Haven't looked inside since I threw in my last split in March of last spring. Hope I am not surprised when I open it up.
Same here, before I sold the Oslo I ran through it. There was some minor rust inside but nothing alarming.
Same.. sorta. I had to run the stove a few times all through "summer". Have had a fire the last couple nights too.
Yep, looked in mine for the first time since shutting her down and have a small bit. I have a container of damp rid sitting in the center, but doesn't seem like anything to be concerned with. Like Sav said, first fire will take care of it.
Well I will be the butthead.Clean stove when you are done.Block it off from outside air,inside air is usually lower in humidity,and being open to the outside cooling and heating causes condensation.All bare metal should be treated,whenever needed.New fire only pops off rust and scale(sometimes)and does not treat the surface.Ash holds moisture.creasote holds moisture.This will cause rust underneath.Unhooking stove from flue,cleaning/scraping and treating metal will keep unit longer lasting.Hi temp paint works well for anything that flame does not touch,otherwise use good quality graphite or moly spray.If you need to treat the metal.reply,post getting too long!!!!Bob
I stuffed the flue exit on the stove with leftover Roxul. Didn't think much of the rust only the possibility of creosote smell. Everything is good. BTW, I placed a 8-½ X 11 note in the firebox to remind me the flue exit is blocked!
This what I do with my Pellet stoves mainly, but I have the OAK on my wood stove blocked and I close the key damper (I know that doesn't seal it, but it's something). Then two containers of Damp Rid (after the firebox has been cleaned, vacuumed, and sprayed with Pam cooking spray) It may be overkill, but the surface rust over time will wear the stove from the inside out. Ever seen a early 90's Ford, Dodge, Chevy?
Hmmm, not that something shouldn't be done about it, because you can do what you want........but, my 1985 plate steel Ashley has some rust inside, and did every year. I would have to presume it happened every year after the burn season. 28 years later, and it doesn't even look close to rusting through. I'd worry if there were big chunks of rust falling off, otherwise, not so much.
Right on Dave. Ours showed rust every year too. When we took the old Ashley out we planned on perhaps using it to boil some syrup but never got to do that. Finally we used it for a trash burner and after several years, someone came and wanted it. We gave it to them and they are still using it.
I believe in blocking the flue as well. I don't want rust working on the gasket sealing surfaces, or working its way into cemented seams...
Ive never seen any rust... but then again I'm lazy and always put off cleaning it out until the fall. The layer of soot all over the inside of the box probably protects it
Isn't there a certain amount of oxidation that is causes simply by burning? The inside of my firebox has some reddish dust, even when I am burning. I figured it was no big deal, as long as it wasn't excessive, and there was no pitting or scaling. I do put a big bucket of damp-rid in there in the summer, though.
