trolla 104 wood stove

[Farm boy]

Hi all
a work mate gave me a trolla 104 (name on door) wood stove about 250 to 300mm wide and 350 to 450 mm deep all cast iron and a dancing couple on both sides,he found it on a place he bought up near coonabarabran has any one heard of this brand? i searched the yahoo search engine but couldnt find any info and thought the brains on this forum may be able to help
thanks heaps
greg

[justbecausewhy]

I also found an old trolla stove 820 with carved deers on the doors and a figure on the back inside wall of a girl riding a bear.
All cast metal and very heavy. I found it while cleaning out an old abandon house near Windsor, nsw. Only thing missing was the chimley.
I also have found nothing with Trolla in differnt search engines.
They are beautiful old wood stoves and you would think there would be some information regarding them on the internet.

[NCArcher]

Trolla Brug were a Norwegian company that made cast iron stoves from 1830 till 1980.
There is not a lot of info about them unless you can read Norwegian.
The old plant in Trondheim is now the headquarters for Hells Angels Norway and was recently raided in a drug bust. :o

[Farm boy]

thanks nc
i have to get the2 back legs brazed on as the bolts have snapped in the body and i think it would be easier than drilling the holes or if i did what type of bolt would i use normal zinc or gal or would i have to go high tensil? there is a hole at the back for the chimney and it is missing the 2 round plates for the top but being a patient bower bird i will keep snooping around:D the wife wants to put it in the front garden as an orniment:doh: i want to restore it and either put it in the shed or near the bbq
greg

[NCArcher]

I have to say, I love the old cast iron stoves. I would restore it and use it. So any advice i give will be along those lines. :U

the wife wants to put it in the front garden as an orniment :o Noooooooo



i have to get the2 back legs brazed on as the bolts have snapped in the body and i think it would be easier than drilling the holes
Can you show us some photos of the broken bits? Might help to work out a way to repair it.


there is a hole at the back for the chimney
You can purchase flue kits from a plumbing supplies wholesaler like Reece


it is missing the 2 round plates for the top
Shouldn't be too hard to have some cut from steel plate. Would be plenty of engineering places in Newcastle that could do that for you.
I presume it's these type of round plates

[Farm boy]

yes they are the plates:2tsup:
i will get some photos up in a day or so,i have been ticking my brain over and might put some new bolts in the back legs it sounds the simplest way to go
greg

[justbecausewhy]

I have a trolla 820 cast iron stove that is complete...nice little stove that the doors slide back along the sides so I can insert the fire screen.
So bloody heavy to lift...I have to take everything off first just to make it lighter..
Wish I could find out more information about it...
On the side walls inside there is moulded picture of 2 deers and on the back wall inside is a moulded picture of a female riding a bear. So much detail has gone into it.

Cheers.:roll:

[Farm boy]

here are a couple of pics of the stove the first pic shows the broken bolts on both back legs and the next pic shows the unit missing the top round plates and the flue attachment on the back
my easiest option for the legs is drill the holes out and fit new bolts for the back legs then attack the old girl with a wire wheel on a drill and then repaint in pot belly black
then get a flue kit and 2 plates for the top

[Mermaid]

Dear Farmboy
I do hope you still have your Trolla! They are gems. I have a Trolla 105 A, which I have used as my only heat, except for a small electric heater for an occasional warm blast in the bathroom, since my father installed it in the early 70's. He called it "Little Toot" and bought an identical (except it is enameled green, mine is cast iron black) one for their large ranch style home, when he saw how well it worked. They cut way back on need of furnace.

I live in a small beach cabin. It is less than 500 sq.feet, and completely uninsulated. Single pane windows, and single wall construction (no 2 x 4's or studs). I can be as toasty as I want downstairs, in main room, and do just fine most days upstairs too. If we get a cold, freezing snap, (we usually get about one week of cold with ice and snow) the upstairs gets chilly. Most days when it is raining and blowing (Oct through May) I do just fine.

When the power blows out, as it often does, as 100MPH storms are not that unusual, I stoke it up a bit and I cook just fine on it. Other times I often simmer a pot of beans or soup. The fire holds all night just fine if I have a bed of coals and a solid large piece. One to two cords of wood keeps the place toasty for a year.

The bad part is the baffel burned out many years ago, and we failed to keep the original for a pattern. The makeshift one just never worked too well, and stove never worked the same. I really think I was getting second burn with original baffel. It was a cast iron thing that fit on the firebrick liner.

So, other than encouraging you to restore yours for your home, please not a planter, I was hoping perhaps you could shed some light on the baffeling baffel.

I needed to talk to you about this bad enough to sort through the whole registration etc. process, which is the first time I have registered for anything like this, (wasn't easy for a non techie like me) so I just really hope you get this! I would love to know how it goes.

[bluegum30]

Getting a wood heater has been on our mind's for a while, but i keep seeing these little stoves and wonder if they might be a better way to go,the one thing that has S W A M B O a little worried is weather it will smoke up the inside of the house :)

[Moondog55]

I know it's been a while but I'm wondering how you went with the rebuild as I have just bought one of these and it needs some TLC