When we woke up this morning the wood stove was out, despite the fact that I had gotten up at 4:00 am and threw some wood in. It was down to 58 degrees in the cabin, luckily we have a back up propane heater. The stove here is a Vermont Castings from the 80's. Typically they are great stoves and very efficient. I have owned one in the past, although it was a little larger. Unfortunately, we realized that this one is supposed to have a pieces of glass behind the fan shaped detail on the front door. It was gone when we arrived, probably broken long ago. That pane of glass sealed the door and since it is gone, the stove is no longer air tight. That means the stove is no longer efficient and we tend to go through a lot of wood. Last year we researched replacement parts but because of the stove's age those parts are limited and of course the glass is no longer available. The local glass company said to custom cut a piece of high temp glass would be very expensive... Jeff is still thinking about how to remedy the issue...
If it isn't too cold out this little stove gets the cabin up to 80 degrees... but when it's 25 degrees it's working hard!
