I woke up this morning at 3 am to my FIL telling me that the kitchen faucet water line burst and there is water everywhere. He fortunately was able to get the water line shut off to prevent anymore damage. Finally got the crap out of the basement and standing water removed. Fans running as we speak. I actually thought for a moment of lighting a fire in the stove (because its in the middle of basement ground zero) to take moisture out of the air. It got pretty wet and is rusting in some spots. I haven't yet cleaned it for the season and polished it so its looking pretty ugly right now. I'm mostly just bellyaching right now, but if anyone has advise on keeping a stove from going to crap on me from moisture, I'm all ears.
A fire sounds like a plan, a small one would/should help. Heck, I rubbed a stove down in cooking oil once while stashed in the shed... Good luck with your repair and clean up.
As said in another thread you can oil down the cast/steel and it will burn off later. Did the water get high enough to be inside the stove?
Fire to dry, set up humidifiers and fans if you've got the. Apply as thin of a coat of oil as you can to stave off rusting. This next week should be good for you, looks like we've got cold enough temps coming that you can burn the stove and dry it up good before summer.
Lines are now fixed. The water only was an inch or two deep on the floor, but it was raining down from the ceiling and took out a bunch of drop down ceiling tiles. The stove is ok, I repeat the stove is ok. Its dry on the inside. It was a big mess, but we got all of the water out and fans going. The floor is mostly dry now. Its humid as heck and not very pleasant. It could have been a lot worse. Thankfully, the wood activities this morning proceed.
Glad you got to it. It is a good thing that it is still a dry, low humidity time of year. Extract water and set fans and a dehumidifier.
Not really sure. It was braided Stainless steel with a rubber core that was pretty old. I think it was just fatigue.
