Well, I need your help guys. I have acquired some sort of a hearthstone wood stove from a buddy of mine. It was installed in his house new in '93. He told me the other day that this stove was in good working order when they removed it from service and said I could take it for 150 bux. What he didn't tell me was he stored it under a tarp, under his deck, full of ashes. You should have seen his face when he pulled the tarp back as he earnestly thought the stove would still look like it did 3 years ago! Regardless, he said if I wanted it for nothing that I could have it. Since I'm a glutton for punishment I got the big ol' girl home and here's what she is.
It was definitely sad that he stored this beauty the way he did. Had he even bothered to clean the ashes out first this would have been a simple clean up and fire up job. However, I don't know if there is any salvage to this or if it would be worth it. I don't know what model this is, I don't know what replacement parts cost or even if I can get them.
What do you guys think? Should I turn it into some sort of back yard lawn ornament (my wife would kill me) or do you think it's possible to salvage this for a reasonable amount of money?
My concern on the inside of the stove right now is that the bottom right hand corner of the rear damper plate assembly (don't know a better name for it) looks to be heavily rusted. Also, the lip on the door mating surface that is mounted to the stove front has bad rust damage. Also the secondary burn plate doesn't look that great. I also can't open the side door at this time and can't get the bypass damper to budge at the moment either. Hopefully the PB blaster will get to work and I can see there. Additionally, the panel that sticks out on the very back, bottom of the stove has serious rust damage (I don't even know what the heck this is, perhaps just a heat shield).
As always, any and all advice and opinions are welcomed.
When it comes to a project I'm not afraid to tackle most anything. What concerns me is if it would become cost prohibitive / foolish to do this.
If I can bring this stove back to working order it would be put into service for my shop for occasional use.
Thanks,
pen
It was definitely sad that he stored this beauty the way he did. Had he even bothered to clean the ashes out first this would have been a simple clean up and fire up job. However, I don't know if there is any salvage to this or if it would be worth it. I don't know what model this is, I don't know what replacement parts cost or even if I can get them.
What do you guys think? Should I turn it into some sort of back yard lawn ornament (my wife would kill me) or do you think it's possible to salvage this for a reasonable amount of money?
My concern on the inside of the stove right now is that the bottom right hand corner of the rear damper plate assembly (don't know a better name for it) looks to be heavily rusted. Also, the lip on the door mating surface that is mounted to the stove front has bad rust damage. Also the secondary burn plate doesn't look that great. I also can't open the side door at this time and can't get the bypass damper to budge at the moment either. Hopefully the PB blaster will get to work and I can see there. Additionally, the panel that sticks out on the very back, bottom of the stove has serious rust damage (I don't even know what the heck this is, perhaps just a heat shield).
As always, any and all advice and opinions are welcomed.
When it comes to a project I'm not afraid to tackle most anything. What concerns me is if it would become cost prohibitive / foolish to do this.
If I can bring this stove back to working order it would be put into service for my shop for occasional use.
Thanks,
pen