Wood Stove Rebuild

[Cyprian]

Count me among those who owe Lloyd a top shelf drink for sharing his experience with the Resolute. I rebuilt mine last week. After 28 years of service, it showed degradation and warping in the exact same locations as Lloyd's. Thanks to Keegs advice, I got mine back together in less than a couple of hours. I can't believe how well it works since I replaced the 3 inner panels. I got my replacement parts from Mills Hardware in Vermont and they were great to deal with. I'm going to keep it from over heating and now that I familiar with its innards, I'll vacuum it out at the beginning of each season. I noticed during disassembly that interior passages became packed with ashes. I can't imagine this was good for the stove's performance.
Thank you gentlemen.

[irvingj]

Interesting that this thread should come alive again... with our recent quite cold weather, and my new replacement heat pump (water-source, aka "geothermal") that shuts off AND LOCKS OUT when the freeze-stat trips --the old one didn't, it would re-set by itself-- becomes borderline with sub-zero temps, I've been using my Resolute a lot lately.

Gotta rebuild that thing!! If I put more than three pieces of wood in at a time, it "puffs" through the thermostatically-controlled vent and blows a bunch of smoke into the basement, which then makes its way into the rest of the house.... I'm thinking that this summer, I'll be following in you-all's footsteps!