Greetings All:
First post to the forum and I'll start off by saying I'm VERY much a newbie to the world of wood stoves. We used one (Kodiak IIRC) to heat a hunting camp when I was a kid, and I owned a home with a Harman pellet stove for a few years. It worked well and was pretty straight forward. My point is, if what I'm about to ask seems like a dumb question I apologize ahead of time. I'm just not quite sure what I have here.
I now own a house that came with a Baker stove. Seems decent and I like it. I figure it was made sometime in the 80's or 90's and I think it's some version of their Heat King.
My question is about the stove pipe attached. Everything seems fine with it, but I've never seen one like it - nothing like the standard black sections I'm familiar with. Attached to the top of the stove is a single piece of pipe bent to appropriate angles before attaching to the chimney section. No seams - reminds me of a big mandrel bent exhaust pipe. Also, it's copper colored (maybe a little less so than the picture suggests), but the material doesn't look quite like copper. Maybe stainless that got heated and took on a patina??
Anyway, anyone able to help clue me in as to what I have? Is this a common thing?
(And yes, that’s a vise grip on the opposite side of the damper. I have no idea why it was there.)
First post to the forum and I'll start off by saying I'm VERY much a newbie to the world of wood stoves. We used one (Kodiak IIRC) to heat a hunting camp when I was a kid, and I owned a home with a Harman pellet stove for a few years. It worked well and was pretty straight forward. My point is, if what I'm about to ask seems like a dumb question I apologize ahead of time. I'm just not quite sure what I have here.
I now own a house that came with a Baker stove. Seems decent and I like it. I figure it was made sometime in the 80's or 90's and I think it's some version of their Heat King.
My question is about the stove pipe attached. Everything seems fine with it, but I've never seen one like it - nothing like the standard black sections I'm familiar with. Attached to the top of the stove is a single piece of pipe bent to appropriate angles before attaching to the chimney section. No seams - reminds me of a big mandrel bent exhaust pipe. Also, it's copper colored (maybe a little less so than the picture suggests), but the material doesn't look quite like copper. Maybe stainless that got heated and took on a patina??
Anyway, anyone able to help clue me in as to what I have? Is this a common thing?
(And yes, that’s a vise grip on the opposite side of the damper. I have no idea why it was there.)
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