How hard to put in an OAK if stove is already installed? for quadrafire classic bay 1200?

No pictures handy sorry. When you hook it up I suggest taking clear silicone and running a bead along the bottom of the stove it will pull air from there if you do not. Also on the back of the burn chamber it is not sealed it will pull air from there that should be sealed with high temp silicone.

I installed an OAK a year after we got our stove. Very easy to do, for my Harman anyways. I have a a corner install with a direct vent. I drilled through the wall, ran some metal flex tubing, vent cap on the outside with some silicone caulking. Hook it up to the intake and your good. 30 minute job.

If it's right up against a flat wall, you may need to move the stove to have room to work. It could be possible that you could get it done with a right angle drill but moving the stove isn't difficult really. Is it a vertical or horizontal pipe run?

It's pretty simple really. Just a flexible tube going through the wall with a dryer vent on the outside. Should be no more work than cutting a hole on the inside wall and one on the outside wall. You can use a long drill bit for your pilot hole to keep things straight. Use it to drill all the way through the wall, then use a hole saw on each side of the wall to finish the hole. I'm not sure what size flex they use... and I should know that but it's either 2" or 3" flex, make the hole a 1/4" bigger than you need. Push the insulation out of the way and run the flex through. The kit probably attaches with 4 screws to the back of the stove so that's easy as well.

If you pull the stove to do it, make sure you silicone with high temp silicone where the vent attaches to the stove when you put it back together.

If your stove is 3 inches from the wall I think your to close. Look where the pipe comes out it cant go straight out it has to make a tight bend and then through the wall. The only way to do it that close would be if the wall thimble had a oak connection on it doesnt sound like that is the case. Stuff the pipe in the hole and try and bend it that tight I dont think it will do it. My classic bay is about 8 inches it was still rather tight probably could have gone down to 4 or 5 maybe.

Deleted the pictures of mine . But it's pretty straight forward .if you got the Quad kit you will need to trim the plate to make it fit .
St_Earl on the cb1200 exhaust is on the back - intake in on the floor of the unit

hey, jay. i deleted my post too after reading he has a straight out exhaust.
my vertical pipe is inside, so places the back of the stove about 11 inches from the wall.
my OAK pipe does take a 90 degree turn and yes, 3 inches would be too close to allow for that.

i suppose if a vertical rise was added outside (to the exhaust pipe), the OAK could then have a straight shot out in the OP's case and the two openings would be far enough apart.

if the OAK vent is hooded with a downward opening as mine is, how far from the exhaust termination does it need to be?
can the OAK just run straight out too?

also, it could be possible to cut the holes from the outside in. if a pilot/sighting hole can be drilled. this to avoid moving the stove.

just be sure that you are clear with the hole saw of the bottom plate in the wall as well as from the vertical studs.
i missed the bottom 2x4 of the framing by a few millimeters with the hole saw.

*side point- i also siliconed behind the circular wall plate that goes where the OAK pipe passes through the wall.

looking at my manual, and it doesn't specify a distance from OAK to exhaust termination.
perhaps someone can comment if they have or have seen a straight out exhaust with a straight out OAK as well.

they couldn't open within inches of each other. but what distance would suffice?

I did a quick search for cb1200 oak and found a few with pictures can't seem to post the link here maybe someone can do that ? There are some good pictures from DExterDay

https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/outside-air-kit-for-quadra-fire-cb-1200-question.73329/

looks like the CB1200 has the opening to mount the plate on the inside floor of the stove.
is that only on older models?
i know the PS50 has that interior 90 degree turn shrouded in with metal.

All 3 of mine have the floor plate ( all made in the last 6 years )
Thanks for the link Earl ( couldn't figure it out )

great! your oak can go straight out then no problem.
look at that thread to see how the oak hooks up inside the stove and not on the back face.

best of luck. : )

you'll want to be sure the opening doesn't get buried with snow.
and seal it off in the summer/non burning season just like the flue.
to keep out moisture and critters as well.

Earl,
What's going in the hopper tomorrow ? Got some Vermonts ready to go ! Last few days have been nice 77 even with the GS !

while it's been warm the last few days, i've been getting rid of more of the mwp softies.
but i'll be burning the white spruce crabbe in the upcoming cold spell.
i'm sure there are pellets that out perform them, but they are a good deal hotter and quite a bit cleaner than the mwp.

next spring i'll be buying them locally as i can get them for $218 per ton.
1/2 ton loads in the subie from the next town over.

i think there is a minus 20 night and a day with a high of minus 5 coming up.
i love it.