Lopi Parlor upper part full of debris

[hale1114]

We've had a Lopi Parlor for 12 years. This year we tried to start a fire and the smoke didn't draft. Upon inspection, there's what appears to be ash and dirt in the upper part of the stove (directly over the fire box. I can't figure out how to get the ceiling of the firebox apart to get to it and the stove pipe won't come out of the top. Has anyone else had trouble with this?

 

[PaulOinMA]

Looks to be a tube stove like my Answer. Remove a couple of the air tubes. It's towards the rear of the owner's manual.

https://www.travisindustries.com/Docs/100-01141.pdf

The roll pins are small. I bought some 3/4" replacement pins that I put in the front two tubes this year. May buy 1" for next year to make them even easier to compress with needle-nose vice grips.

 

[PaulOinMA]

I'll be buying roll pins (spring pins) here ...

https://www.mscdirect.com/browse/tn/Fasteners/Spring-Pins?searchterm=spring+pins&navid=4287884576

 

[hale1114]

Thanks for the manual link. I got the front tube and then the bricks out. It was loaded with ash & soot that, I assume, was from the previous 12 years. We also have an issue with mud daubers where I live. I'm sure they were building nests in the flue and when we'd light it each year, those nests would crumble and fall.

I'm going to clean it real good. I was thinking about recoating it with stove paint before putting it all together, now that I got it apart.