Hey there,
I bought a house back in July. In this house is a Timberline slammer with no blower in the basement and what I believe to be a Taiwan knockoff parlor stove in my theater. I haven't really had a chance to run the Timberline except once before I replaced the door gaskets. However, I have used the parlor stove a handful of times and had some questions. It's the one that everyone asks to ID and it comes up as a Taiwan knockoff that was sold from Montgomery Ward.
I've attached some pictures just in case you're not familiar with this one. I know the discoloration is from over firing, it was like that when I bought the house. I just sealed the seams around the sides, where the stovepipe mates with the top of the stove, and the back. Everywhere I could see light with my flashlight I sealed. It was most of the seams. I appear to have much better flow through the stove now as it doesn't pour smoke out the top of the stove at the alarming rate that it used to when I would open the door to load before sealing. But, I still don't think I should be getting smoke out of the top of the stove regardless of whether or not I have the door open. This leaves me with a small issue, the decorative pieces of stainless utilize holes into the firebox to mount themselves. Removing the top would expose the 2 platters that should be sandblasted and repainted and probably be sealed themselves to the removable top that just rests on top of the firebox. Removing the stainless front piece would expose the screws and make it look a bit uglier. What do you propose that I do with this? I'd like to run it this season and possibly the following as there are a few things that require my money before a new wood stove. This is not primary heat for the house so I run it mostly on cold weekends or when I want to add some ambiance when we're watching a movie.
I bought a house back in July. In this house is a Timberline slammer with no blower in the basement and what I believe to be a Taiwan knockoff parlor stove in my theater. I haven't really had a chance to run the Timberline except once before I replaced the door gaskets. However, I have used the parlor stove a handful of times and had some questions. It's the one that everyone asks to ID and it comes up as a Taiwan knockoff that was sold from Montgomery Ward.
I've attached some pictures just in case you're not familiar with this one. I know the discoloration is from over firing, it was like that when I bought the house. I just sealed the seams around the sides, where the stovepipe mates with the top of the stove, and the back. Everywhere I could see light with my flashlight I sealed. It was most of the seams. I appear to have much better flow through the stove now as it doesn't pour smoke out the top of the stove at the alarming rate that it used to when I would open the door to load before sealing. But, I still don't think I should be getting smoke out of the top of the stove regardless of whether or not I have the door open. This leaves me with a small issue, the decorative pieces of stainless utilize holes into the firebox to mount themselves. Removing the top would expose the 2 platters that should be sandblasted and repainted and probably be sealed themselves to the removable top that just rests on top of the firebox. Removing the stainless front piece would expose the screws and make it look a bit uglier. What do you propose that I do with this? I'd like to run it this season and possibly the following as there are a few things that require my money before a new wood stove. This is not primary heat for the house so I run it mostly on cold weekends or when I want to add some ambiance when we're watching a movie.
