JonOfSunderland said:Does anyone with a Mansfield, or any large firebox stove, notice a decent buildup of shiny creosote on the back wall of the firebox?
sauer said:my mansfield has that also, mabe not as glossy, but my woodstock fireview has a light grey looking firebox. I see you rebuilt your mansfield. I just got done doing the same thing , mine was overfired and needed some fab work on the top cast due to cast warpage. Ive seen a couple of posts on here about overfired mansfields. what was wrong with yours?
JonOfSunderland said:As for the creosote, I'm gonna see if (1) the secondary air risers aren't sealing well in the back/bottom of the stove, or (2) perhaps the badly warped baffles and resulting stray exhaust paths are causing problems.
Highbeam said:Soapstone heats up much more slowly than the iron products and the max temps stay low. We have no firebrick in stone stoves to heat up and prevent this creo accumulation. I believe that such accumulation is normal on stone stoves. I know that my firebox is black on the bare stones, maybe not as shiny but definitely not the same thing you see inside a steel stove with firebricks.
agartner said:JonOfSunderland said:Does anyone with a Mansfield, or any large firebox stove, notice a decent buildup of shiny creosote on the back wall of the firebox?
Whoa! I've been considering putting a Hearthstone Heritage on my main living level come spring (2nd woodstove). Do the soapstone stoves really tend to blacken up like this? I would think once it got up to "running temp" it would simply burn off. The firebrick in my steel box stove is all tan, they never get any buildup like that.
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Backwoods Savage said:Highbeam said:Soapstone heats up much more slowly than the iron products and the max temps stay low. We have no firebrick in stone stoves to heat up and prevent this creo accumulation. I believe that such accumulation is normal on stone stoves. I know that my firebox is black on the bare stones, maybe not as shiny but definitely not the same thing you see inside a steel stove with firebricks.
Whoa
It does take a bit to heat up the stone. We take our stove top to 700 degrees but Hearthstone recommends only 600 degrees. But, an accumulation like is shown in the pictures is NOT normal.
The only time we had any black in our stove was on the initial burn in. Since then there is no black and you can look inside the firebox and find no black. It is not normal at all.
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