Woodstock Fireview 205 Rebuild

[Todd]

Nice work tracking those leaks down.

Yeah thanks, found two more in the lower front corners. Going to have to fix those tomorrow. The other fixed leaks didn’t do much to calm things down.

I shouldn’t be in the coaling stage in two hours but it’s not like it’s running away on me either. Flue temps peak at 600 then slowly drop.

 

[Todd]

Slapped on more furnace cement and also installed a pipe damper in my 6” horizontal pipe. It made a huge difference! Flue temps are down, less flame and had an easy 12 hour burn. Still burning at #0 and pipe damper nearly shut.

 

[Todd]

Stoves burning pretty well but I may have to regasket the door. The upper left side is sucking a little air this morning. It can be tightened more but I’m already using a wrench to cinch it down. Could just be new gasket breaking in and it’ll get better?

 

[all night moe]

Stoves burning pretty well but I may have to regasket the door. The upper left side is sucking a little air this morning. It can be tightened more but I’m already using a wrench to cinch it down. Could just be new gasket breaking in and it’ll get better?

I'd just tighten it a bit and have the replacement gasket on hand for next season.

 

[moresnow]

Stoves burning pretty well but I may have to regasket the door. The upper left side is sucking a little air this morning. It can be tightened more but I’m already using a wrench to cinch it down. Could just be new gasket breaking in and it’ll get better?

Gasket material density issue perhaps? Not all gasket material composition is the same.
Oem WS gasket installed now? Seems that they (WS) may have an optional/denser gasket available?
Something to consider. You may check on that option.
Been fun following btw!

 

[Todd]

Gasket material density issue perhaps? Not all gasket material composition is the same.
Oem WS gasket installed now? Seems that they (WS) may have an optional/denser gasket available?
Something to consider. You may check on that option.
Been fun following btw!

The gasket is brand new from Woodstock. It seems a little large to me. I’m going to tighten it some more maybe it just needs to compress down more?

 

[Todd]

Gasket seems to seal better after tightening up the door latch. Had a good 12 hour burn with 5 splits of Oak burning at #.5 so maybe I’m getting her dialed in.

 

[Todd]

Rcvd new steel cat today. I’ll keep the old 27 year old ceramic cat for a spare. Should be interesting how this one acts compared to the old one.

 

[huauqui]

Great work, Todd! The stove looks better than brand new. I am glad you are getting it dialed in and all the little leaks cured. I am in my first year with one of WS's steel cats. So far, I have really liked it. Enjoy that beautiful stove, you put a lot of work into it.

Gary

 

[Todd]

Great work, Todd! The stove looks better than brand new. I am glad you are getting it dialed in and all the little leaks cured. I am in my first year with one of WS's steel cats. So far, I have really liked it. Enjoy that beautiful stove, you put a lot of work into it.

Gary

Thanks Gary, I really enjoyed the process of bringing this stove back to life.

I’ve done two reloads with the steel cat so far and lights off easily when I reach a 400 internal flue temp. With the ceramic I was waiting til I reached over 500. Plenty of coals after 12 hours burning 5-6 splits of Oak at a #.5 air setting.

 

[Todd]

I’ve noticed with the colder or windy weather the pipe damper is needed along with burning with the air fully shut to maintain a 12 hour low burn. I think the majority of the Winter should be a two time reload schedule and colder weather 3 loads at a tad higher air setting.

 

[bigealta]

So which stove burns better? f45 or the woodstock?

 

[Todd]

So which stove burns better? f45 or the woodstock?

I wouldn’t say one burns better than the other but there are definitely some differences. I’m still learning the Fireview but it definitely puts out a more moderate even heat stretched out over a longer time. It has a slower lazy looking flame with some nice floating flame above the logs I prefer over the F45 secondary burn.

The F45 is quicker to heat up and heats the cabin quicker but the temp also falls off faster. The glass stays cleaner than any other stove I’ve seen and it seems to hold coals longer in that deep N/S firebox.

Both will heat this cabin pretty well but I think the turn down of the Fireview will help more during the shoulder season. I don’t know if I’ll see much firewood savings between the two. I’ve been loading the same sized loads in both stoves. Maybe I can get away with one less stick in the Fireview per load during the shoulder seasons but we’ll see.