refurbished all the internal cement joints. I just used a small wire brush a little bigger than a toothbrush to clean the stone and metal before cementing all the joints. There was a lot of loose cement that had to be scraped out first.
This is a great looking stove but I find it is a completely different animal than my Fireview in the living room. Part of the problem may be due to the 5 inch liner that I am using. The chimney it is connected to is a 6x6 clay lined masonry chimney on the side of the house that was of suspect condition. I installed a 5" stainless flex liner but I could not insulate it due to the jog in the middle of the chimney.
The flue outlet of the stove is only 5" so I thought that a 5" liner would be fine. But the stove is very finicky about the air setting. If there is too much "flame" in the stove it starts to chug and backpuff. It only runs good when it is up to temperature and there is only one or two large logs in the firebox burning slowly.
Because of this I only use the stove for backup on the coldest days. I think there is just too much velocity and not enough volume in the small 5" liner that it is vented through.
It is a great looking stove though.
This is a great looking stove but I find it is a completely different animal than my Fireview in the living room. Part of the problem may be due to the 5 inch liner that I am using. The chimney it is connected to is a 6x6 clay lined masonry chimney on the side of the house that was of suspect condition. I installed a 5" stainless flex liner but I could not insulate it due to the jog in the middle of the chimney.
The flue outlet of the stove is only 5" so I thought that a 5" liner would be fine. But the stove is very finicky about the air setting. If there is too much "flame" in the stove it starts to chug and backpuff. It only runs good when it is up to temperature and there is only one or two large logs in the firebox burning slowly.
Because of this I only use the stove for backup on the coldest days. I think there is just too much velocity and not enough volume in the small 5" liner that it is vented through.
It is a great looking stove though.
Backwoods Savage
Minister of Fire
Todd
Minister of Fire
Dennis,
Wasn't there a guy at the bbq that had an old Woodstock and one of the workers told him to bring it in so they could update it with some new guts? I can't remember who it was, I think he might be a member here and his old Woodstock was a non cat? I'm thinking the old stoves are basically the same on the outside and they changed the insides by installing baffles and catalysts? Wonder what it would cost to rebuild an old stove to an updated one?
Wasn't there a guy at the bbq that had an old Woodstock and one of the workers told him to bring it in so they could update it with some new guts? I can't remember who it was, I think he might be a member here and his old Woodstock was a non cat? I'm thinking the old stoves are basically the same on the outside and they changed the insides by installing baffles and catalysts? Wonder what it would cost to rebuild an old stove to an updated one?
Backwoods Savage
Minister of Fire
Todd, I think that was branchburner. I was there when even Tom (the owner) told him to bring it in, they'd fix it and it would only take a couple of hours to do.
That would be interesting if they could update to the new stove but I highly doubt that could be done. It is just too different and the firebox would definitely have to be larger because of the baffle.
That would be interesting if they could update to the new stove but I highly doubt that could be done. It is just too different and the firebox would definitely have to be larger because of the baffle.
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