So I think I had a few overfires due to too much draft and too much dry pine...or at least near overfires. The only one where i could measure the actual stove top was at 820 and the other two were probably in that range but i wasnt aware as with the surround on i could only measure a spot in the air path and that read 650 and ive now found the hottest spot of the top runs 150 to 200 higher than the spot I was measuring.
Anyhow, most of my liner is rigid oval duraliner which comes pre insulated and what I can see of that (above chimney only) looks fine. There's a three foot section of flex and a round to oval flex piece and what I can see of these has discolored to bronze - it actually looks nice but I'm just curious if this is a sign of any damage or if it's normal. Highest I measured the outside of this flex was about 575 during the near over fire where the top reached 820 - not sure how hot it got on the other fires as surround was preventing me from checking.
Anyhow - is this ok? Structurally it looks ok, just the discoloration.
Anyhow, most of my liner is rigid oval duraliner which comes pre insulated and what I can see of that (above chimney only) looks fine. There's a three foot section of flex and a round to oval flex piece and what I can see of these has discolored to bronze - it actually looks nice but I'm just curious if this is a sign of any damage or if it's normal. Highest I measured the outside of this flex was about 575 during the near over fire where the top reached 820 - not sure how hot it got on the other fires as surround was preventing me from checking.
Anyhow - is this ok? Structurally it looks ok, just the discoloration.
