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How successful is repairing old leaking OWB's?
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<blockquote data-quote="Marley5" data-source="post: 6514977" data-attributes="member: 155284"><p>If the water jacket is rusting from the inside out from lack of rust prohibiting additives then any fix is temporary. </p><p></p><p>Did you check the color of water or test the water ?</p><p></p><p>20 years is a reasonable lifespan for most OWB's......more if you follow a strick regimen of raking the coals daily to prevent condensation build up, scraping interior walls of creasote build-up,testing water several times during burn season and preventing drastic temperature fluctuations which causes exterior rust behind the insulation, spray-on insulation is more prone to rusting from outside in.</p><p></p><p>And finally.....thoroughly cleaning and coating the lower section of firebox with oil when shutting the stove down.</p><p></p><p>With your Dad's welding skills, he may get a few more years out of it but rust is like a cancer.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marley5, post: 6514977, member: 155284"] If the water jacket is rusting from the inside out from lack of rust prohibiting additives then any fix is temporary. Did you check the color of water or test the water ? 20 years is a reasonable lifespan for most OWB's......more if you follow a strick regimen of raking the coals daily to prevent condensation build up, scraping interior walls of creasote build-up,testing water several times during burn season and preventing drastic temperature fluctuations which causes exterior rust behind the insulation, spray-on insulation is more prone to rusting from outside in. And finally.....thoroughly cleaning and coating the lower section of firebox with oil when shutting the stove down. With your Dad's welding skills, he may get a few more years out of it but rust is like a cancer. [/QUOTE]
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