Hello all...Spent a bit of time here a few years back, when I needed help with a a wood stove install in my old house, and got some great advise that resulted in a perfectly working install of A Hearthstone Heritage wood burner. So here I am, returning for some input from the gas burner side of the forum.
Purchased late last year an older but very clean Hearthstone Sterling model 8532 that had already been converted to LPG. My plan was to use this to offer heat during the overnight, when the wood stove was starting to Peter out, and also to heat the house during shoulder seasons. The Sterling was dusty and had not been in service for a number of years, so I figured a good cleaning and rebuild was in order. I disassembled the stove and blew it all out. I purchased some proper gasket material and made up my own set of replacement gaskets for the entire stove. I was fully expecting to have to at the very least replace the valve and pilot assembly but to my surprise the stove fired right up while testing it on the bench of my garage running off of a 30lb BBQ tank. I took the stove in the house so as to determine placement and heating abilities, running it for a couple of hours in the house with only a top exit 2 foot section of DV stovepipe. To my joy the stove burned with a very pretty flame, and gave off plenty of heat generating 250F temps on the stovetops center stone panel. Some adjustment to the pilot screw was needed along with adjustment to the air shutters for me to arrive at a nice looking flame. Not certain if its burning a bit rich and if I made correct air shutter adjustments. I do realize that I may have to re set these air shutters once I get it vented properly but am curious to know it it looks good for now. a pic is attached to show it burn on a high setting. Would also like to know if there is a generic type of thermostatic control unit I can purchase instead of having to buy a high priced OEM unit??? Thanks in advance for any help offered.
![[Hearth.com] new to me Hearthstone Sterling 8532](https://www.hearth.com/talk/attachments/sterling-pic1-webp.295165/ "[Hearth.com] new to me Hearthstone Sterling 8532")
Purchased late last year an older but very clean Hearthstone Sterling model 8532 that had already been converted to LPG. My plan was to use this to offer heat during the overnight, when the wood stove was starting to Peter out, and also to heat the house during shoulder seasons. The Sterling was dusty and had not been in service for a number of years, so I figured a good cleaning and rebuild was in order. I disassembled the stove and blew it all out. I purchased some proper gasket material and made up my own set of replacement gaskets for the entire stove. I was fully expecting to have to at the very least replace the valve and pilot assembly but to my surprise the stove fired right up while testing it on the bench of my garage running off of a 30lb BBQ tank. I took the stove in the house so as to determine placement and heating abilities, running it for a couple of hours in the house with only a top exit 2 foot section of DV stovepipe. To my joy the stove burned with a very pretty flame, and gave off plenty of heat generating 250F temps on the stovetops center stone panel. Some adjustment to the pilot screw was needed along with adjustment to the air shutters for me to arrive at a nice looking flame. Not certain if its burning a bit rich and if I made correct air shutter adjustments. I do realize that I may have to re set these air shutters once I get it vented properly but am curious to know it it looks good for now. a pic is attached to show it burn on a high setting. Would also like to know if there is a generic type of thermostatic control unit I can purchase instead of having to buy a high priced OEM unit??? Thanks in advance for any help offered.
