2017/2018 VC owners thread

[begreen]

Confession: the 15+ year old Oslo to be replaced by ( almost deciding ) a 'new/improved' VC Flexburn has been abused.
To you Jotul Oslo owners, DON"T CRACK THE ASH DOOR OPEN for firing. It will crack the top plate as we know too well.
Also, the enamel stoves don't need the yearly painting. look better long term, worth the extra money, clean up easy, which we did not do.
Cheap at the time the Oslo came.

More commonly it cracks the base due to the extreme temperature difference in the base vs the grate area. Look for hairline cracks like this.

 

[Kevin Weis]

Welcome to the VC thread and the forum.

It has been very quite here......stoves must be running just right and/or people are is a shut down mode for the season.

April has been very cold here, I am still doing a fire every morning and a second load in the afternoon. Small loads of hemlock, it keeps the house warm until the next morning pretty much (some help from NG here and there in the morning).

Two days in the 80's here then back now into the 40's. Got to clean out the 2 & 1 and now burning again. Looks like below normal now till the end of the month they say. Means 30's - 50's here. Got enough wood to last till then.

 

[Dobish]

our weather has been all over the place, but we are still burning strong!

 

[Diabel]

Mine has been cold since last Sat. I might have a fire tonight though. Raining and damp outside.

 

[Woodsplitter67]

We had a small one going last night for a couple of hours.... looks like were done now till late October beginning of November

 

[Cast Iron]

HHT the holder of Vermont Castings never had their new Flexburns EPA certified for efficiency. Many states offer rebates for higher efficiency wood stoves.
So, some of you anti VC people have a point on the "new, improved" VC/HHT. I am frankly %#$@&$ ( aka not pleased).

 

[begreen]

The Flexburn 2040 testing (and the other VC stoves) are listed under Vermont Castings in the EPA certifications. Is that not sufficient for VT?

 

[bholler]

Yeah i dont get that it is not a new stove from hht it was made before that change i dont see why it would need retested just because the ownership changed.

 

[Dobish]

colorado didn't even ask me for any verification except for the user manual...

 

[Cast Iron]

NO.

 

[bholler]

NO.

No what?

 

[begreen]

Assuming no VT rebate. What is the VT program that the VC 2040 is ineligible for?

 

[bilvihur]

10 year old VC Resolute Acclaim. In a prior post I asked about repairing fire brick, and it was suggested that I look for other problems. It turned out that my combustion package was shot also. I found one on ebay for 2/3 of what the dealer wanted. Problem is that I haven't found any instructions on how to go about rebuilding. It looks like it will fit in from the front without any disassembly, but what holds in in place (eg furnace cement, etc)? Does it need any gasket? Thanks.

 

[begreen]

10 year old VC Resolute Acclaim. In a prior post I asked about repairing fire brick, and it was suggested that I look for other problems. It turned out that my combustion package was shot also. I found one on ebay for 2/3 of what the dealer wanted. Problem is that I haven't found any instructions on how to go about rebuilding. It looks like it will fit in from the front without any disassembly, but what holds in in place (eg furnace cement, etc)? Does it need any gasket? Thanks.

@defiant3

 

[bilvihur]

Anyone have advice on installing the new combustion package?

 

[Diabel]

Anyone have advice on installing the new combustion package?

Instructions will be stove specific. You have to indicate what VC product you have.

 

[begreen]

Instructions will be stove specific. You have to indicate what VC product you have.

10 year old VC Resolute Acclaim

 

[defiant3]

10 year old VC Resolute Acclaim. In a prior post I asked about repairing fire brick, and it was suggested that I look for other problems. It turned out that my combustion package was shot also. I found one on ebay for 2/3 of what the dealer wanted. Problem is that I haven't found any instructions on how to go about rebuilding. It looks like it will fit in from the front without any disassembly, but what holds in in place (eg furnace cement, etc)? Does it need any gasket? Thanks.

You must remove the cover plates and upper fireback assembly. Your localdealer or V.C. may actually be able to provide some help. These days there seems to be tech. support . Sort of...

 

[Dobish]

does anyone have anything special they use to keep their chimney tailings from going behind the secondary? Its not really that big of a deal, but you have to dig them out again.

 

[Diabel]

I use a cereal box with two of the sides cut out and a thin piece of glued plywood to the bottom. It slides nicely in, catches 90% of the crud. I still run the shop vac at the end in order to get into each side of the refractory box.

 

[SculptureOfSound]

Took a pic of the Montpelier air inlet holes above the air wash piece while disassembling and painting today.

Pics taken with air fully open (holes don't fully open) and fully closed. Maybe someone will find it useful or interesting

 

[Woodsplitter67]

Yo... whats up all my VC friends

 

[Dobish]

Yo... whats up all my VC friends

i got up on the roof the other day and reapplied silicone around my storm collar. Also, it was below 80º over the weekend, so that was nice.

 

[Woodsplitter67]

i got up on the roof the other day and reapplied silicone around my storm collar. Also, it was below 80º over the weekend, so that was nice.

Looks as if the weather here has finally broke... not sooooo hot not sooo humid... somthing like 55 to 60 days till the stove gets lit... super looking forward to it.. im so ready for fall.. as i sit here on the beach for summer vacation overlooking the ocean

 

[Diabel]

Winter is coming