Name this Kodiak Stove?

[Bigblocksierra]

hey guys.
Just picked up this Kodiak Stove over the weekend from a gentleman who "refurbished" it. I was wondering if anyone knew of what name/model it is? It looks like it has had some modification done to it and was just wondering what it's supposed to look like vs now with what has been done.

Thanks.

 

[mellow]

Looks like he took out the shaker grate, will you be burning wood only in it?

 

[Bigblocksierra]

Yes. Wood only. And the ash pan door has been fastened shut somehow in it. The guy says he believes it has what they called a "wood burner kit" in it. But I am unsure of such kit.

 

[mellow]

The coal shaker grates rust out over time, he was BS'ing about a wood burner kit, he just put a piece of plate steel over the hole. Are you installing this in your house or garage?

 

[Bigblocksierra]

It's gonna spend the first year in my garage until I get some chimney issues I have in the house straightened out next year. Then it's going in the house

 

[Grisu]

Get your wood ready in the mean time. That involves stacking the split wood in a sunny and windy spot, raised from the ground, and preferably top-covered. The longer you let it sit to dry out, the better it will burn and the more heat you will get out of it.

Btw. You can get a new stove with 1.5x to 2x the efficiency for less than $900.

 

[Bigblocksierra]

I've got about 2 cords cut, split, stacked and covered already. I have a chimney in my garage so the stove will be burnt this winter as well

 

[Grisu]

Is that building listed as a garage or shop? Check with your local building authority and home insurance whether they are ok with a stove in a garage. Most codes don't allow it.

Two cords is a good start but if you plan on that stove heating most of your home next winter you will probably need quite a bit more than that.

 

[mellow]

That is a good shop stove, I wouldn't bother with it for the house, I would buy something new/newer that is UL listed and home insurance friendly that will save you some wood, that thing will eat wood like crazy.

 

[Bigblocksierra]

Is that building listed as a garage or shop? Check with your local building authority and home insurance whether they are ok with a stove in a garage. Most codes don't allow it.

Two cords is a good start but if you plan on that stove heating most of your home next winter you will probably need quite a bit more than that.

Don't even get me started about legal/code issues...when I bought this house, almost everything in it was illegal/against code. I am slowly getting everything right, starting with the major issues first. Remember how I was saying I had chimney issues? Well that's cause the previous owner used the same chimney/flu for both the oil boiler and the wood stove he had in the house, which he also had the stove about 15-20 feet away from the chimney, so he ran the stove pipe up from the top of the stove, to the rafters of the sealing, 90 degrees towards the chimney, ran it the 15-20 feet along the rafters then 90 degrees into the chimney. Obviously that was one of the first issues I took care of by removing the wood stove from the house all together until I can get the boiler power-vented out to the side of the house..then I can use the chimney solely for the wood stove.

My home is only roughly 1,800 square feet, so this stove shouldn't have much trouble heating it.

 

[Bigblocksierra]

This is the wimpy little stove that was in the house when I bought it