Bosca Baffle

[cruise1521]

Unfortunately I bought a Bosca Spirit 550 wood stove 4 years ago. Back then you could buy them at every local fireplace store, ebay, home depot.... Well 4 years later no one sells them anymore and no one sells the basic maintenance parts, such as a baffle! I need a baffle desperately!! Mine has warped and disintegrated this past winter. I absolutely love this stove but I feel like I have no choice but to buy a brand new wood stove because I cant get my hands on a new baffle. Any suggestions??

 

[zig]

Found this: http://www.manualslib.com/manual/772092/Bosca-Spirit-550.html?page=17#manual shows replacement baffle and number. Amazon has 1 stove left, according to them " All BOSCA stoves are backed with the award winning customer service of United States Stove Company" Guess you could try there, or maybe have one made/make one. I have a Bosca 500 from 1984 that can run you out of the house above 20 degrees outside; built like a tank and still working fine.

 

[begreen]

At 4 yrs this is still under warranty but it's not looking good, their website domain is up for sale. If no parts I'd remove the baffle and have a good metal shop make a new one from stainless steel using the old as a template.

 

[cruise1521]

Found this: http://www.manualslib.com/manual/772092/Bosca-Spirit-550.html?page=17#manual shows replacement baffle and number. Amazon has 1 stove left, according to them " All BOSCA stoves are backed with the award winning customer service of United States Stove Company" Guess you could try there, or maybe have one made/make one. I have a Bosca 500 from 1984 that can run you out of the house above 20 degrees outside; built like a tank and still working fine.

I saw that on Amazon and contacted US Stove Company, they told me they have no parts and will not honor any warranty. They told me to contact Bosca directly, which I had already tried to do several times but it seems they went out of business. I even contacted Bosca of New Zealand, Chile, and Europe... Every response I got was that they couldn't confirm if they had parts they just kept saying they can't ship to the US.

 

[cruise1521]

At 4 yrs this is still under warranty but it's not looking good, their website domain is up for sale. If no parts I'd remove the baffle and have a good metal shop make a new one from stainless steel using the old as a template.

Good idea! I'll take it out and see if enough is salvageable to have a steel shop make one. I have tried every avenue possible to get them to honor my 5 year warranty. US Stoves says they won't honor Bosca warranty. The bosca companies in chile, New Zealand and Europe won't honor my warranty.

 

[begreen]

Enlarge the manual picture and print a copy of the parts diagram for the steel shop too.

 

[Jonathan Lynch]

Unfortunately I bought a Bosca Spirit 550 wood stove 4 years ago. Back then you could buy them at every local fireplace store, ebay, home depot.... Well 4 years later no one sells them anymore and no one sells the basic maintenance parts, such as a baffle! I need a baffle desperately!! Mine has warped and disintegrated this past winter. I absolutely love this stove but I feel like I have no choice but to buy a brand new wood stove because I cant get my hands on a new baffle. Any suggestions??

I have the same problem. My Bosca Spirit 550 is about 6 years old. I'm in Portugal and the shop I bought it from won't help me. How did you eventually get on with fabricating a new baffle?

 

[begreen]

It's unfortunate that this mfg made a cheap stove and then left many national markets as parts wore out. You might try this UK vendor to see if they still have spare parts.
http://www.bowlandstoves.co.uk/acatalog/Spares_for_a_Bosca_stoves.html#.WFAuEKIrL_Q
Not sure what the current status is of this company - They still advertise sales in New Zealand.
http://www.bosca.co.nz/