Fisher Grandma Bear

[Ash]

Hi all,
There's a possibility we might be moving and I might have to leave my beloved isle royale behind. The place we would be going has a fisher grandma bear in it that the current owners use 24/7. I've heated with wood for quite sometime but never with a pre-EPA stove and was just wondering if anyone has advice on using an older stove. I have thought about pulling the quad out of our house before we sell it but I'm not sure if I could find a cheaper stove to replace it that would meet the clearance's with the hearth and 45 degree elbows in the stove pipe.

 

[begreen]

I would not leave the Isle Royale behind unless it was paid for. It is a much better burning and looking stove than the old Fisher. Don't worry about replacing the stove. Just put a cover over the stove pipe hole or be sure that if the new buyer's want the stove that $2400 is added to the sale price to cover the cost of a new one.

 

[firefighterjake]

Unless the owners specifically request the stove or Minnesota has some law requiring it stay . . . I would take it . . . otherwise it's a $2,000 or so bonus for the new owners -- whether they keep it and heat or yank it out and sell it. Typically -- at least here in Maine -- any time the buyer wants the existing appliances -- stove, refrigerator, washer, woodstove, etc. -- it is written into the contract and allowances are often made for the "extras".

 

[Jags]

Take that IR and retire the Fisher. Its a win/win.

 

[mellow]

Of all the things you can find on the net I could not find someone who sells a cardboard wood stove mock up that you could use for staging, ahh well, I agree take the IR with you.

 

[Ash]

Thanks all, sounds like pulling a stove out when moving is more common than I thought. I guess I always considered a stove "built in" but in reality it isn't. However, the chimney is so that brings up my next question. Any ideas on a nice way for me to cover the pipe hole?

 

[mellow]

You can find stove pipe caps at Home Depot or Lowes.

 

[northwinds]

I took my Isle Royale with me when I moved. Turns out that a lot of people buying houses don't want wood stoves and that the house was much easier to sell with the wood stove gone (according to the realtor). In my case, I had the stove and chimney moved by the dealer that I bought the stove from. I had the ceiling patched with dry wall and had the roof repaired by my roofer. I came out way ahead, and the house sold quickly with the stove gone.

 

[Nick Mystic]

If you do decide to take your stove with you I think it's best if you can remove it from the house before you start showing it to prospective buyers. Once someone sees something in a house they often claim they want it, if for no other reason than to use it as a bargaining chip. If they don't see it then you avoid all that business. By leaving the chimney in place and covering the opening you can use that as a selling point by saying, "The house is already set up for a woodstove if you want to put one in. You'll save over a $1000 with the flue liner already in place."