Hi everyone, Im new to the forum but I’ve been reading it a while. I’ve been on the verge of upgrading stoves for a while now and ready to take action on something this summer. I have a sierra woodstove that I’ve heated my home with for about 20 years. Its an older airtight stove that had a cat at one point (before my family aquired it) but its been removed and has a crack in the internal cat housing. I’m pretty set on getting a newer cat stove, leaning strongly towards a woodstock, but part of me has a hard time letting go of this stove and I wonder if itd be worth repairing. Parts are hard to find. These stoves used to be made down the road but the company has sold twice since then. Would it be possible/worth it to weld in a box to hold a more generic modern cat? the main things I like about this stove are: big viewing glass, takes long wood (22”) good size firebox. I know it works (dont change what works) The woodstock stoves I’m looking at (keystone, Fireview) take smaller wood, equaling more time cutting and splitting (though I think still a net gain with using less wood) my current setup is very basic but it works: plate over fireplace, no liner house is 1000 sq ft in central va. A little drafty (single pane windows, minimal insulation, brick) I currently burn about 3 cords a year on average
That's called a "slammer" install, no longer legal...yank that thing outta there and call WS ASAP! You won't regret it! Seriously, that old stove with that cat removed, and no liner, that's not safe!
