Stove ready
December 17th, 2009. Post by WendyIt’s been raining, so work is inevitably progressing at a slower pace than I’d like given the urgency in getting the yurt dried out. A couple of days’ work now has the stove stripped down, rust removed, corroded and sheared bolts replaced, and reassembled and tested.
It goes! With no leaks.
This is a lovely little old cast iron Danish woodburner manufactured by L Lange & Co of Svendborg that’s been sitting in my garden shed since I took it out of our previous home. The garden shed has played host to the River Tweed several times in the last 5 years, so the stove was pretty rusty. When we first got it, it had been out in all Scottish weathers in a friend’s garden for several years, so this is the second time I’ve stripped it right down and put it back to rights.
I would love to know more about these stoves. I haven’t been able to find much information on the internet, so if anyone out there knows anything interesting about them, please post here. In particular I’d like to know if they’re designed to take fire bricks. From the looks of the interior, the extent of the flanges on the stove floor, the absence of fixing points, etc, it doesn’t look much like it, and there were none when we got the stove, but I’d like to know for sure.
More rain expected tomorrow, so don’t know yet when I’ll be able to get the stove installed – it involves taking the crown cover off the yurt which is not a good idea if it’s raining.
Meanwhile, this is my temporary home at Quinta das Abelhas.
Tags: L Lange & Co, wood burning stove
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December 20th, 2009 at 12:13 am
are you sure you haven’t just bought this new?Joke…you have done a great job with it Wendy.
December 29th, 2009 at 3:53 pm
hi there, from south wales u.k!! have just acquired a lange stove myself, seems very similiar to yours and also flued from the back… one distinct difference with my stove is the window in the front door instead of the bird on yours… having looked inside the burn chamber i agree that the stoves never had fire bricks fitted.. Hope this helps… good luck with fitting the stove!!
January 10th, 2010 at 4:15 pm
Thanks Dave. That’s good to know. I’ve now got the stove installed and running and have noticed, with a good burn going, when I blow out the candles at night the back of the stove glows red hot. I think I might try and source some of that lightweight firebrick which can be cut to size and see if I can fit some at the back of the burn chamber at least. Just thinking about its longevity …