I have a Bosca Soul 700 pellet insert and cannot attend to the final hook-up. There is no way to inspect where the adapter hooks onto the combusion exhaust, which comes out of the right side parallel to and a few inches above the ground. Although the adapter is hooked into the T, and the stovepipe going up the chimney is intact, it is almost impossible to guide the stove exhaust into its final resting place. I wonder if I can buy or fabricate a flared end which would guide the exhaust in or a segment which would flex or accordion up so that the adapter could be connected before pushing the stove into its final destination. This is my first pellet stove and either I don't have the background or the places I have searched (local stove stores) don't have what I think I'm looking for. Any help in troubleshooting this would be appreciated. Thanks and regards.
Bosca pellet insert final hook-up
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emperor-for-life said:
I don’t have a Bosca but if I were to replace my current stove I would definitely look into them. I think they are nice looking. The link below deals with Bosca stoves and a couple of posters talk about their 700 inserts. Although they don’t talk about installation per se, I thought you might PM them to see what they do/did about the hook-up. Post #11 from Buckeyenut states that he did his own installation.
https://www.hearth.com/econtent/index.php/forums/viewthread/63078/P0/
Good luck
karl0525
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Flex pipe might have to be used for your instalation,some pepole use flex exaust pipe for automobile use.as its cheaper but alot harder to bend.is there any pics that might help?
Thanks to both Roadstar and karl 0525. I'll give a look-see to the link posted by Roadstar. And for karl 0525, thanks for brainstorming for me--I don't know if automobile exhaust will work because I need something flexible as I'm pushing the stove back in. Anyway, I'm going from a 3 inch stove exhaust into a 4 inch T and stovepipe. I think I can replace a 5 foot section of rigid pipe with a flexible 5 foot section (It's available according to the hardware people I've spoken to, but the store is 80 miles away and I haven't gone over there yet) and that may work but presents some difficulties and maybe I can fabricate something but thanks for all the input. I'll solve this shortly, thanks to all of you. Yes, Roadstar, the Bosca is a sort of minimalist and industrial-style stove that has continuous and beautiful welds and appears heavy-duty and has a sort of natural and maybe unintentional attractiveness to it that is undefinable in many ways. In any case, this beast will be facing the music shortly and I'll let you know how it stacks up.
I hope you realize that you have to post pictures once you get it installed. It's a forum requirement :lol:
I don't know where you purchased the stove but here is the link to the U.S. distributor's page. Go to the contacts page and present them with your problem. I looked at the brochure and the install instructions aren't very clear as far as diagrams go. It shows the exhaust on top and looks like once you remove the shroud you can just hook up the pipe.
Anyway,
Good luck
I don't know where you purchased the stove but here is the link to the U.S. distributor's page. Go to the contacts page and present them with your problem. I looked at the brochure and the install instructions aren't very clear as far as diagrams go. It shows the exhaust on top and looks like once you remove the shroud you can just hook up the pipe.
Anyway,
Good luck
Roadstar: The brochure for the Bosca Soul 700 Insert should show the exhaust on the right side bottom, parallel to the floor. It's an oversight on their part (Bosca's) or my part, but removing the side panels from the shroud don't provide the access and inspection which I need, and there is no way to remove doors (the bay window doors) and see or reach things. The connectors for the hopper switch wires were buried when I started this process, and I contacted the dealership in Spokane to find out what and where. They stumbled through that and I got the connections unearthed, but I haven't asked them about this since I didn't talk to an actual installation master last time. Anyway, this unit probably waved to you as it came by, since I had it freighted out of British Columbia. Thanks for giving this some thought, Roadstar.
RiddleMasterMorgon
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emperor-for-life said:
Just saw your post: Congrats to your stove - I love mine, just got it fixed after some minor issues with it. Mine uses flex pipe all the way up the chimney, so taking it halfway in and out the firplace is no big deal - I think thats a smart way to go for future clean ups as well. If you have the chance, put it on metal bars so you can slide it in and out - makes cleaning and maintenance a breeze.
Make sure you have a newer model and/or you do get the upgrade kit that comes with the older models (mine is an 08 built, bought in 11). SOme things they figured out in th emeantime to fix is real helpful with the stove.
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