Uncle Mort's 5.1/2 year old stove is not well. The bung for the unused back flue fitting has dropped out and the boss is nastily corroded, beyond repair I think.
I see the direct replacement is the Morso 1410 Airwash model and the cheapest all inclusive price I found on the web is £540. For £600 there is the model 1430 Cleanheat. The Airwash has the 2 x rotary vent controls, one above the glass in the door and the other in the lower (ash pan) door. The Cleanheat has only the latter rotary control. Anybody have experience of the Cleanheat ? What is the life expectancy for a Squirrel ? As far as the replacement goes it seems that the steel flue is "soft" fixed at the boss where it passes through the roof. The theory is, according to Glascote legend, that if I pick out the glass fibrous packing around the flue pipe where it emerges from the roof I will soon be rewarded with a floppy flue pipe. Possibly a bank holiday project . . . . Beeky
