TempWood

[obc83]

Hello, new to the forum, so thanks in advance. I am doing a roof, etc on a friend's new-to-them Maine cabin. The heater is a pretty beat up old top loading TempWood. This place has I suspect been empty for quite a while and now that the new metal roof is on you can see that the stack is just dumping ash. Which led me to investigate and find that there is no spark arrestor, no damper, and to me, even more importantly, no baffle! So in my mind it's basically a high tech fire pit right now. I grew up with a top loader but can't seem to remember, or find any pictures of a baffle set up. Was there one originally? Should I at least add a damper? A spark arrestor? My friend who has been staying there says the stove is a dream and you can really shut it down, which blows my mind because it just has two of those not at all airtight slider discs for vents. What should I do? I have suggested a new stove but it's not in the budget this year. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks! Not my picture but its one of these:

 

[peakbagger]

IMHO, add a damper to the stack and spend the time getting next years wood cut split stacked and covered. Then keep an eye out for stove deals in the spring when people who have tried to burn poorly seasoned wood with an EPA stove decide to sell them.

 

[EatenByLimestone]

Yeah, put wood up today for next year, and the one after that. New stoves are going to want wood that’s been cut, split and stacked for at least a year. You’ll get much better results from 2 year wood though.

 

[EatenByLimestone]

Until then, get the cabin insulated!

 

[begreen]

It was a decent cheap downdraft stove that actually worked pretty well for its time.