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[hayburner]

Has anybody had to replace the refractory brick on the inside of a 2840? How long have they had this design. I am really interested in this model and thinking in the distant future that you won't be able to find them. Are there any videos of cleaning? It looks easy enough they should put that on their website.

[slimjim]

The B-L series is poured refractory cement that will crack in time but that cracking will not effect the performance of the unit in any way, as long as the ceramics stays in place ( held in by gravity ) it will be fine, we expect a minimum of 5 years without any repairs, refractory cement can be purchased locally for any repairs without affecting the warranty or we can ship it as well, YOUR CHOICE, as far as the design, it is basically the same design as our old M-L series that has not changed a lot since 1973, it has been a very good boiler, Thank you for the opportunity to answer your questions, I will now sit back and let those that have purchased our units say what they wish and I will lurk.

[Crow]

Hay burner, I'm am not sure exactly when the BL series hit the market but I have pictures of the 2840 from Jan/13 as I was getting information about my future investment. As far as the refractory brick mine has been burning only since early Dec but as of this morning all looked good. I know this as I didn't load enough last night and it had burnt the wood and left nothing but dust in it. This was the first time I had to actually relight the stove with some newspaper - totally my fault. Soooo I got a good look while it was empty.
 I haven't seen a video of cleaning but there isn't too much too it.

[slimjim]

Thanks Crow, how do you like the stove as far as emissions and creosote/ labor intensive boiler?

[Crow]

 I am getting smoke on the first 2-3 burn cycles. After a heavy wind storm in July/13 we cleaned up some very old and large maple trees. They have a very thick bark on them so with that and a short drying time I believe that is causing most of the smoke. As far as creosote yes I do get some but it I scrape it off at each fill (dry crusty flakes here and there) and if in a burn cycle the wet film scrapes quite easily.
 Labour intensive? No. I clean out the ash tray every 7 - 10 days ( 3 minutes ) and once a week I will check the heat exchanger and clean out the soot, about 5 minutes.

[slimjim]

Sounds good, yours must have been one of the first few sold, I'm glad you like it, did you get the shaker grate?

[hayburner]

I have not been able to kick the tires yet so a better question might be do these units come with a wire brush to clean the bypass or is it a standard size to buy one over the counter? dave was supposed to be at wisconsin farm show but was a no show when I was there but I hope to check this baby out more at another show the end of april. by the way what is that incentive for letting dave or corporate know about this site? side question, with two small kids that like to help me and I like to keep them involved, does the outside door get hot or warm or is it more kid friendly

[Sloppy_Snood]

Sounds good, yours must have been one of the first few sold, I'm glad you like it, did you get the shaker grate?

.... so when was the Ultimizer BL series first introduced Slimjim?  Very curious how long these have been on the market.

[Jwood]

From what I understand the BL comes with a clean out tool maybe almost like a garden hoe, someone will correct me if I'm wrong!

[slimjim]

Sloppy, Spring 2013, but is the old ML series that has been revamped, it's been around since the early 70's Jwood ,you are right on, it fits nicely in the top passes.

[Crow]

Sounds good, yours must have been one of the first few sold, I'm glad you like it, did you get the shaker grate?

  Slim I didn't get the shaker grates, I'm not sure but I thought I read somewhere they aren't available in Canada?

[slimjim]

You are right Crow, I think Ontario does not allow OWB's to burn coal.