Installation of my brand-new 20 year old woodstove. Film cruel temptation subtitle indonesia goblin. This stove was manufactured by Federal Airtight and sold under the Consolidated DutchWest brand but distributed by Vermont Castings in the early.

We have the 'top' off the Model 224ACL (Federal Airtight) and have found that the sealant is breaking up all around the metal plating. The stove has a catalytic converter, and that was what we were originally looking at. Then noticed the gasket had come off the damper (by-pass gate) causing it not to seal. Beyond compare 4 license key.

That's when we removed the top plate of the stove to get to the damper. Question: What do we use to seal around the metal plates and to seal the 'top' back after we replace the gasket on the damper? I just completely rebuilt a Dutchwest stove.

I have the complete written disassembly/assembly instuctions if you need them. I used 3 tubes of RED DEVIL stove cement for reassembly. I got the new gasket material from a local stove shop. It was not difficult, a little dirty, and the results were good.

The stove was 15 years old and most of the gaskets were dried out and some of the cement seals were deteriorated. Most important thing is to clean out ALL the old cement from the joints and make the joints perfectly clean down to bare metal. I used a wire brush wheel on a drill and a hand wire brush and some small scraper tools. I just completely rebuilt a Dutchwest stove. I have the complete written disassembly/assembly instuctions if you need them.

I used 3 tubes of RED DEVIL stove cement for reassembly. I got the new gasket material from a local stove shop. It was not difficult, a little dirty, and the results were good. The stove was 15 years old and most of the gaskets were dried out and some of the cement seals were deteriorated. Most important thing is to clean out ALL the old cement from the joints and make the joints perfectly clean down to bare metal. I used a wire brush wheel on a drill and a hand wire brush and some small scraper tools.Any chance you still have the Dutchwest rebuild instructions, I am about to rebuild mine and would like some additional guidance.

Frankly, I wouldn't buy a cast iron stove --- especially not a modern cast iron catalytic stove. Cast iron was the material of choice for building stoves ---- a hundred years ago. It was the best way to build a metal stove, but various pieces had to be bolted together --- not an especially durable method of assembly.

These days sheet steel stoves that are welded together are the material of choice. They are far stronger, resistant to cracking due to temperature changes and are welded into one main piece in most cases. They are far more difficult to ovwerheat and damage than cast iron stoves. The woes of cast iron stove owners are detailed at.

BillSchiller: Because I’m processing wood now for this year and next year, would it be better to split the wood smaller so it dries faster and I stand a chance of having dryer wood by mid winter? The smaller split wood will dry faster. But you may want bigger chunks to burn overnight on a good bed of coals. The other thing I can suggest for drying wood is to bring in a fair quantity in the winter, possibly a week’s worth. It will dry very fast indoors as warm indoor air gets very dry in subzero conditions. As a spinoff it will serve to humidify to a degree. Okay, I found a Federal Airtight wood stove.

Model FA224CCML I bought it for $200 and sold our parlor stove for $100. It doesn’t have a secondary air system.

What it has is what they call an ‘over fire’ and ‘under fire’ air inlets. It is equipped with a 6'x 2' catalytic combustor which appears to have some life in it. I found some new ones on eBay for $135. If anyone has input on this stove, I would appreciate it. What I do want to know is, when I removed the parlor stove to put this in place, there was about 1/4'-1/2' layer of soot up the 18’ wall single wall pipe inside the house.

I knocked as much as I could and the pipe was considerably lighter after. I didn’t notice any creosote, just charcoal dust. Do I need to worry about firing up the stove for the first time? Is this normal?