BrowningBAR said:BeGreen said:That is something I have never understood. Hearthstone is pretty adamant about taking the stove anywhere near those temps. Yet it is ok with Woodstock stoves. Why the difference?
I've wondered that as well. Woodstock owners have theorized that is has to do with the double, yet thinner, layers of stone that Woodstock uses as oppose to the single layer that Hearthstone uses.
Hearthstone has a thicker top, I think it's 1 1/4" while Woodstock is 3/4" on top. The sides are two layers of 1 1/8" and 3/4". The thinner top will get hotter, if I have a stove top of 600 and place another 3/4" slab on top the temp drops about 100 degrees. But it's not the soapstone you have to worry about when it comes to temps, it can handle the heat, it's the cast iron you have to worry about so Woodstock is thinking a 700 degree stove top is probably close to a 1400 internal temp which is the high limit for cast iron.