3rd year burning with my Hampton insert. Each year seems to get a little better as I've got some great wood now. I've had about 5 cord of oak and maple split and stacked in single rows for about 2.5 years now. All covered now. Anyway.... My question is, I am unable to install a block off plate due to the extremely tight clearance I have..... I have about 3" of space above the stove to the top of my masonry fireplace.... Can I pull my stove out.... Put a layer of Roxul on the back of the stove between the bricks and then on top of the stove and up around the liner heading up the chimney? I already have some stuffed up and around the liner I'm just curious on the laying it on top of the stove part. I'd like to keep as much heat in the stove as possible as I remember last year being able to feel very warm brick outside of the house during burning. Thanks!
My options with the HI300
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weatherguy
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Everyone must have been watching the ball game. This question comes up a couple times a year, you want to keep more heat in the house and stop it from getting absorbed by the bricks. Do you have room to put a layer of roxul and then some sheet metal over that and leave a small space between that and the stove? Some guys have also painted the metal black so it blends in nice.
If you do a search you may find some of the older threads and someone may have had the same problem as you.
If you pull the stove out there should be plenty of room at that point to install a proper block off plate.
Bluezx636
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I just did this myself a few weeks ago. I left my Clydesdale Insert in place, but it would have been much easier just to pull it out and do it. This is the thread that inspired me to do it. Seeing how simple it was..... https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/finally-got-around-to-insulating-my-fireplace.75755/#post-75755
Only issue I have here is making the connection to the stove after it is pushed back in. You can't get your hand never mind hands in there
weatherguy
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There's a trick to doing that, I remember reading it on thechimneyseeponline's web site, hopefully someone else will remember and help you out.
Sometimes the only option is to do this from inside of the stove. That requires removing the baffle and some tubes perhaps.
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