Some of you may remember my saga with a used Jotul Oslo that we bought 2 years ago. After fussing and fussing with it, I decided that I'd keep my eye open for a nice replacement stove as we just weren't all that happy with the Oslo.
Well, the Craigslist gods were smiling upon us and I just bought a used Quadrafire Isle Royale. I prefer cast iron over a steel stove, and I really liked the top load feature of our Defiant-Encore, so the Isle Royale seems like a great replacement for our Oslo. I especially like the ability to open the "start-up air" to get things going--that was always a major complaint with our Oslo is that it was quite sluggish on a cold start--we just couldn't get ours going without either the side or front door open for a good 20 mins or so.......
Anyway, we got a killer deal on the Isle Royale, in large part because even though it hasn't be used much ( it's a 2005 model that was used in a guest house) it needs some things fixed. For starters, at one point the previous owners had their hardwood floors refinished and when the floor guys moved the stove they broke the ash lip. Next, there is no baffle board on the baffle assembly (between the tubes and the cast baffle piece) and one of the tubes (the rear one) is missing altogether--they say it was like that (only 2 tubes!) when they bought it new!! It's also missing the griddle tool.
does anyone have a good photo of their IR with the baffle assembly raised so I can see how it's supposed to look?
Everything else is in real good shape, the glass, bricks, gaskets, etc all seem really good. So, being the el cheapo that I am, I'm tempted to just buy some replacement pipe and drill the holes to make a replacement rear burn tube--has anyone tried this? Second, how does the fiber baffle board attach to the cast baffle assembly? Adhesive or some kind of clips? I've used hardibacker board to replace baffle board in the past, that's probably what I'll do for this as well. Lastly, has anyone had to replace their ash lip? How hard is it to access the bolts/nuts?
Looking forward to learning more about the Isle Royales!!
NP
Well, the Craigslist gods were smiling upon us and I just bought a used Quadrafire Isle Royale. I prefer cast iron over a steel stove, and I really liked the top load feature of our Defiant-Encore, so the Isle Royale seems like a great replacement for our Oslo. I especially like the ability to open the "start-up air" to get things going--that was always a major complaint with our Oslo is that it was quite sluggish on a cold start--we just couldn't get ours going without either the side or front door open for a good 20 mins or so.......
Anyway, we got a killer deal on the Isle Royale, in large part because even though it hasn't be used much ( it's a 2005 model that was used in a guest house) it needs some things fixed. For starters, at one point the previous owners had their hardwood floors refinished and when the floor guys moved the stove they broke the ash lip. Next, there is no baffle board on the baffle assembly (between the tubes and the cast baffle piece) and one of the tubes (the rear one) is missing altogether--they say it was like that (only 2 tubes!) when they bought it new!! It's also missing the griddle tool.
does anyone have a good photo of their IR with the baffle assembly raised so I can see how it's supposed to look?
Everything else is in real good shape, the glass, bricks, gaskets, etc all seem really good. So, being the el cheapo that I am, I'm tempted to just buy some replacement pipe and drill the holes to make a replacement rear burn tube--has anyone tried this? Second, how does the fiber baffle board attach to the cast baffle assembly? Adhesive or some kind of clips? I've used hardibacker board to replace baffle board in the past, that's probably what I'll do for this as well. Lastly, has anyone had to replace their ash lip? How hard is it to access the bolts/nuts?
Looking forward to learning more about the Isle Royales!!
NP