Excavator
Feeling the Heat
Once the steel is cut away then there is not that much fire brick that needs to be cut for a 6 inch liner. from what I see.
Oh and that fireplace is dirty! Make sure you clean that before you run the liner down.
Are you sure this is a masonry fireplace? The fireback look more like a prefab ZC fireplace backing, but I could be wrong.
Have you decided on the insert? Some have their flue collar more forward than others.
Wrong terminology on my part. I'm wondering if you have a metal firebox by heatilator.
You could be totally right Tom. I am just going by the pictures.
Removing bricks would probably make covering with a block-off plate more difficult than it would be if you limited the demo to the damper area.. . .I assume that as long as the block off plate covers the hole I carve through the bricks, it should be safe, right?
A flex liner will make a 90° curve, but I doubt that you will need to do anything like this. I did it to reach the rear flue of my stove out on the hearth. An insert's flue is in the top of the unit; looks to me like your liner may have to make a shallow "S" to reach the flue of an insert, but that's about it. No reason to remove a bunch of bricks.. . .It will be a flexible liner, so I've got some leeway, but I know there are limits to its flexibility. . .
+1Once the steel is cut away then there is not that much fire brick that needs to be cut for a 6 inch liner. from what I see.
Maybe you said upthread and I missed it, but what are the interior dimensions of the chimney? In the shot with the yellow cutaway area drawn in, it looks pretty tight side-to-side above the damper.
Have you decided on the insert? Some have their flue collar more forward than others.
what are the downsides of getting a stove that's too big?
Do you think you'd actually use the cooking surface a lot, given that it won't be nearly so convenient as a modern kitchen range, or might it become superfluous after the novelty wears off?
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