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Hey all! I've enjoyed the forum for a while now, but I've got a question that I just can't seem to find the answer on.

I recently bought and restored an older Lopi Answer 95 wood stove. From what research I have done, and what was left of the sticker on the back it appears to be from 1990. This include new fire tube, bricks, and door seal.

As I finished...

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I have an older Mt Vernon standalone pellet stove. It has a firepot that has seen better years and is in need of TLC. It is gradually getting worse on the edge as shown in the picture. I know it needs repair or swapping out but was wondering how excited I needed to be about getting it done. It appears to be solid with the exception of the top front edge so I ...

Hey guys. Been following and reading stuff on here for years but I have never registered/posted until now. I purchased this stove locally as it was very interesting and I wanted to upgrade to a glass door stove. It was sold as a honey bear but as I look more into it I think it could be grandmaw bear with glass doors. It also has a blower system installed on the rear/top that im ...

We've had our stove going on 3 full years now. Near the end of last winter, we had a constant and noticeable flame at the right side front of stove. The technician recently added extra sealant at the bottom of the stones on the right side even though he didn't think there was any issue. He also tightened the bolts where the ash pan would go if we had one. They were all lose, but...

After reading through all the blogs I decide to buy the CI2600 in October. Since then I have had several fires and am pretty happy with the burn time and heat output. I am wondering about the effectiveness of the air wash as my glass gets regularly quickly dirty with buildup once I close the damper. Even if I leave the air intake at full open. Does anyone have a similar problem ...