Keystoker & Reading

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Qtown1835
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Post by Qtown1835 » Wed. Nov. 22, 2017 7:44 pm

When did keystoker acquire reading stove co? I googling keystoker and it popped up.

 
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Post by gaw » Wed. Nov. 22, 2017 11:20 pm

I don’t know but I see what you say is true. That is probably a good thing for owners of Reading stoves.


 
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Post by McGiever » Thu. Nov. 23, 2017 10:10 am

Reading is a well and long known name in the hard coal world.
Stoves of recent were well fabricated, but some had flawed design features built in.
One flaw was flat plate baffle that could accumulate fly ash on top to the point of restricting/blocking the stove outlet on a couple models if not checked often..

 
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Post by CoalisCoolxWarm » Thu. Nov. 23, 2017 11:18 am

I wonder if that means places that sold Reading stoves will now handle Keystokers?

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