I agree, Mortar to fill the gaps would be best. Adding metal to the Clyde Surround would not be easy to make it look right, I've thought a lot about it. If I could make a 2 inch mold to put cement into to keep it neat I'll do that. I've got a little concrete/masonry experience. I've thought of just attaching a Lintel piece, or two 16 inch pancake blocks, I could recess them and put a skim coat on the face to hide the seam. That might be best.
Yes, Bay Stoves on Rt 2. Nice guys over there, that's where I bought the Clyde after his recommendation. In hindsight, the estimate is not that bad, considering how much we paid for the vent pipe kit and insulation. Then the pain of cutting out that damper, and the fear of placing a ladder on my roof to get me to the top of that chimney. Could have been a disaster, but it all worked out, and I probably saved a good $1000 doing it myself.
Right now I have a screwdriver putting pressure on that metal vibration, small stones should work, thanks.
Still no complaints, I have a question for the group though.
The big room is warming up to a good 75, or higher if I wanted it to, now I want to try to circulate some of that warm air to other rooms. I turned on the Fan Only to my Trane Heat Pump, Heat switch is off, thermostat is not calling for heat. I go over to the vents, air is blowing, and it seems too warm, as if the heat is on. I go out and look at the compressor, and it's running. I was not expecting that, I thought in Fan Only mode, only the air handler in the crawlspace would run. Seems to me that the heat is on. I've read that what I'm trying to do is very difficult, to expect the warm air to stay warm as it moves to other rooms, I'm aware of this but I want to try it anyway. Any comments on why that compressor is running?
Also, in my other zone, when I call for Fan Only, I get nothing, suspect this is faulty wiring on the thermostat. This zone would certainly work I think, it would be pulling the warm air from high up in the heated room, and moving it to a cold small room.
Any comments on how to get that fan running on the 2nd zone, and why that compressor runs would be great. These other zones are very isolated from the heated area, moving air in other ways, fans etc. would be very difficult.
Thanks
Hef