Woodstock Soapstone shows all stoves sold out for 2026 on website

[John Lehet]

I don’t know what this means. I looked to see if they had Progress catalysts in stock, was surprised the stove is apparently not for sale. None of the other stoves are either.

 

[Leeks]

There's a post on their bulletin board:

"The Woodstock Soapstone Company factory & showroom will be closed for a two-week summer vacation staring Monday, July 13th through Sunday, July 26th. Woodstock Soapstone will reopen at 9:00 AM on Monday, July 27th. Unless already scheduled, we will not be able to send or receive stoves or parts orders during this time."

Maybe they turned off adding products to the shopping cart on their website. Hopefully it's not a sign of something more ominous.

 

[John Lehet]

I didn’t see that. Probably explains it! The “Sold Out” is probably either a poorly considered choice, or it may be a lack of flexibility in how the site is managed.

 

[EatenByLimestone]

Probably changed their inventory to zero so nothing will get sold. It might be a good time for them to actually take inventory and get a solid number.

 

[Todd]

Yeah I don’t recall ever seeing Woodstock announce a 2 week vacation for all employees, it’s concerning. You would think with all the problems they have had it would be all hands on deck before the busy season starts.

 

[brenndatomu]

Summer vacation shutdown is not all that uncommon for small companies

 

[John Lehet]

I don’t know what kind of climate control they have in their factory, but the heat has been brutal in this area. Recently our daytime temperatures have only been a degree or two behind, and sometimes above, areas far to our south. In northern New England, air conditioning isn’t as common or specced as robustly as it is to our south. Like Europe, we aren’t expecting it. Even if they have some air conditioning in the factory, it might not suffice. (My car is like that, AC is fine below 90F). Might have been pretty hot to work in that metal building, and a taking a break a good idea. But I have no idea of course.

 

[EatenByLimestone]

Who knows, next week they may announce they were purchased.