Some sweet craiglist finds LMAO

[Hogwildz]

A real gem, love the set up, out the window & setting on bricks.
http://scranton.craigslist.org/for/2186027959.html

This one looks home made, but a monster. This would be a great basement blaster.
http://scranton.craigslist.org/for/2186695028.html

Most likely another VC bend over warranty victim.
http://scranton.craigslist.org/for/2185613263.html

Semi-expensive older beast, hard to tell from pic, but looks in pretty decent shape.
http://scranton.craigslist.org/for/2183363150.html

Strange looking FoxFire wood furnace.
http://scranton.craigslist.org/for/2184461454.html

Stove & furnace doors, interesting...
http://scranton.craigslist.org/for/2181811617.html

 

[MillHeat]

Thats alot of stove and furnace doors to have on hand.

 

[Hogwildz]

Thats alot of stove and furnace doors to have on hand.

There is a stove shop up that way. May be left over old stock he is trying to get rid of.
Wonder how much that crap would bring on Ebay

 

[homebrewz]

There is some amazing stuff on CL. I've seen a few good deals, some fair deals, and a lot of bad deals. That first one looks like its oozing refractory cement from everywhere. The fourth one down looks like a time machine from a 1950's sci-fi movie.

 

[RedGuy]

I like that second one down. It does look home build but it looks like someone did a very good job.

 

[Dakotas Dad]

Years ago I read a lot about building Russian stoves, the biggest complaint seemed to be that doors were hard to find.. guess those guys didn't live near Scranton..lol

and yeah, that second one looks like it does about 1 bazzilion btus.. and it looks like they know it based on how far it is installed from anything..

 

[Mrs. Krabappel]

I see a lot of #1 type of set-up around here. From the outside anyway.


I've been eyeing this one.

http://asheville.craigslist.org/app/2165192569.html

this one too

http://asheville.craigslist.org/for/2156285714.html

 

[Hogwildz]

I was looking at a similar Volz. when I first was looking for a stove.
Very quit and minimal research taught me right quick, not to do it.
Not for me anyways.

 

[WoodpileOCD]

There are definitely stoves to be had on CL. All sizes and flavors. Lots of old ones but the EPA certified ones are harder to find. I searched for about 4-5 months but finally found one that suited my needs. Got this Buck Model 91 Cat stove for $500 just a couple of weeks ago. Because I had an insert already, I could take my time and be picky and it paid off for me.

 

[Hogwildz]

There are definitely stoves to be had on CL. All sizes and flavors. Lots of old ones but the EPA certified ones are harder to find. I searched for about 4-5 months but finally found one that suited my needs. Got this Buck Model 91 Cat stove for $500 just a couple of weeks ago. Because I had an insert already, I could take my time and be picky and it paid off for me.

That is a sweet fins, and a huge firebox!
Did you have to change the liner? Is it lined? or did you already have an 8" liner? They call for 8" don't they?

 

[WoodpileOCD]

There are definitely stoves to be had on CL. All sizes and flavors. Lots of old ones but the EPA certified ones are harder to find. I searched for about 4-5 months but finally found one that suited my needs. Got this Buck Model 91 Cat stove for $500 just a couple of weeks ago. Because I had an insert already, I could take my time and be picky and it paid off for me.

That is a sweet fins, and a huge firebox!
Did you have to change the liner? Is it lined? or did you already have an 8" liner? They call for 8" don't they?

It does have an 8" pipe but right now it is what I have seen referred to as a "slam" install. Short piece of pipe extending up into the fluebox. The Buck manual shows this as one of the options.

I'm new to the world of liners and such and don't really understand the advantage of them when you have a chimney that draws very well as mine does. Do they make the stove more efficient. Right now it is going into a chimney that is 11"x11". I read somewhere, don't remember where right now, that a liner wasn't needed if the area of the chimney was less than 3x the area of the stove pipe. 8" pipe is 50.2 sq in. and chimney is 121 sq in. If anyone can shed some light on this or point me to a thread or article, I'd appreciate it. I may post this as a seperate thread sometime as I'm confused as to the need/purpose of a liner.

 

[Hogwildz]

Yes if the cross sectional area of the tiled flue is too large is may draft poorer.
The main advantage of lining if not just needed to meet code, is you don't have to pull the insert out each year to sweep the chimney.
With your "slammer", you should be pulling the insert each cleaning, to get everything out that is swept down. Not a fun process.

 

[WoodpileOCD]

Yes if the cross sectional area of the tiled flue is too large is may draft poorer.
The main advantage of lining if not just needed to meet code, is you don't have to pull the insert out each year to sweep the chimney.
With your "slammer", you should be pulling the insert each cleaning, to get everything out that is swept down. Not a fun process.

Thanks, pulling the insert isn't too big of an issue. Even though it weights in at about 600 pounds I can move it fairly easily because I put a bunch of BB's down when we installed it and it rolls back and forth. It takes some effort but not anything like trying to move it across plain brick.