Fisher woodstove installation

Grandma Bear: Measures Slightly smaller than the Grandpa Bear, the Grandma Bear weighs pounds with a door opening of 17 inches wide by XL: Largest model with two doors, inch flue, and heating an area up to square feet. Fireplace Inserts were originally available with solid cast iron, brass and glass doors, heating areas up to square feet. A smaller insert developed later had the same type of door selections as larger models. Honey Bear Insert: Heats an area up to square feet.

Polar Bear Insert: Used for zero-clearance or fabricated metal fireplaces or hearths. Goldilocks: First pedestal-type Fisher wood burning stove , approved for mobile home use, handles logs up to inches, outdoor intake through center pedestal, with no intake through the doors.

Honey Bear: Manufactured in 80s, handles logs up to inches, outdoor intake, mobile home and HUD approved and with glass and brass doors.

With Fisher stoves no longer manufactured here in the U. This can make repairing any of the units difficult and expensive. However, most models manufactured after that date do meet current standards of safety, though not current EPA regulations on pollution.

In fact, some jurisdictions have outlawed the stoves due to safety and environmental regulations. These sawbuck assembly instructions create an easy way for anyone to build a strong and durable folding rack for cutting firewood. Learn how to stack firewood using the Holz Hausen method.

Is this popular European style better than stacking firewood in rows? Find out here. A firewood storage guide with useful tips for keeping your firewood dry and ready for use. Explains how to properly store firewood inside and outside.

There were problems with people making copy-cat stoves, licensees falling behind on their royalties and issues with gaining safety accreditation from building standards boards across the USA. The final straw came in , during negotiations for a large manufacturing contract, when Bob himself had a stroke - he had burned himself out trying to do too much and take responsibility for too many problems.

Under doctors orders he distanced himself from the business and spent time recovering. Without him the business expanded and developed into a sophisticated modern business with wood stove development, marketing, sales and manufacturing arms.

They expanded the original, very simple, "Papa Bear" stoves into a larger range of wood burning stoves and fireplace inserts. The newer stoves, from the s onwards, emitted very little smoke around 6g of particulates per kg of wood burned and met EPA requirements for clean burning, earlier models did not.

These days Fisher Wood Stoves no longer manufacture stoves, although many of the old stove are still around and working well. They can sometimes be found in house clearances or rusting in old sheds. Being built with robust steel and cast iron doors there should be little wrong with any stove you find and, with some tlc and a repaint you could probably get one running again fairly easily. Be aware however that these old stoves do not necessarily meet modern building code or clean air regulations.

The easiest way to tell what model of Fisher Stove you have is by the door design - while stove bodies were manufactured by licencees Bob had the cast iron doors manufactured and shipped. This helped keep track of royalties owed and kept casting costs down. These were double door stoves designed after Bob Fisher stepped down from the company. The wider configuration had the benefits of the original fisher wood stoves but could be run with the door open to view the fire, albeit with a fire screen in place.