Yes they are exactly identical on the inside and the grates also.Jane684 wrote:This is interesting, as your stove looks like the original one, but contained inside a nice looking cabinet. I see that my .jpg picture is no longer available here on the forum, so here is a link to the picture on my own site.
http://www.jcarter.net/king-o-heat/original.jpg
Yes, the firebrick looks grooved on mine, we did buy new firebrick. The grate is OK on this one.
But we did buy an aftermarket one. And my husband welded up an old one.
Here is a picture of the innards, with the grate and firebrick.
http://www.jcarter.net/king-o-heat/inside.jpg
On the coldest winter that I can remember, when we didn't use the oil furnace much, just at night, the coal stove heated the entire house(3 story) very well. And we used probably 3 tons. It gets pretty windy here on Cape Cod in the winter, but not all that often below the mid 20s F.
New firebrick huh? Where'd you get it from.?? I dread the day I need to replace the fire brick. It seems so involved. Disassembling and all. Then reassembling. Getting past that cabinet is going to be tough. I wish there was a youtube video that I could watch detailing the process.
It hasn't been very cold so I haven't been able to see it true potential. All I know is last year I got 2tons of nut coal delivered. This year I got 4tons and it has taken a major hit on my coal reserves.