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NH pre EPa stove owners - $1000 voucher to upgrade to EPA stove - Limited time only

Post in 'Classic Wood Stove Forums Pre-EPA (prior to 1988)' started by peakbagger, Dec 16, 2011.

  1. peakbagger Minister of Fire

    joined: Jul 11, 2008
    1,051 posts
    Northern NH
    peakbagger, Dec 16, 2011
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  2. mellow Minister of Fire

    joined: Jan 19, 2008
    1,783 posts
    Salisbury, MD
    Not sure I get the angle on that one for wood stoves, why more money?
    mellow, Dec 16, 2011
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  3. cmonSTART Minister of Fire

    joined: Nov 29, 2007
    2,284 posts
    Antrim, NH
    Ya, that does sound odd. I'm not sure I personally would want to retrofit a wood stove with a cat which wasn't designed for it. Seems like more work than it's worth. (and too much liability for me.)
    cmonSTART, Dec 16, 2011
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  4. BrotherBart He Who Moderates

    joined: Nov 18, 2005
    22,174 posts
    Northern Virginia
    The old Sierra insert has been sitting in the edge of the woods for six years waiting for one of those programs to crank up here. :coolsmirk:
    BrotherBart, Dec 16, 2011
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  5. fossil Super Moderator

    joined: Sep 30, 2007
    9,263 posts
    Bend, Oregon
    Yeah, there are some things about the article as written that puzzle me, as well. But then, we're reading an article in the Nashua Telegraph...not the actual wording of the New Hampshire program. Newspaper reports are, in my experience, always short on detail and long on errror. Reporters are, after all, reporters...not experts in anything in particular. Rick
    fossil, Dec 16, 2011
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  6. BrotherBart He Who Moderates

    joined: Nov 18, 2005
    22,174 posts
    Northern Virginia
    I went and read the fact sheet for the program and that is word for word what it says. Also it says that do-it-yourself installation is not an option.
    BrotherBart, Dec 16, 2011
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  7. fossil Super Moderator

    joined: Sep 30, 2007
    9,263 posts
    Bend, Oregon
    Interesting. Ever heard of anyone who offers cat conversions on old wood stoves? I haven't. Wonder where the hell that idea came from. :roll:
    fossil, Dec 16, 2011
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  8. BrotherBart He Who Moderates

    joined: Nov 18, 2005
    22,174 posts
    Northern Virginia
    I think there is one still around. The only ones have always been those things you stick in the flue pipe. You flip it like a damper in the pipe. I seriously doubt that they said what they really meant to say. Cat replacements maybe. HPBA and dealers have a lot of input on these things. It wouldn't surprise me if the $2,000 would be a dealer replacing the cats on a multi-cat stove and the complete refractory package in the thing.
    BrotherBart, Dec 16, 2011
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  9. Battenkiller Minister of Fire

    joined: Nov 26, 2009
    3,732 posts
    Just Outside the Blue Line
    That must really suck for Woodstock, a fine NH company that is selling stoves that are among the very best in the world for less than the cost of retrofitting an old dragon with a cat. And who's certifying these Frankenstein stoves? What are the emission rates when they are done?

    Totally warped IMHO.
    Battenkiller, Dec 17, 2011
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  10. Battenkiller Minister of Fire

    joined: Nov 26, 2009
    3,732 posts
    Just Outside the Blue Line
    Well, there is a guy named Mike the Pipe out there somewhere......
    Battenkiller, Dec 17, 2011
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  11. branchburner Minister of Fire

    joined: Sep 27, 2008
    1,694 posts
    southern NH
    There's also Steve the Elm Guy. Not sure if he just fixes old cats or retrofits non-cats, too.
    http://www.vermontironstove.com/about.html
    branchburner, Dec 17, 2011
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  12. fossil Super Moderator

    joined: Sep 30, 2007
    9,263 posts
    Bend, Oregon
    Yeah, he's "out there", that's a fact. %-P
    fossil, Dec 17, 2011
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  13. glenlloyd New Member

    joined: Sep 14, 2011
    155 posts
    des moines, IA
    This smells a lot like 'Cash for Clunkers' IMO.
    glenlloyd, Dec 17, 2011
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  14. remkel Minister of Fire

    joined: Jan 21, 2010
    1,433 posts
    Southwest NH
    My brother in law bought his new stove under a similar program that the City of Keen ran a couple years ago.
    remkel, Dec 17, 2011
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