Hi ya' all im refurbishng an older wood stove for the garage. The brand is ?? who knows but it ws a goodie back in the day. I ran it for several years and the secondary burn was fexcellent and it has a very small footprint. Totally insulated with block bottom, sides, and some kind of very light weight almost boardlike stuff in the top of the stove, it is incased in 3/16's steel on bottom and only a very light metal skin on top. This stove was replaced because of a small chimney fire that scared the owner and she put in a nw LP furnace never to use wood again. The stove has not been over fired. Its just been sitting outside for a few months, thus the rusted through thin metal sheating. i speak of. I need to replace the top layer of thin steel skin (im upgrading to a heavier gauge and replace just a tiny bit of the insulation i spoke of. I have removed the top of the stove, (yes it was a chore but i do stuff like this all the time). What is that insulation called and anyone know where i can get some? I will not burn down my house, I know what im doing, and i weld very well. I just don't know what this material is. It is lite gray in color, crumbles easily, remind me of pearlite or vermiculite in board form. Any thoughts??
I've never handled asbestos so i don't know, it would have be an excellent application for asbestos though. I was thinking of adding a bit of high temp dry powdered clay to the superficially damaged area and sealing it up with the heavier metal skin.
Its probably refractory ceramic fiber board. I think you can order it off of McMaster Carr (and I'm sure many other places). You can patch up some spots with regular furnace cement rather than powdered clay. Should be easier to work with and easier to find.
I know the Ashley when had when I was a kid was lined with it, now everyone in the family has breathing problems. Not sure if that's why, though.
I worked at Armstrong world Industries for nearly 18 years, we made asbestos tile for many years, its in most homes built before 1980...... I'm likely full of the fiber anyways. Does that kind of make me fireproof ??!!!! LOLOL
I doubt the wood stove gave anyone asbestos related issues. You have to breath a lot of fibers over a long time. It's not radioactive like some people think.
Yeah, it has to be disturbed to get it in the air. I'm just not sure how much disturbing the heating process would have created. It seems like there was asbestos everywhere when I was a kid. They tore down my first school in part due to the need for asbestos removal, in part due to merging with another district. Had asbestos lynolium in all the bedrooms of my childhood home. My Grandpa had to retire early due to mesothelioma that was blamed on asbestos in his work place. Just seemed to be everywhere. </hijack>
I have asbestos floor in my basement. The elderly couple that owned it before me lived there for 30 years and were deep into their 90's when they moved out. I'm not too worried about it.
