Woodstock Fireview 205 Rebuild

[Todd]

And more

 

[all night moe]

Looks beautiful, Todd. You did a great job.
Looking forwards to it's debut.

 

[EatenByLimestone]

What are the spacers made out of? I imagine you could use wood, then make them disappear in the first fire, lol.

 

[Todd]

What are the spacers made out of? I imagine you could use wood, then make them disappear in the first fire, lol.

I believe they are cast iron. Not sure exactly what they are supposed to do? The baffle or combustor pan sets on four supports and bolted down on two of them. Anyway I just placed some gasket behind them then pushed a bunch of cement around them so they made good contact. Here’s a pic of when I took the stove apart.

 

[EatenByLimestone]

Oh, ok. I was picturing a jig to hold the stones at a certain level while you were getting the frames lined up. That makes sense.

 

[bigealta]

Looks brand new. Nice work!

 

[Todd]

Hooked up and ready to go. Woodstock says to wait 48 hours to let cement cure before break in.

 

[bigealta]

Break in fires to cure the cement?

 

[Todd]

Break in fires to cure the cement?

They said wait 48-72 hour for the cement to cure prior to using the stove. I thought break in fires helped cure the cement? I’m not sure but I think I’ll just do a small kindling fire tonight to help it along then a couple small fires tomorrow.

 

[bigealta]

Yeah i thought break in fires were for the cement too. But don't know for sure. Not sure how/why metal or soapstone would need to be broken in, but possibly the gasket adhesives would benefit?

 

[Todd]

I went ahead and did a small kindling fire. Barely got the stones warm. Just before that I noticed a crack in the top lid casting.🙁

 

[bigealta]

I went ahead and did a small kindling fire. Barely got the stones warm. Just before that I noticed a crack in the top lid casting.🙁

Bummer. Surprised you didn't see that when you refinished everything.

 

[Todd]

Yeah I don’t know when that could have happened? I think it’s still safe to use until I get a replacement since there’s a gasket underneath.

 

[all night moe]

That crack sucks man. Stove looks great though in it's new home.
Beautiful glow to it with that kindlin fire. I like the termination blocks behind it too.

 

[moresnow]

Looks nice. Seems that some new stone stove owners experience some moisture bleeding from the fresh stone when new (break in). Not sure how often it occurs but something that may happen.
Looking forward to hearing how this performs for ya. Should be a fun learning curve. Operators' manual will be your friend. Enjoy!

 

[Todd]

Looks nice. Seems that some new stone stove owners experience some moisture bleeding from the fresh stone when new (break in). Not sure how often it occurs but something that may happen.
Looking forward to hearing how this performs for ya. Should be a fun learning curve. Operators' manual will be your friend. Enjoy!

Yes, you can hear the moisture sizzle from the stove from break in. I had a Fireview 20 years ago in a previous home as well as a Keystone so I’m pretty familiar with them. I remember that previous Fireview actually sweated moisture off the side stone when I first fired it up. I haven’t seen that yet on this one.

It will be interesting to see how the 23 year old cat works when I install that later today. I left it out thinking the internal paint curing could poison it so I wanted to bake it in real good before installing.

 

[moresnow]

Surely gave the cat a bath? Probably a good idea at that age

 

[Todd]

Surely gave the cat a bath? Probably a good idea at that age

😂 just blew the dust off. It’s never been fired. Well except the guy that sold it to me said he built a small fire in it out in his driveway just to see if it worked. He didn’t even know what the cat was and the bypass was open. I wish he wouldn’t of done that, lots of black soot in the firebox and the glass was gunked up with something that I could not get completely off.

 

[Todd]

She’s broke in and loaded her up with a pretty full load for the overnight. Seems to be burning pretty well.

 

[moresnow]

Nice! Enjoy!

 

[bigealta]

Looks good........So it's side load only?

 

[Todd]

Looks good........So it's side load only?

Yes, I believe all Woodstocks are side loading except the Ideal Steel and their little Survival stove.

 

[Crab]

So it looks like the cat is glowing and active. How are cat temps looking? 16 years since you ran a Fireview?

 

[Todd]

So it looks like the cat is glowing and active. How are cat temps looking? 16 years since you ran a Fireview?

More like 20 years I think. I don’t have a cat probe just running off the flue temp. Once I hit 500 on the flue I engage the cat around the #1 air setting and adjust from there. I don’t think this old cat is a 100% because it’s taking a little longer for stove top temps to come up compared to what I remember but there is no smoke out the chimney. I have a new one on order then I’ll keep this old one for a spare.

 

[Todd]

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