new multifuel stove

[maveric944]

hi every one, i have just bought a new stove for my workshop and would appreciate some advice please as this is my first new stove. Firstly it advises me to only have smallish fires for the first 20 days of use to properly season the cast iron, Q, does it realy need this long. and secondly it comes with a removable grate for use with coal, Q, should i leave this in for wood burning or take it out. Help!!!!!, its cold out now and i want to get my new fire up and running, for cast 1'C and frost for tonight.

thanks mav

 

[aarcuda]

if it said to season it, I would. If you heat it too fast or too hot, you could damge it.

 

[maveric944]

if it said to season it, I would. If you heat it too fast or too hot, you could damge it.

thanks, have fired it up tonight without the grate in and just had very small controlled fire for first 3 hours as it says, then put in large pieces of wood in centre of fire away from sides, been burning now for over 8 hours and the smell of the paint curing is just starting to make me sick,, lol. On a pluss note though, even with such a small fire in the grate it is making the place feel warmer than my old pot bellied stove already, can't wait to crank it up a little. only 20 days to go.

mav

 

[maveric944]

HELP!, the asbestos rope stuff that seals round the door is coming away, it looks like it has been held in by fire cement or some form of heat proof compound, can i use fire cement to stick it back in position.

many thanks in advance mav:help:

 

[laynes69]

Get a tube of gasket cement and sealer this will work. I don't see why it would take so long to work in a stove. I do know that I had to have 3 small fires and let them burn out to season my shaker grates in my wood furnace.

 

[maveric944]

Get a tube of gasket cement and sealer this will work. I don't see why it would take so long to work in a stove. I do know that I had to have 3 small fires and let them burn out to season my shaker grates in my wood furnace.

cheers laynes69,, have some exhaust gasket paste in workshop, have let fire die down will have a go at refitting rope an a short while,

many many thanks mav

 

[PA. Woodsman]

I would do as they suggest as far as "breaking-in" your stove; you spent good money on it-I'd hate to see you make a mistake by being impatient, although I can understand why! And yes, you can easily recement that rope gasket back on; funny that it's coming off, although anything is possible. Good luck and enjoy your stove!

 

[maveric944]

laynes69, the gasket cement has worked a treat on the door seal looks like it was a friday time to go home job at the factory, hardly any adhesive in the recess for the rope.
PA.WOODSMAN, many thanks for the reply, all is well now, these things happen, we all have off days at work. I have kept the burn to what they recomend, and even at such a small base fire the new stove is heating nearly as good as the old fire did at max, can't wait to crank it up in 18 days time. should judt time it right for the worst part of our year starts in january.

many thanks again guys mav