Wood stoves

[cityboy]

I currently have a Vermont Castings Intrepid 2, model # 1303 stove. Built in 1986.
The bottom grate fell apart this morning. Parts are no longer available.
Will prolly go with something new, someone else will install.

We use it to supplement propane forced air furnace. It heats aprox 800 square foot main level of house.
I've googled V-Castings stoves....$3300. I bit too pricey for me but I don't want to buy junk.

Recommendations would be appreciated.
Thanks much...Don.

 

[Mike(NEOhio)]

Do some internet searching. I have a 40+ year old Riteway, parts NLA, but I found some new grates for it. Often some company will acquire the rights to make replacements.

 

[tractornate]

Numerous places online list replacement grates for an Intrepid 2 for less than $100.

 

[Brian G. NY]

I have a "Hearthstone" soapstone stove which I purchased in 2006 for $2,441.00 which was relatively expensive at the time.
This replaced a Vermont Castings stove I had bought used.
I burn a full 3 cords of wood annually and have an LP gas hot water furnace as a backup.
I burn nothing but absolutely dry fully seasoned hardwood; Ironwood, hickory,red and white oak, sugar maple, red maple and ash.

During the entire time I've owned this stove I have never had to clean the chimney which is outside and made of masonry and field stone.

The only repair parts I have bought are: a grate ($134) in 2020 and a refractory baffle ($82) in 2021.

I have not priced them lately but I can imagine they are still relatively expensive.

However, at about $175 per year you can say that my stove has paid for itself.

r

 

[gears]

Love our Hearthstone - poked a hole in the baffle about 8 years ago. I bent up a replacement out of stainless...

 

[showcrop]

I currently have a Vermont Castings Intrepid 2, model # 1303 stove. Built in 1986.
The bottom grate fell apart this morning. Parts are no longer available.
Will prolly go with something new, someone else will install.

We use it to supplement propane forced air furnace. It heats aprox 800 square foot main level of house.
I've googled V-Castings stoves....$3300. I bit too pricey for me but I don't want to buy junk.

Recommendations would be appreciated.
Thanks much...Don.

I burn coal. 2200 lbs./year to supply 50% of the heat for my ground floor. I have a Surdiac that I bought used 35 years ago, and they haven't been made in a long time. Five years ago I replaced the front of the hopper which takes very high heat continuously. It was a fairly big job and cost about $300.00. It looks like it will go for many more years.

 

[Duner Wi]

I found this, that may be what you need if you want grate for your stove, at 2 different sites.

045-BOTTOM GRATE ~Old Part # 1306712~ (1308652A)​

 

[J Wendt]

As much as I like burning wood, I am not replacing my boiler. I have burned through 3 of them, at 72 I am not going to pay 12000plus for a new one, just doesn't seem to make sense. I have more wood than I know what to do with, I may just make wood and sell it, but with all the dying ash trees wood is not in short supply.

 

[onefarmer]

Don't have to spend 12K Timberwolf sells a rebuild kit. Basically just the firebox and water jacket. I'm going to get one to hold in reserve since my current burner keeps springing leaks.

Timberwolf

 

[cityboy]

Wife says if this one can be fixed, let's do it. I need a couple of other parts as well.
Seems like I need to do more googling.
Thanks all for your time.
Much appreciated...Don.

 

[Loosehandle]

I currently have a Vermont Castings Intrepid 2, model # 1303 stove. Built in 1986.
The bottom grate fell apart this morning. Parts are no longer available.
Will prolly go with something new, someone else will install.

We use it to supplement propane forced air furnace. It heats aprox 800 square foot main level of house.
I've googled V-Castings stoves....$3300. I bit too pricey for me but I don't want to buy junk.

Recommendations would be appreciated.
Thanks much...Don.

I have a Jotul, its been good for 20 years. I believe it was around $2200 then so probably not cheap today.

 

[Duner Wi]

Wife says if this one can be fixed, let's do it. I need a couple of other parts as well.
Seems like I need to do more googling.
Thanks all for your time.
Much appreciated...Don.

https://www.stove-parts-unlimited.com/vermont-castings-intrepid-ii-1990-bottom-grate-1308652a-p/1308652a.htm

Could be correct part. Price is less than other places. Does not say it replaces 1306712 but it may.

 

[Brian G. NY]

View attachment 1226Love our Hearthstone - poked a hole in the baffle about 8 years ago. I bent up a replacement out of stainless...

Hey gears,
It appears you use the same "cookie sheet method" as I use when emptying the ash pan....sure saves a lot of mess.

 

[dtatum]

I have a Hearthstone I stove 100K btu/hr that I have used for over 35 years. I love it. I can load it up and it will burn for about 14-18 hours. Being in Central Texas we normally only can use it a few weeks of the years but when we have dramatically cold weather (around 0°) it comes in handy.

 

[caterpillar guy]

Go to the outside wood furnace and be done with it. The mess is out side along with the ash job. Can put in much bigger blocks so a lot less splitting and can go for the day on a fill. We do fill ours twice a day once in the morning and again at night for the night. OLd farm house with no insulation so just a heat sieve. Some of that is in the future soon. Get a bigger one than you think you need .Ours is supposed to heat something like 10,000 square feet.

 

[cityboy]

Go to the outside wood furnace and be done with it.

ROI on something of this nature would not pencil out.
To replace the current stove, same brand/model, installed = $4200.
Next step down = $3600
Called a few other places. About the same price tag.
All of these options are still too pricey for my budget.

Links provided above, I need to confirm if they fit, parts = $300 + s/h

Thanks much...Don.

 

[Turkeyfoot]

I have a Jotul, its been good for 20 years. I believe it was around $2200 then so probably not cheap today.

Jotul also about ten years old. Been a great stove.

 

[Russ from MN]

Do some internet searching. I have a 40+ year old Riteway, parts NLA, but I found some new grates for it. Often some company will acquire the rights to make replacements.

We also had a Riteway, bought it about 43 years ago, but then we sold the house and moved away for work reasons. It was the first time I ever heard of secondary air, to burn the smoke. As I remember, it had shaker grates, with a handle to shake them, like an old wood cook stove. We have a Jotul now, it's a good stove. If I needed new grates and couldn't buy them reasonable, I would weld some up out of re-bar. I know they wouldn't last very long, but the price would be right.

 

[Ericp351]

Suggest you upgrade to a Timberline, think 1977+. 2 (cast ) door type best- rear 8" exhaust, no sissy catalyst or 're-burn', brick lined, about as heavy as my X wife, and top great for coffee and cooking. depending on where you live, if seller reluctant- buy the house, remove stove, and re-sell house. Good luck.

 

[cityboy]

Update.. Found a place local enough to me that ordered the grate, along w/4 other parts, to rebuild the stove. bad side...delivery could be up to 21 days. In the mean time, neighbor had a piece of 1/4" plate I cut to size for the hole in the bottom grate. Used it past few days. Seems to work good enough.

Thanks all for a push in the right direction...Don.