Hello could anyone explain how to put the deflector plate in a Invicta Bradford stove. It was removed for transport and I cannot figure how to put it back, Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
1 Like
Hi I have looked at this before. I know what the position should be but how to get it in position over the lugs on the top of the sides is a mystery, Thank you , any advice on how you get it in place would be helpful.
I don’t have that stove but a Villager, and the baffle plate is extremely difficult to insert and remove.
Just in case the design is similar this is what I have to do.
I have to offer the plate towards the back so the the ledge on the plate is below, but not on, the brick liners.
When the ledge touches the bricks, tilt the plate backwards and upwards then bring it forward at that angle till the sides are over the 2 lugs on the sides of the stove.
Then lower the sides onto the lugs and raise the rear of the plate so that the ledge is above the line of bricks.
Then, maintaining that angle move the plate backwards until it touches the back of the stove and lower it gently onto the bricks and the side lugs.
The thing is cast iron I think and very heavy, and can only be manipulated on my knees, hard against the stove for balance, and held only by upward facing palms.
I am so glad I do not have to do this anymore and sincerely hope that yours is not the same method.
Best of luck. 
I don’t know anything about the model of woodburner, but not sure the the deflector plate has to go over the side lugs. If theres lugs on the back plate, it might just sit on them and then held in place by gravity 
. There’s usually a simple solution as it needs to be regularly removed for chimney sweeping
My old stove was an Invicta and like David, the deflector plate which I presume is the bit at the top that covers the hole for the flue, was heavy cast iron and very difficult to put back in. Likewise I did it with the front facing down and then once up and over the front ledge managed to slide it onto the lug either side at the back top and then it would sit comfortably on the front ledge at the top over the door. Filthy job to remove as the soot and ash made it so, so putting a torch into a plastic bag is useful to see where exactly you are at.
The only reason I had to remove and replace it was during my annual August job of cleaning the chimney myself from the top dowmwards. As our house is built into a slope with one corner of the roof easily accessible from a stepladder, and the pitch of the roof was gentle enough to walk up the only other difficult bit was removing the concrete table at the top.
It was not cleaned for 3 years and the fire only used twice in that time so I got a professional in who hoovered it from the bottom, therefore without need to extract the baffle. For €50 and continued non use, I will never be doing it myself again in future. 
I refused to let sweeps go up on my roof as the slates were thick local hand cut ones and the nearer the top, they smaller they become and over the past 450 years, they had become fragile as they are pushed under each other with the weight holding them in place. The last sweep did the lot from inside but the one before who went up on the gable via a ladder did not put the metal cap back on with the screws and it fell down and had to stay off for a few weeks until my son could come up and do it properly, never used that one again.
Thanks folks I have done it. I was trying to make it more difficult than it is by trying to get it to sit on top of the 2 lugs on each side. You put it to the back and lift so that it sits on the 2 front lugs and then just move it back slightly so that the back edge sits on the ledge just under the outlet hole at the back , Took me 3 days at this. !!!
1 Like
Posted in wrong thread.
My poor fairly thin arms wouldn’t stop shaking last time I did it and it took three attempts getting more and more dirty each time. Once in place, a feeling of pure contentment came over me.
1 Like
Yes it is heavy, I feel quite pleased with myself not bad for a 70 year old woman.
1 Like