Is my stove rated, safe & efficient?

[Marti]

I have a Montgomery Wards Fireplace Stove that came with our house. It was installed approximately 1982. After reading posts on your site, I’m concerned about the safety. We rarely used it until recently when my husband passed away. Now I need to use it instead of the installed HVAC (broken thermostat).
I squeezed my cell phone between the brick wall and the back of the unit and was able to take a picture of the metal label on the back.
The door doesn’t hang well but still closes if you slam it. There doesn’t seem to be a problem with drafting.
We have a program through our Calaveras County Air. Environmental Air Resources to replace stoves that are not EPA certified. So I’m addition of some safety and installation concerns, I need to know if it is an EPA certified stove!

Thank you so much!
Marti

 

[bholler]

View attachment 236770 View attachment 236771 View attachment 236772 I have a Montgomery Wards Fireplace Stove that came with our house. It was installed approximately 1982. After reading posts on your site, I’m concerned about the safety. We rarely used it until recently when my husband passed away. Now I need to use it instead of the installed HVAC (broken thermostat).
I squeezed my cell phone between the brick wall and the back of the unit and was able to take a picture of the metal label on the back.
The door doesn’t hang well but still closes if you slam it. There doesn’t seem to be a problem with drafting.
We have a program through our Calaveras County Air. Environmental Air Resources to replace stoves that are not EPA certified. So I’m addition of some safety and installation concerns, I need to know if it is an EPA certified stove!

Thank you so much!
Marti

It is not epa certified.

It is not efficent.

And it is not installed safely.