About how long will a stove last?

[chris288]

I would still have my 14 year old whitfield if it didn't start to rust, I could have refurbished it and probably got another 10 years out of it i'm sure, but we " upgraded " to the XXV, in many ways I really liked the whitfield and was the top of the line stove at the time, in 14 years it only needed an auger motor, if we kept it for a 15th season it would have needed a combustion blower for 155.00. I don't think the newer stoves are any better. The whitfield needed to be shut down once a week for a good cleaning, the xxv could proabably go a month, turns on and off and maintains the house at 71 degrees. There are plusses and minuses to every stove, a quality well built well maintained stove I would think should last a minimum of 15-20 years.

 

[checkthisout]

It's a hunk of steel with 3 motors in it. Service parts are cheap. The stove will last as long as dirt as long as it isn't cheap and rusts out or something.

The cost of a door gasket is trivial and the quality is the same regardless of what stove you have. Combustion and Convection blowers are generally in the $200.00 range with auger motors about the same.

Most stoves are covered under a 7 year warranty and I would expect the parts above to last at least 10 years.

 

[pony66]

I have nothing but HIGH praise to the people on this forum. I found this site by accident when I was looking for reviews on certain pellets that I was interested in using.

I know that with proper cleaning, my stove should last for years to come. I also feel that with the savings from NOT having to buy oil to heat my home, I'll come out ahead this year with the money saved.

what he said X2

 

[Pellet-King]

A LIFETIME!, I've replaced ZERO - ZILCH - NADA - NOTHING, on now my 12th year.

 

[1944Osage]

my 1992 austroflamm wega is still going strong!