I have someone interested in buying my used Vermont Castings Resolute (built in '81) and they want to put it into a cottage that is used some weekends in the winter. Their concern is whether the cast iron might crack when going from 0 in an unheated cottage to 450 or more. I said I would post the question here because I thought that as long as you didn't start out with a fast, roaring fire and took it gradually from super cold to hot over 30 to 40 min., there should be no problem. I'd be concerned about doing this with a cheapie import (AKA Chinese) where the quality of the cast iron might be bad but I thought the VC's of old were one of the best made.
Since I have no personal experience with this, I promised to ask here and pass along the collective wisdom of the members. Suggestions? I will pass along the link so that we might have a new member also.
Since I have no personal experience with this, I promised to ask here and pass along the collective wisdom of the members. Suggestions? I will pass along the link so that we might have a new member also.