Very small Fire View

[Starbrightsteve]

My daughter recently bought a fixer upper house that has really small fire view wood burner in it. We replaced the chimney rig from the ceiling up with new all-fuels and cleaned the trash out of the stove, fitted new single wall pipe and then lit a fire. I could not believe how fast that little stove started to radiate heat. It has a blower that we will remove, clean and service . Is there anything important we need to know about this woodstove ??

 

[bigealta]

Post a pic or 2 and that will help.

 

[Starbrightsteve]

Here are some:

 

[stoveliker]

What are the clearances to combustibles for this thing?
Is it UL listed (plackard on the back?)

If not, you need 36" to combustibles.
And that begs the question if you have drywall (paper) or wood studs behind the brick veneer.
And in the shelf. Single wall pipe needs 18" to combustibles.

 

[ManitobaSky]

What are the clearances to combustibles for this thing?
Is it UL listed (plackard on the back?)

If not, you need 36" to combustibles.
And that begs the question if you have drywall (paper) or wood studs behind the brick veneer.
And in the shelf. Single wall pipe needs 18" to combustibles.

Looks like wood paneling behind the brick veneer.

 

[Starbrightsteve]

So far, everyone that responds knows nothing about Fireview wood heaters.

 

[stoveliker]

That is because I googled it and couldn't find it (I only found cook stoves).
Most all of stoves in that category (no info to be found) are unlisted and need 3 ft clearances.

But note that I started with questions, rather than statements.
Questions you are apparently unwilling to consider.

 

[stoveliker]

It's from the 60s, there you go.
3 ft needed.

 

[stoveliker]

Other than that, make sure the firebrick inside is in tact (especially the ones angling up; broken bricks in the bottom can be filled up with ashes; keep an inch or so in there.)

 

[Starbrightsteve]

I’ll measure things the next time I’m there. When she bought the house, the shelf was a piece of 2 x 10. The insurance company sent a person to inspect the stove installation and he said everything was fine. I couldn’t believe he found it acceptable. There were loose bricks on the floor covering old linoleum. So she did the tile work. Under the tile is a concrete slab. The thin brick pieces on the wall are mastic/grouted to a sheet of cement asbestos board. I don’t know how it’s attached. I’m sure there are no spacers. The shelf is all masonry and heavy. When she told the insurance company about the new chimney, they wanted another inspection. A different inspector came the second time, took photos and said everything was great.
I am aware of NFPA rules and regulations. I can find no info on the little stove. If anyone else has STOVE info, I would welcome their information.

 

[stoveliker]

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Insurance *telling* you may not be honored if excrement hits the fan. Get it in writing.

 

[Starbrightsteve]

Which excrement do you speak of? Or is that what comes out of your mouth?

 

[stoveliker]

Which excrement do you speak of? Or is that what comes out of your mouth?

I'm sorry, I was aiming to politely say when the sh*t hits the fan. I.e. when things go wrong.

Point I was making is, that if things go wrong, a verbal insurance approval might not be honored.

I'm only pointing to some issues that appear to be present in the set up you showed in your post. Including the suggestion that clearances may not be honored with this stove in this set up which would be a safety issue.

I also provided a YouTube link with some more details on the stove, given that you wanted to know more about that.

I see really no reason to behave the way you do now.

 

[kborndale]

Which excrement do you speak of? Or is that what comes out of your mouth?

Wow, you sure know how to be a dick.

 

[Wisco Shepherd]

Is there anything important we need to know about this woodstove ??

Yes, the most important thing to know about that stove is that it needs 3 foot clearance to combustibles. Look into approved air gap shielding to lower it. Other than that it's an old smoke dragon burn sub 20% MC wood and burn it hot to keep that single wall clean.

Hopefully that helps and you can leave the site now. You seem like a bit of a douche.