Avalon Arbor Conbustor Question

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bythesea

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Jan 6, 2011
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Northeast, ma
I have a two year old Avalon Arbor wood burning stove with a blower installed in a fireplace hearth and I decided to vacuum out the ash in the stove and the combustor (seen in attach pic as #6). I noticed some hunks of light weight cement with the consistency of Styrofoam in the combustor. There was a long piece of this material under the ash the width of the rear combustion brick. I broke it trying to get it out through holes in the rear combustion brick, but it was approximately 12 inches long and looked to be a corner of the Combustor chamber, but I am not really sure. Is that Chamber something that would fall apart like this or is this some sort of soot bi-product? The dealer is really local and not overly helpful. Please advise. Thank you!
 

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Welcome to the forums... yes, that styrofoam stuff is the combustor - it is very fragile material, even more so after a few years of burning. Certainly the weak spot of these stoves. I'd suggest you file a warranty claim with the dealer if you are still in the warranty period. Avalon/Lopi (Travis) seems pretty good about such claims.
 
I was hoping it wasn't the Combustor. It seems like a really big job to replace it, especially with it having to remove the stove completely to get access toit. But, it is still under warranty. Thanks for your help.
 
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