Hi all!
First off I wanted to say thank you to all who add to this community, this is my first post, but I have been reading the forums since I bought my new house that has a wood stove (two months or so) and have learned quite a bit about wood burning and about my stove. Now on to my question and plan.
I have a Resolute Acclaim 0041 manufactured in January 1992. I know of all of the problems related to this stove, but I didn't buy it and unfortunately I don't have the money to replace it before this heating season. Before my ownership this stove was rebuilt with the kit that turns the interior into a Resolute Acclaim 2490 with the fire brick kits, etc. Based on the bolt pattern on the support plates for the arch bricks (socket head bolts instead of countersink bolts) this rebuild was done before 2013 when the design changed.
I have already replaced the refractory combustion package, and am replacing all of the firebricks and gaskets since they are all broken clean in half. I will update this thread with pictures as I go.
My question to the group is, what joints inside the unit need to be sealed with cement? The joints around the edges where the plates meet obviously need cement (the cracked remnants of the old cement were removed when I cleaned out the unit), but what about between the pit plate and the bottom? This part had broken cement all around the edges, so I feel that I should put cement there when I put it back, but if this is sealed off completely I am unsure how the air will actually make it from the primary source into the stove. If anyone has insight on this I would greatly appreciate it!
![[Hearth.com] Resolute Acclaim Rebuild [Hearth.com] Resolute Acclaim Rebuild](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/249/249112-e87e41f0c93e82528dfd5431e371bdea.jpg?hash=abZ-Ai2HYW)
![[Hearth.com] Resolute Acclaim Rebuild [Hearth.com] Resolute Acclaim Rebuild](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/249/249113-c7d8bbcd16a32c04ddd35146c5735790.jpg?hash=ZR2yrJt-7m)
![[Hearth.com] Resolute Acclaim Rebuild [Hearth.com] Resolute Acclaim Rebuild](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/249/249115-dc9c0255e02fc034ba3cfaca63dbb4c0.jpg?hash=9VCms7WNcU)
First off I wanted to say thank you to all who add to this community, this is my first post, but I have been reading the forums since I bought my new house that has a wood stove (two months or so) and have learned quite a bit about wood burning and about my stove. Now on to my question and plan.
I have a Resolute Acclaim 0041 manufactured in January 1992. I know of all of the problems related to this stove, but I didn't buy it and unfortunately I don't have the money to replace it before this heating season. Before my ownership this stove was rebuilt with the kit that turns the interior into a Resolute Acclaim 2490 with the fire brick kits, etc. Based on the bolt pattern on the support plates for the arch bricks (socket head bolts instead of countersink bolts) this rebuild was done before 2013 when the design changed.
I have already replaced the refractory combustion package, and am replacing all of the firebricks and gaskets since they are all broken clean in half. I will update this thread with pictures as I go.
My question to the group is, what joints inside the unit need to be sealed with cement? The joints around the edges where the plates meet obviously need cement (the cracked remnants of the old cement were removed when I cleaned out the unit), but what about between the pit plate and the bottom? This part had broken cement all around the edges, so I feel that I should put cement there when I put it back, but if this is sealed off completely I am unsure how the air will actually make it from the primary source into the stove. If anyone has insight on this I would greatly appreciate it!
![[Hearth.com] Resolute Acclaim Rebuild [Hearth.com] Resolute Acclaim Rebuild](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/249/249112-e87e41f0c93e82528dfd5431e371bdea.jpg?hash=abZ-Ai2HYW)
![[Hearth.com] Resolute Acclaim Rebuild [Hearth.com] Resolute Acclaim Rebuild](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/249/249113-c7d8bbcd16a32c04ddd35146c5735790.jpg?hash=ZR2yrJt-7m)
![[Hearth.com] Resolute Acclaim Rebuild [Hearth.com] Resolute Acclaim Rebuild](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/249/249115-dc9c0255e02fc034ba3cfaca63dbb4c0.jpg?hash=9VCms7WNcU)