CFM Corporation Stove

That's true, she could run that Stove, like it is, just put a key damper in the pipe.
Looks like it might need a couple new bricks though.

 

Get the hearth put down, put in new bricks, and be sure to put in a damper and run it.
It won't be efficient but it will put out heat
Save your pennies for a new one

 

It seems that inefficiency is not much of a concern this year with these obscene temps ....

 

From these pics I would say the baffle is sheet metal, no more than 18 gauge? It also appears that there are manufactures holes all around the rotten place... I wonder if this stove sat under a chimney with no cap as it looks more like rust and rot than flame related....

I would say just put it in for the season and replace it when you can, the suggestions of a key damper are good and if it's not needed just leave it open...

 

Well, it would be better than sitting in your house at 55 degrees with winter clothes on

Kimberly, go find you some more dead trees cut em up and split em.
With a kind of draft that Stove will have, you could probably burn less than ideal wood also, just check and or clean your chimney once a month

 

First thing that occurred to me too. (Ask me how I know.)

Looking at the pics....I feel like a small piece of ceramic board could be laid atop that hole and accomplish all that was meant to be. Even if it has to go in with 2 pieces pushed together. If it fails, just pull it out.

Plus, it still doesn't seem likely that the baffle would be welded in place, thinking from a manufacturing standpoint. Wouldn't it be much harder to weld it on an assembly line? Compared to just setting it atop a (admittedly welded) support? Maybe someone with experience could confirm that point

 

That one piece in an assembly jig would only need 6 or 7 tack welds... might be welded, might not.

 

OK I will step in here.. as I am only one that knows.. stove was never left outside. chimney has a cap. and never saw any water in it or on chimney. moreover chimney is thru wall so any water that came in would have dropped to cleanout.. when I vacuumed before shipping I saw baffle board was warped and missing and needed to be replaced then life happened but at that point I had already packaged to ship and did not want to unpack and then return pack.. oh but did sit on concrete floor inside garage for 4 months..

The only paperwork stove came with was a 1 page sheet saying it was an England nc-13 and specs for it heats up to 1800 square feet. ash drawer etc.. and was bought May of 2009 as display model... so that's what I know and still feel badly.. I certainly am not a stove expert as 09 oil jumped and I bought it put in living room built hearth chimney and it stayed there for years. but hey that's how I found FHC.. last fire in it was may or June (6 months ago) and the 6 months before that I put 14 cord of sugar maple through it..

oh kimberly, I just found key damper wrapped in foam so it did not break glass sitting on work bench..

 

I was in no way meaning to bash or offend...

Where where did you purchase the stove from originally. I half wonder if it was a big box store that the paperwork could have been accidentally switched while on the sales floor, wouldn't be the first time.

 

Boy, I bet you are loving that IS, you're going to be burning a whole lot less wood with that .

 

oh no offense... I am frustrated at myself for never checking. yup, Home Depot Williston Vermont Bob your guesses are pretty good

 

If you could afford it, Kimberly, You can pick these up at the store no shipping fees, and would not need to build a hearth. $640.0 plus tax, Stove board and Stove
United States Stove Medium Wood Stove, EPA certified - For Life Out Here
Imperial Type 2 Stove Board, 36 in. W x 52 in. H, Slate - For Life Out Here

 

I don't want want to be contrary, but, I would HIGHLY encourage you to save further and buy an Englander. Their customer service is STELLAR and their product is made in USA. The USSC stove from tractor supply is made in China in spite of their US Stove Co. namesake. The cost difference is also not much when you consider what your getting. Check out this thread to see what I am doing with the money I wasted on a USSC Tractor Supply stove.

Only thing a USSC is good for. | Firewood Hoarders Club

 

Although the USSC stoves aren't top of the line, I've had good success with mine.

It's a good bang for the buck stove. I bought mine at the end of season sale for around $300 from a farm supply store.

 

if she's looking at an NC 30, even on sale at 649, plus tax plus $100 shipping, then she still has to build a hearth that will handle it, and I'm just going to take a wild guess it would probably cost at least 300? to build that, you're talking quite a lot more money, for someone with very limited funds.

Anyway I'm just throwing out ideas

 

That particular model I linked to seems to have a lot of happy owners, including some on this forum