Base Burner Advise

I've found a Glenwood 109 that the seller says has been restored. I'd like to go and look at it. Any advise on what I should look for to determine the actual condition of the stove would be appreciated. Restored to some folks means cleaned and painted.

Ask the seller if he took photos and documented it's restoration. If you post them here I'm sure you will get some good advice. The 109 is a good stove. I think Coalnewbie aquired wsherrik's 109.

yep, open Williams profile and search his posts toward the begining. he has a thread about getting the 109 and it's performance.

steve

Bring a good flashlight and carefully inspect the inside of the ash pan area for rotted out sides and back. Open clean out doors on bottom rear sides and look for ash. Should be very clean if stove was taken apart, again look for rusting. I think there should be a stove collar on the back pipe. Check fire pot bricks, Is there a grill there? Is there a damper to switch to base mode?

franco b wrote:Bring a good flashlight and carefully inspect the inside of the ash pan area for rotted out sides and back. Open clean out doors on bottom rear sides and look for ash. Should be very clean if stove was taken apart, again look for rusting. I think there should be a stove collar on the back pipe. Check fire pot bricks, Is there a grill there? Is there a damper to switch to base mode?

Good points Franco.

As far as the back pipe not having a collar, maybe the owner was going to exhaust straight up and out the back pipe with a 90 going horizontal to a wall thimble? I think this is even more desirable than how my exhaust is set up.

Original, mint, fire bricks and an intact internal grill are desire able as well.

Let's see more pics...perhaps Coalnewbie can post some of his stove?

A 109 is a smaller stove...9" fire pot. Good for a small area or some supplement heat.

I used a Petite Godin for awhile and It would heat my small home until the temps got in the teens so I think the 109 would be enought unless it got below 0. That doesn't happen often in southern Pa.

These are extremely efficient, desirable stoves. They can put out the heat when necessary and are one of the most economical stoves to run.
I had the first version of this stove. Their designs are identical except for the decorative castings. Internally they are identical. I will try to post the thread about it and how it runs.
I sold it to Coalnewbie who is ecstatic about it. He absolutely loves it as I do.

Click on link below to read about it.

Glenwood No 9 Base Burner-(Hopefully) a Few Photos

This stove doesn't have it's back pipe cap. You can operate the stove the way they have it here. The big Our Glenwood 113 that I am testing over this Winter is missing it's pipe as well. I hooked it up directly the same way. The draft is very strong with the 113. Much stronger than the Crawford 40 which has the cap and the exhaust collar and is configured the other way. I find that odd as the stoves are identical designs except for the name cast on over the loading door.

Thanks William, I wasn't sure about the back pipe showing no collar but if I can hook to the back pipe and up to an elbow to the thimble, that's perfect for my set up.