This is a pic of the back of my Ashley steptop. The guy doing the rebuild says it "can warped". He's a mech. eng., EXCELLENT welder, concrete and masonry, and construction guy. Built his own boiler, and has a Quad Isle Royale in his great room.
I've posted in the past about this bulge in the back of the stove. I've been (every year) cleaning, then refilling with refractory cement, but still having a little problem keeping a fire for more than a couple hours, even with the air down low. Obviously (I think), this is still letting in some air as the cement degrades. Now that the wood is the driest it's ever been, I hope to be able to get longer burns this year after he replaces the back plate.
Any thoughts? Suggestions? Comments, or even smart azz remarks are welcome and hoped for.
I'd really like to see how this stove was meant to burn when new, since the back plate is the only bad spot on the stove.
And NO, I'm not the one who, quite obviously, WAY overfired this thing. Previous owner, or someone else, but not me. Honest.
It had some kind of fibrous material stuffed in the broken weld gap, then cement gooped in on top of that.
I've posted in the past about this bulge in the back of the stove. I've been (every year) cleaning, then refilling with refractory cement, but still having a little problem keeping a fire for more than a couple hours, even with the air down low. Obviously (I think), this is still letting in some air as the cement degrades. Now that the wood is the driest it's ever been, I hope to be able to get longer burns this year after he replaces the back plate.
Any thoughts? Suggestions? Comments, or even smart azz remarks are welcome and hoped for.
I'd really like to see how this stove was meant to burn when new, since the back plate is the only bad spot on the stove.
And NO, I'm not the one who, quite obviously, WAY overfired this thing. Previous owner, or someone else, but not me. Honest.
It had some kind of fibrous material stuffed in the broken weld gap, then cement gooped in on top of that.