Resolute Acclaim inside coming apart

[Chewie]

This is our fourth winter using the Resolute Acclaim as our daily stove, which came with the house. The back piece inside the stove (looking at the manual maybe this is the fireblock?) is falling apart.

The top piece is cracked, this has been like this for a while, maybe since we moved in I dont recall, but the pieces behind were previously staying up despite that. A few times they sagged a little but we just had to push up a bit to get them back up and they would stay put. But now they won't go back in there. There is some kind of material behind there, seems almost like Styrofoam.

Haven't dealt with this kind of thing before and was curious what fixing this would take for cost/effort. Would it just need a replacement piece for that back section? Is this kind of thing expected to replace at some point in a stove, or do people usually replace it at this point?

 

[Megunticook]

Most likely stove was overfired. The stuff behind it is probably the refractory material, although I'm not super-familiar with the Resolute Acclaim (I have an Encore).

You may be able to order replacement parts, I would check with Mt. View Hearth because they have a lot of Vermont Castings stuff in stock and they're pretty reliable. There are other options online too. If the stove is old it's possible some parts won't be available.

How are you monitoring your stove's temperature?

 

[Woodsplitter67]

Your going to need to do at a minimum a partial rebuild.

Your stove looks like it's over firing. If it were me I'd do a complete rebuild to make sure the stove is sealed. You probably don't know how long the stove has gone without maintenance it's probably past the time for serious maintenance

 

[Chewie]

Most likely stove was overfired. The stuff behind it is probably the refractory material, although I'm not super-familiar with the Resolute Acclaim (I have an Encore).

You may be able to order replacement parts, I would check with Mt. View Hearth because they have a lot of Vermont Castings stuff in stock and they're pretty reliable. There are other options online too. If the stove is old it's possible some parts won't be available.

How are you monitoring your stove's temperature?

Might have to look around more, looks like they have the cracked piece but I'm not seeing the three other pieces:

https://www.stove-parts-unlimited.com/resolute-acclaim-0041-lower-fireback-1301826a-p/1301826a.htm

As for monitoring our process temperature, we haven't been doing that so...thats probably bad.

Your going to need to do at a minimum a partial rebuild.

Your stove looks like it's over firing. If it were me I'd do a complete rebuild to make sure the stove is sealed. You probably don't know how long the stove has gone without maintenance it's probably past the time for serious maintenance

Okay so the rebuild would essentially be replacing all the interior components then?

 

[begreen]

Your going to need to do at a minimum a partial rebuild.

Your stove looks like it's over firing. If it were me I'd do a complete rebuild to make sure the stove is sealed. You probably don't know how long the stove has gone without maintenance it's probably past the time for serious maintenance

I am going to go further and say it's due for a complete rebuild at this point. This is assuming that there are no cracks in the cast iron body. Go over it thoroughly and consider a new stove if the replacement parts is extensive. This stove was not one of VC greatest.

 

[Max W]

Hi, Chewie. I got that stove from my sister when she replaced it with a newer VC. I replaced the Kent Tilefire with it but I think the Kent was the better stove to begin with. We later put the Kent upstairs when we moved, taking our cookstove with us. I did put the key damper in the VC as it wasn’t as tight as it should have been. I don’t know how the Jay used it in his seven years or so. You may be better off if you can can swing a good replacement.