I'd have a hard time believing you'd actually get that now. Scrap yards are full of steel and won't pay for it. I ran into exactly that situation a couple months ago, and nothing's changed in the commodities sector.
I wonder if someone could use for an outdoor firepit, a flower garden planter, even a photography place as a prop? Who knows what someone might use it for if you offered it in the classifieds.
The member that donated the stove did so in good faith; he also mentioned that he was burning a lot of wood in the stove; now we know why, the baffle is gone so the firebox was no longer EPA designed; most of the heat was probably going up out his chimney. It was no fault of his, he was misled into thinking the stove was an 13-NC because some idiot at Home Depot took a stove manual they found lying around and tossed it into the stove he purchased. The stove is around 8 years old, maybe a bit less. We know the age because the original stove manufacturer when out of business around eight years ago. I am sure I can get the old baffle out. I wish my friend was still alive because he had access to a brake; he had an engineering degree but ended up working in a machine shop. He could also weld. Or, the steel baffle might could be replaced with ceramic boards iu there was a way to hold them in place; and a way to get them in place; the latter might be difficult. Seriously, if I was going to give the stove to a poor person; I would need to get the stove repaired. I know about being poor; the receiver might have a difficult time getting it repair and it is not something you can just easily transport to be repair. I am just too focus on getting heat in the house and repairing that bathroom that still has a leaking waterline at the moment. Let me return to the donated stove later.
True, they won't give anything for the weight of the firebrick. Currently iron is selling for 3 cents a pound.
The stove manufacturer went out of business 8 years ago, no baffle to be had and I contacted the business that brought the rights to the company and no baffle to be had from them either. They don't even offer a comparable model to that stove. All of that can be found in the thread I started on that stove.
As a.......stove. That baffle was the victim of oxidation from constant firing. Not over firing. Easy fix..... I run a pre - epa stove (circa 1981) and it heats great, and got it dialed in to just exhaust practically steam at the height of the burn. This gifted stove should provide lots of heat, whether it's in a shed, garage, living room, basement....etc. to whomever keeps it or receives it. Holla
Kim, obviously there is no way I'm able to talk you into helping out anyone else. I just thought with all the support you have received and items sent, (stove, saws, equipment PPE, tools, thermometer, the money, etc. etc) it would be an excellent opportunity to repay it. My bad.
Yep, time to quit, when I get to that point at the end of the day is when I do something really stupid ...
What? I am not refusing to help someone out. Just the opposite, I am going to spend my time and perhaps cost of materials, to ensure if I pass a stove on it is in working condition. I see value in that even if you don't. That is all I am going to say, I don't want to get in a flame match with anyone.
Understand that you don't want to solve this question now, so feel free to ignore this post until the right time (or forever ). But, there are plenty of folks who could repair that stove, for not a whole lot of money or effort. It would not be "like new," but there is no reason why it would not perform like new with a fairly simple baffle repair. As far as it losing EPA certification, there is no redesign taking place, I see no issue there. Repaired, it is an EPA stove. Not repaired, it is a defective EPA stove that will function like any of millions of other stoves out there.
No, I am going to say more; because I feel like my honour is being questioned. I have been helping a guy out in another state with a web project. The guy is disabled, has a daughter, separated. He is trying to get something established so he can earn a decent living and provide for his daughter's future. He had to give up his flat and move in with his Uncle because his disability was not enough. I don't charge him for the work I have done. He does give me a little bit when he can because he knows I am struggling as well. He has promised me when he is able that I will be rewarded for the work. That may or may not come but I will continue to do the work anyway. He is a good man, his luck just has been bad.
