Kuma Sequoia install

Hey every1. I am looking at buying a kuma seqoia. I have the clearence in the fireplace but im not sure if it is safe. There was a 3inch concrete/maybe fire cement wall. I have to knock that down as it enclosed the space too much for any stove.. i was left with a solid brick walls on the side and a cinder block wall as the back. The block wall has studs and sheetrock on the other side.. im waiting for the building inspector to come.

The picture is what is left after i removed the cement. The black outline is the old fireplace. Everything behind that was insulation and concrete. Its can fit the kuma now. Would that be safe? Thanks

The only actual brick was on the floor. Previous owners did have work done to the fireplace as it has a liner and a stainless steel box already in there. Thanks

Def not a heatform. The base of the fireplace was some sort of cement and insualtion between that and the bricks. The floor is firebricks. The flue is a 8in liner and some sort of stainless duct. Thats it there. I spoke with my towns building inspector, hes supposed to come by this weekend. Stove is ordered so its going in some how lol.. i will contact 1 of the stove installers near by and see what they can tell me..thanks

Heres the update... i had a pro installer come over. He went through everything, the previous fireplace was a high efficiency bell fireplace. It was installed wrong and was good that i broke it out. The liner is too thin and there was a chimney fire before. Also they never installed a damper. He explained is dont need anything done to the hearth or surrounding walls. I need a new liner 30' 304 stainless and new caps for the top. The company wants $3100 for the liner, liner blanket, cap and install.

Nope nothing extra or weird. Its already lined with an 8" liner, so they dont need to break anything just slide it out and slide in the new 1. And the fireplace is already empty so slide in the stove connect pipe and put a cap up top.. when i read his breakdown of work i was shocked at the price. I spoke to a few other places. 800 seems to be avg and another 800 for the liner. 8" x 30'.. thanks ill be doing the install myself.

Yea, im doing this with my wife. My pop might be around to help. I plan to put a winch on the chimney and pull it up as she feeds its through the bottom..

Completed the install finally. Tried to pull the liner up. Thats was almost impossible. Dragged 30ft to the roof and shoved it down, went easy. Needed 26ft had to buy 30ft. Put the cap on and set it. PITA to move the stove into place and connected.. 1 thing im not sure about is the connection to the stove. The liner has a stove adapter and it just slides in? No screws or glue or something to seal it there?

Hey just re upping my thread.. so i have used this stove for the entire winter and it has been great.. i have noticed a few problems or stuff im not sure about. I have burned 4 cords of wood. 2 was kiln and 2 was seasoned. I used a moisture meter to check and kiln was 0 or very close and seasoned was under 15%. Ok so the first problem i noticed is it is hard to control the updraft. I start a fire and when i close the door and have the air inlet closed all the way the fire still seems to be going crazy. Is there a fix for this? The next problem is now that im not using the stove and the warm weather. The stove whistles.. its pulling air through the four small holes near the cat damper rod. How do i fix that? I wanted to install a damper but i cant seem to find out how with an insert. My other wood stove has 1 right in the pipe. I hope this was enough for some help or ideas. The chimneys is about 28ft 8in pipe. Thank you..