Is this Vermont casting 1979 missing parts ?

[Trinaj]

hello, I recently aquired this Vermont castings and found out its to small for my house . I'm going to sell it , but was wondering if it's missing anything ? There is no grate or Ash pan inside .
Can anyone tell me about this stove so I can pass on the info to the future buyer ?

 

[DougA]

I owned a similar one and they did not have either a grate or an ash pan. The cast iron rails sticking up from the bottom in photo 2 are used as a grate. You are supposed to have ash or sand cover the bottom of the stove and up to the top of the rails. That helps insulate heat from the bottom.

You shovel coals/ash out with a shovel that was supplied with the original stove and shovel only to the top of the rails.

 

[Trinaj]

Very interesting . I see how that would work . What size was your house you were heating it with ?

 

[DougA]

I had a VC Resolute which was supposed to kick out 34,000 BTU as I recall - maybe more. It was OK when I cranked it to 550 deg but lower than that, it was kinda lame. Well built but the newer designs are much more efficient. I'm guessing it would work OK for 1,200' reasonably insulated house. The problem with sq ft is that there are WAY too many variables (insulation/location/draftiness/ life style) to use it for anything.

 

[jharkin]

VC Resoulute 1 . Great stove in its day but not as efficient as modern stoves. There is a PDF of the owners manual in the files section of this website.

Agree, inside looks complete. The front door handle is missing the wood insert. Outside is very clean for the age, looks like somebody repainted it recently.

I grew up with this, my Dad still has it. Its a small stove rated for under 1500 sq ft of heating capacity if I recall. He is using it in a 1600 sq house and its marginal.