Good as new?

[bearlover]

This stove was in this house years before we bought the place. I hired a fireplace professional to inspect the stove and give us advice on using it. Not sure which model but it's 25.5" wide and it almost seems like new. I suppose I should replace the (inside) side fire bricks before putting the house on the market. They're in there but broken and hodge-podgey. The fireplace inspector told me years ago to keep a bed of ashes at all times. I figure he meant in lieu of fire bricks on the bottom, since there weren't and aren't any on the bottom.

I wonder how many thousands of dollars we've saved during our 25 years here. The warmth is AMAZING.

And yet, I wonder if the next homeowner will care about a (great) wood stove.

 

[bholler]

Did they tell you that you don't have enough hearth in front of the stove? That could be an issue at time of sale

 

[bearlover]

The inspector didn’t say anything about that. There's 12 inches of hearth in front plus a substantial steel tray that pulls out several more inches. It catches embers. I had a welder make it for this particular stove.

 

[bholler]

The inspector didn’t say anything about that. There's 12 inches of hearth in front plus a substantial steel tray that pulls out several more inches. It catches embers. I had a welder make it for this particular stove.

You need 18" to meet minimum code requirements.

 

[bearlover]

I wonder how people keep a stove when they buy a home with one.

 

[bearlover]

I wonder how people keep a stove when they buy a home with one.

I meant, i wonder how MANY people keep a stove when they buy a home with one.

 

[bholler]

I meant, i wonder how MANY people keep a stove when they buy a home with one.

Many do it really depends on the stove and setup. Many people also take their stoves with them.

 

[bearlover]

Getting back to what you said about the 18" requirement, I am outside Indianapolis and neither the county fireplace specialist nor the home inspector cited a violation. So I go with local requirements. Perhaps there's a grandfather clause.

 

[bholler]

Getting back to what you said about the 18" requirement, I am outside Indianapolis and neither the county fireplace specialist nor the home inspector cited a violation. So I go with local requirements. Perhaps there's a grandfather clause.

National requirements say 18 for an unlisted stove 16 minimum of listed and tested. Yes it is grandfathered you certainly aren't required to change it. But it should have been noted and a potential buyer would be very justified in asking to have it brought up to modern safety standards

 

[bearlover]

I see. Valuable information. Thanks. Can you provide me a link to the proper fire bricks, please?

 

[bholler]

I see. Valuable information. Thanks. Can you provide me a link to the proper fire bricks, please?

Any standard split firebrick you can get them at most hardware stores. You want the ones that are about 1 1/8" thick.

 

[bholler]

But I honestly wouldn't spend much time or money on the stove just for the house sale. Many people aren't doing to want an old inefficient stove like yours.

 

[bearlover]

Well, we heat pretty warm for $1500 a year (including half a tank of propane) which is way less than what most people tell me they do with gas and electric. So i guess more efficient stoves are even better.

 

[bholler]

Well, we heat pretty warm for $1500 a year (including half a tank of propane) which is way less than what most people tell me they do with gas and electric. So i guess more efficient stoves are even better.

They are plus they have glass doors that stay clean etc.

 

[Eman85]

I like your stove and the tray you had built on the frt. is a nice addition.
I bought a house that had a hearth and no stove so I bought one to fit. I took it with me when I moved and still have it.

 

[Hoytman]

If buyer wants it updated, then let them update it. No laws against selling a home as-is.

It will cost you a fortune to have it professionally done and you likely won’t re-coup the costs right away. Maybe, maybe not. Pass it on and let them buy home as-is.

 

[bholler]

If buyer wants it updated, then let them update it. No laws against selling a home as-is.

It will cost you a fortune to have it professionally done and you likely won’t re-coup the costs right away. Maybe, maybe not. Pass it on and let them buy home as-is.

Absolutely I would not do anything to it at all. Just disclose the known issues

 

[Hoytman]

Absolutely!