Baffle Insulation repair

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Hello fellow wood burners,
I am new to the forums and wanted to say how great this site is.
I have a '87 country comfort 1000cc Phase 1 epa stove. Non-cat. Great little stove especially when the kids are young(it has a metal shroud surrounding the actual firebox if you have never seen one before. The only hot surface is stove door and pipe.) Anyhow, I am rebuilding the stove and when I removed the baffle I found the lovely insulation blanket. I need to order a replacement and then cut it to size,
Q. How to I know what size thickness to order? I am guessing they compress over time but I have no manual and was curious how to tell. Should I just use the current thickness and figure that is close enough? I was told by a local stove shop that the blanket was not that important and to just re-use the old one. Which I cannot believe.
Also, if anyone has the manual for this stove that would be great. I have looked all over internet and talked to the company that now holds the remainder of the Orville products inventory and they do not have a manual for that model.
Thanks in advance for any info you can provide.

 

[burnunit]

i ordered some blanket material from a company on ebay. they sell various thickness and roll lengths. i will try to get the info and repost

 

[raybonz]

Welcome to the forum Gandolf! You'll have to post some pics of your stove it sounds interesting..

Ray

 

[WES999]

I ordered some kaowool from here:

http://stores.ebay.com/HIGH-TEMP-RE...?_fsub=2&_sid=133854941&_trksid=p4634.c0.m322


Mcmaster Carr also sells it.

http://www.mcmaster.com/#

1" would be my guess for the thickness.

 

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Thanks for the suggestions. I see from a few vendors a 6# or 8# option. Does anyone know which is preferred? I am guessing the 8# has higher insulation factor hence more heat retained in stove or will that hold in too much heat or does is not matter? I wish I had the manual.
I will post some pics of stove soon.
Thanks again.

 

[velvetfoot]

I'd stick with the thickness of the current stuff.