While they are there have them look at your fuel. Be interested to see what they have to say about it.
Fireview gaskets and cement are burnt
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Hey All,
I'm the originator of this thread, but for some odd reason was unable to log back in with my other screen name. Builder came by from Woodstock and put my stove back together for me. Turns out it wasn't in such bad shape- none of the metal parts needed replacing and the seams weren't leaking. I think what happened was that at some point the damper plate came off its track (he filed it down a bit to make it seat better) and cooked the combustor, its gasket, and the bypass gasket. When I replaced the combustor, I didn't know the damper plate was out of place and thought the stove was leaking all over the place, took it all apart, and thought all the soot and chunks of stove cement were indicative of major trouble, when really the inside of the stove is not necessarily a pretty sight under normal conditions.
Humbling experience but I learned a lot. Now I think I can handle whatever maintenance comes up with this stove. The happy ending is that now I am getting the performance Woodstock claims for this stove- I'm burning 1/3 less wood than before, sustaining surface temps of 600 for hours with no trouble on one load, and this morning the stove was still hot with a huge pile of embers 9 1/2 hours after I had loaded it with 3 logs the night before.
Thanks for your help! (Great site.)
Adam
I'm the originator of this thread, but for some odd reason was unable to log back in with my other screen name. Builder came by from Woodstock and put my stove back together for me. Turns out it wasn't in such bad shape- none of the metal parts needed replacing and the seams weren't leaking. I think what happened was that at some point the damper plate came off its track (he filed it down a bit to make it seat better) and cooked the combustor, its gasket, and the bypass gasket. When I replaced the combustor, I didn't know the damper plate was out of place and thought the stove was leaking all over the place, took it all apart, and thought all the soot and chunks of stove cement were indicative of major trouble, when really the inside of the stove is not necessarily a pretty sight under normal conditions.
Humbling experience but I learned a lot. Now I think I can handle whatever maintenance comes up with this stove. The happy ending is that now I am getting the performance Woodstock claims for this stove- I'm burning 1/3 less wood than before, sustaining surface temps of 600 for hours with no trouble on one load, and this morning the stove was still hot with a huge pile of embers 9 1/2 hours after I had loaded it with 3 logs the night before.
Thanks for your help! (Great site.)
Adam
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Adam, that is fantastic news. Sounds like you have some good temperatures now....right when the weather starts to moderate. lol
Glad this all worked out well for you. Hopefully Woodstock also added to their great reputation by coming to fix the problem.
If you get a chance, get to Woodstock, maybe for one of their parties. Then you can talk to several of the guys who build the stoves and you can see the different steps in doing it because you can get right out in the factory to see this.
If I were you, I'd also send a really big thank you to the good folks at Woodstock. I know they will appreciate it because many times people like that only hear the bad and not the good.
Glad this all worked out well for you. Hopefully Woodstock also added to their great reputation by coming to fix the problem.
If you get a chance, get to Woodstock, maybe for one of their parties. Then you can talk to several of the guys who build the stoves and you can see the different steps in doing it because you can get right out in the factory to see this.
If I were you, I'd also send a really big thank you to the good folks at Woodstock. I know they will appreciate it because many times people like that only hear the bad and not the good.
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