So friggin nice!! Just painted my rebuild with stove bright metallic black. Great paint and thats some nice stove you have there, crazy price.
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I don't think they made the equinox with these feet. Not that have seen anyway. It was an earlier stove most likely. I didn't use plain ol black by the way. Its charcoal metallic.I almost bought an older Equinox with the same duck feet. I didn't want to say anything but .... since it's been brought up - I hated the duck feet too and the added problem was that it was 3 full days of driving. Soooo, no go. I would knit little booties to go on the feet.Quack, quack. - awesome buy.
I wouldn't paint the cast iron myself. I put stove polish on my old VC just prior to selling it and I really thought it looked better with the antique silver look of the metal before i finished it.. It just looks classier that way to me rather than straight black.
mark cline
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Looks exactly like my Mansfield , which only 2 yrs old . Other than a new handle ,it looks brand new. What a great find. Any cracked stones?
One hairline crack on the lower right side. Almost every Hearthstone I service that has a few years on it has a small crack somewhere.
<< likes duck feet. Thinks new, straight, no character feet, are not attractive. Square door corners don't add to the look either, but that's just me.
I also prefer this older model. It has more character. I also like that the flue collar says Hearthstone, don't know why they got rid of that.
Dairyman
Minister of Fire
I guess you've probably seen a stone stove burn, either at the shop or at someone's house. Anyone who hasn't finds out quick that the soapstone isn't just cosmetic. I'm not sure how much stone is in the Mansfield but it goes 550 lbs. so I guess they are pretty thick? The Keystone radiates pretty well but the Fireview, with 2 layers of stone in more places (1.25 + .75,) could really store the heat. And when you got that thing warmed up you could feel it radiating 25' away. How big is the room you have the Manny in? With the big 3 cu.ft. box, I guess you need a floor fan to move the heat outta there?
For a while the idea of a steel stove attracted me; I figured it would be less maintenance in the long run, with the welded seams that can't leak. When I recently took the bricks out of the Buck, though, I saw a little creosote erosion near the back bottom seam so unless you took precautions, that could eventually be an issue I guess. And I saw that BKVP was recommending burning their stoves hot once a week to cook out the creo. So maybe it's a toss-up between having to deal with the seams of a stone or cast stove vs. eventual rust problems with a steel stove. Do you know if the seams are gasketed or cemented in the Manny? I think in the Fireview the outer stones may be gasketed but I'm not sure. The inner seams are cemented.
Tenn Dave
Minister of Fire
A well designed ash removal system is worth its weight in gold............I would not buy a stove without one !
Never even tried to use the ash grate pan thing. Just has a nice flat bottom, easy to shovel.. I like it that way.
EDIT to add.. the one in the Homestead was terrible, so I used it once or twice, and just stayed with the shovel and bucket when we got the Mansfield..
Not sure if it differs from the Equinox. The first few times I used mine, I was not getting the grate moving all the way back & forth as it was stuck with something. Once the stove was cold, I cleaned everything and figured out how to use it better. The ash door HAS to be open to have the grate work properly on mine. I alternate between using the ash pan to get rid of excess ash while the stove is burning and then do a more thorough shoveling the other times.
I can't compare it with BK, since I've never owned one and I agree that the ash pan is not as useful as I had hoped.
Of all the stoves I've had, the Blaze King design has far excelled over the others. Some people don't like to "fish" for the plug, but its easy to find. On this, Once the grate is opened you rake the ash back and forth trying to get some of it to fall through. It's a joke for sure. I could shovel it all out and clean up the mess in half the time.
Tenn Dave
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Sounds like you are going to be in for a big treat when you eventually get your hands on a progress hybrid.
Hardtopseadan
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I've burned 2 different blaze Kings around the clock, they don't have any magical way to make ashes disappear.Blaze King Princes here and I don't have enough ash to bother with after 1.5 months.
The amount of ash isn't the problem, it's the poor way to remove them. I've been spoiled with my blaze king.
With an Ashford and now a Mansfield, I don't see that happening. I would definitely consider it if the right deal came along. But, then again, what stove wouldn't I consider?
shoot-straight
Minister of Fire
Had a hearthstone. Simply shoveled the ash out. Bought a blaze king Ashford. Slick ash pan.! Still just shovel it out. No worries.
Most of the time I NEED to get ashes out is when I'm burning 24 7 for days on end. Usually some charcoal mixed in that makes either ash pan system useless. Rake coals away, shovelout what u can and move on. I think ashpans are overrated. Just my opinion.
Most of the time I NEED to get ashes out is when I'm burning 24 7 for days on end. Usually some charcoal mixed in that makes either ash pan system useless. Rake coals away, shovelout what u can and move on. I think ashpans are overrated. Just my opinion.
I can't believe you don't use your BK ash pan! I also run 24/7, always. I pull the plug and send several weeks of ash down to the pan in a few second and no dust plume. I'm convinced the reason that most people think wood stoves are so dirty is because of the ashes that become airborne while shoveling ashes out of the stove. You should really give it a try.
Hardtopseadan
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Im still not convinced . we are burning wood! what's up with a little ash. If you use a metal bucket with a lid you should have very little ash to deal with. Been burning this way for 16 years. The old stove got cleand every month.New stove only 1/2 inch in a month.No need to clean yet.
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