Outdoor Wood Furnace Info
All-Purpose OWF Discussions => General Outdoor Furnace Discussion => Topic started by: Jason on May 22, 2009, 08:14:26 PM
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What do you guys usually do to summerize your setups? I usually just shut the power off and throw a bucket over the stack but I have grander plans for this summer. Of course, it's memorial day weekend and we still have oats and corn to plant and we haven't made a bale of hay yet, but I can dream...
I think I need grates. Mine are warping a little. They're still working fine-I just would rather change them now when the furnace is cold and the house is warm than in the winter when just the opposite is the case. I want to find some type of rain cap and I might replace the gasket rope around the doors and the gasket on the door for the blower fan. But really that's about it. Oh, and I need a new baffle for under the stack but I'll probably make that myself. It's just a small piece of stainless bent up on both ends.
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To summerize my woodmaster 4400
- Cleaned out all the ashes
- Burned a quick cardboard fire
- With all the creosote hot I scraped off as much as I could
- Shop-Vac'd out all the loose and remaing ash and cresote
- Rubbed in some used motor oil in all the places I could get to in the firebox
- Drained and re-filled, added water treatment
- Sealed the chimney, with the original cap
Took a couple hours to complete.
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That's a good idea with the motor oil. I'll have to try that. I need to de-creosote my firebox/stack, too. I just looked in the stack the other day and it's pretty bad what with all the pine I burn. Lots o scraping to be done.
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For what it's worth. I read somewhere's that you should leave the circulator on, otherwise corrision can take place in tight corner area's of the stove. Some chemical reaction takes place. If you have a three speed pump, you could probaly just leave it on low. That's like 41 watts.