Hearthstone II rebuild

[Kevlar_vw]

Hi all,

My name is Kevin. I'm new to this site. I have been restoring old Hearthstone stoves for a while, and decided it was time to document a few. I have worked at Hearthstone for a number of years, that's how I gained the knowledge for these beautiful stoves.

This is a 1987 Hearthstone II in black matte, I bought on Craigslist for $100.00 It was rough, every stone was cracked/broken, the whole inside was burnt up, and all gaskets/seals were gone.
The day I got it into my shop:


Teardown went fairly well, it was definitely over-fired.




After tearing the stove down to basically nothing, I sandblasted all tha cast, and put a fresh coat of paint on everything. Here is the bottom painted and assembled:


The body of the stove. Now, being a 28 year old stove, the stones are not always available. I purchased a wet saw, so I can cut my own stones. with a little practice, (and patience), and some Vermont beer, I had a complete set of stone cut.

At this point, it was about -14* for a steady 2 weeks. I do not heat my shop, so I brought the stove to work to finish after hours. I treated the stove to a new backplate, sideplate, air pipe, baffle, damper, and all new hardware.

Here are some progress pictures:





Final Product is, a brand new, 1987 Hearthstone II.



I was very pleased with the way this stove turned out. I have about 20 hours into the rebuild, any many beers. It sold very quickly, and recently picked up a 1985 Hearthstone II (righthand door model) that will receive this same treatment.

Thanks for looking!

 

[begreen]

Welcome Kevin. Very nice restoration, it looks beautiful once again. Thanks for posting. You are a very patient person.

 

[DougA]

Wonderful restoration.

 

[fbelec]

nice job. i have the same stove in brown. what is the stuff you used on the seams? it looks tan and not gray or black like the typical furnace cement.

frank

 

[Kevlar_vw]

I used the same cement all hearthstones are assembled with. We make it in house and sell it.

 

[begreen]

Please provide more info. We get several requests a year for this cement. Is this similar to what Jotul uses? What is your company?

 

[Kevlar_vw]

I work at hearthstone. We make make this cement to built all of our stoves with. You can buy it at any hearthstone dealer.

 

[begreen]

Wow, that's pretty cool. I thought your "shop" looked pretty well equipped for soapstone work. Thanks for the cement info, that's good to know.

 

[stovelark]

Hi Kevlar- seen your rebuild, very nice. I sell many HS stoves every year, sold a Basil Majolica Shelburne about a week and a half ago- she came in Monday this week. Nice color. Keep building them well, we appreciate it.

 

[Kevlar_vw]

Hi Kevlar- seen your rebuild, very nice. I sell many HS stoves every year, sold a Basil Majolica Shelburne about a week and a half ago- she came in Monday this week. Nice color. Keep building them well, we appreciate it.

Glad to hear it! Basil is a beautiful color.

 

[kennyp2339]

Envious of your work... good job