Upland 17

[Mayo]

Hey everyone.
I was given an old upland 17 to heat my garage. When I opened it to look it over before getting ready to install it I seen there were fire bricks laid inside however when I looked it up online the original instructions don't call for these. Is there anywhere the bricks are supposed to be in this stove?
thanks

 

[begreen]

You're correct. The Upland 17 did not have firebricks. It had protective burn plates on each side. Are these missing? Is the baffle still in place?

 

[Mayo]

Baffle is still in place and I will look for the protective plates tomorrow mid these are missing do I use fire bricks? If I were to guess the previous owners of the stove didn't realize these plates were in place.

 

[begreen]

I would guess that if they are missing the previous owners were trying to save some money with a cheaper non-stock alteration.

 

[Mayo]

I will look and post some pictures to see what everyone thinks.