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We moved into our place in the fall of 2003 and had a cast iron stove in the basement, all ready to go. Silly me, I dismantled the chimney connector pipes, discarded them, and then moved the stove out to the backyard, unprotected from the elements.
Well 10 years later, I realize how idiotic that was, so I'm now interested in pulling 'er back inside and hooking it back up. I'll need to replace the chimney connection pipes, but I think that's about it. I realize how much this could help with heating costs this upcoming winter. Oh how foolish I was as a younger man...
The stove has a lot of surface rust after 10 years, but nothing too serious - I'm pretty sure I can grind it off with a wire brush or something similar (is that even necessary - can't I just paint it, or could that cause health hazards inside the house when the stove heats up?) The bigger problem is that the handle is seized - I tried smacking it with a rubber mallot in a counter-clockwise direction to loosen it and low and behold, it budged, so it looks like it'll need some greasing or wd40 or something, but it will come loose.
Edit: I have photos of the stove:
http://scriptor2014scriptor.imgur.com/all/
After my long rant, my question is, is it possible to reconnect this and get it working again? What do I need to watch out for (rusting, re-painting, and especially health hazards if there might be any). There could very well be rust inside the stove since it was outside for a decade and the hole at the top was wide open all that time). I really want to get this bugger going again so I can have some warm, toasty Saturday night hockey games on the flatscreen in the winter![Smile :) :)](/talk/styles/default/xenforo/smileys/grin.gif)
Thanks for all help!!
![Smile :) :)](/talk/styles/default/xenforo/smileys/grin.gif)
We moved into our place in the fall of 2003 and had a cast iron stove in the basement, all ready to go. Silly me, I dismantled the chimney connector pipes, discarded them, and then moved the stove out to the backyard, unprotected from the elements.
Well 10 years later, I realize how idiotic that was, so I'm now interested in pulling 'er back inside and hooking it back up. I'll need to replace the chimney connection pipes, but I think that's about it. I realize how much this could help with heating costs this upcoming winter. Oh how foolish I was as a younger man...
The stove has a lot of surface rust after 10 years, but nothing too serious - I'm pretty sure I can grind it off with a wire brush or something similar (is that even necessary - can't I just paint it, or could that cause health hazards inside the house when the stove heats up?) The bigger problem is that the handle is seized - I tried smacking it with a rubber mallot in a counter-clockwise direction to loosen it and low and behold, it budged, so it looks like it'll need some greasing or wd40 or something, but it will come loose.
Edit: I have photos of the stove:
http://scriptor2014scriptor.imgur.com/all/
After my long rant, my question is, is it possible to reconnect this and get it working again? What do I need to watch out for (rusting, re-painting, and especially health hazards if there might be any). There could very well be rust inside the stove since it was outside for a decade and the hole at the top was wide open all that time). I really want to get this bugger going again so I can have some warm, toasty Saturday night hockey games on the flatscreen in the winter
![Smile :) :)](/talk/styles/default/xenforo/smileys/grin.gif)
Thanks for all help!!
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