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[muffin]

Anyone add a grate to thier classic?  Seems like this would help it operate and help with cleanout.  Maybe even allow it to burn more fully.  I was imagining a grate about 8" off the bottom and about 2-3'deep.  That way I could push the whole grate back to allow access to shovel the ash out from under it.  Then pull it back to the front to keep the wood close to the door.  I was even wondering about adding some air channels/ducts to try to force the air to enter and be dispersed up through the bottom of the stack, or maybe along the edges.  Since I have the blower too, I was thinking this might be possible.  Seems not ideal to just be blowing the air on the face of the stack.

I was thinking of a design where the grate would fold in half so it could be inserted into the fire box and then unfold it.  That way it would be wall-wall.

Thoughts?

[fireboss]

I was thinking of adding a grate to mine and someone on here said it could void my warrranty so I dindnt do it

[dwneast77]

Warrenty, no warranty.  Sometimes you have to just take the initiative and try something.  I recently faced this situation.  My CB E-2300 had failing primary air channels.  Would have been a huge job to replace them with the same design.  So I cam up with my own, fully removable and replacable.  Also, easy to clean where the old design was impossible.  Unit is burning better than ever over the last 3 weeks.

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[muffin]

Any thoughts on air ducting?  Is it worth the effort?  I would imagine a grate would be pretty easy to construct.  Ducting will be a bit of a chore.  I guess I can always add it later.

[muffin]

Talked to a buddy and he said pretty much anything not cast would not hold up.  Any thoughts on materials?  I obviously have not ability to cast metal.  I was thinking something like ribs spaced about 6" or so covered with a mesh on legs.  All welded together.  The mesh would probably be just wired on, not permanetly attached.  I was thinking a mesh maybe 1/2" grid or smaller.

[Scott7m]

Talked to a buddy and he said pretty much anything not cast would not hold up.  Any thoughts on materials?  I obviously have not ability to cast metal.  I was thinking something like ribs spaced about 6" or so covered with a mesh on legs.  All welded together.  The mesh would probably be just wired on, not permanetly attached.  I was thinking a mesh maybe 1/2" grid or smaller.

Wouldn't work.  Like 3/4" bar stock might work, but def not mesh and wire n stuff like that

The thing is, the stove us designed to work a certain way, making changes like that in a stove not designed for it don't always work as expected and would for sure void warranty

[RSI]

What about making a rack out of angle iron for fire brick and leaving slots?