Let me start out by saying hello to everyone! This is a great site and I have been lurking around for about 5 months now. I found the site very helpful and all the posts have been a great read. Thanks guys!
Now a little background I guess would be helpful. I own a 1600sft home in central NH. We have been heating with oil for the two years we have been here and this year me and the wife decided it was time for a change. So stove shopping we went. With help from searching the forum and our luck of finding a good deal on a floor model at one of the local stove shops we decided to purchase a Blue/Black Hearthstone Clydesdale insert for our Fireplace. The insert has never been fired and was delivered last Friday.
It will be going in here:
Unfortunately it did not come on a pallet so me and the installer will have a fun time next weekend lifting it up onto the hearth. But for now it is sitting in front of the fireplace
The Blue looks a lot more pronounced under the light of the flash. Under normal light conditions it is much darker.
Now a bit about my question. The insert has a blower (not pictured.) and the heat galleys that wrap around the insert have gaps in them on both sides. Here is a picture for reference of the area I'm talking about:
Closer up view shows that the gap is about a 1/4" on one side and a little under a 1/4" on the other side:
You may also notice that the metallic (steel or SS?) plates that guide the air are a little dented this is not a problem as I can put some stove cement on it to seal it up before the install. My question is about the rather large gaps on both sides. I'm no engineer or thermal flow dynamic expert (if there is such a thing
) but it seems to me these gaps will cause the blowers to loose a bunch of air flow and efficiency.
So can anyone else with a Clydesdale insert chime in and tell me if these gaps are normal or not? I tried to check the Owners manual but every picture of the insert shown has that area either 1/2" out of the frame or is zoomed way out so it is impossible to tell.
Thanks in advance for any input you guys have!
Mike
Now a little background I guess would be helpful. I own a 1600sft home in central NH. We have been heating with oil for the two years we have been here and this year me and the wife decided it was time for a change. So stove shopping we went. With help from searching the forum and our luck of finding a good deal on a floor model at one of the local stove shops we decided to purchase a Blue/Black Hearthstone Clydesdale insert for our Fireplace. The insert has never been fired and was delivered last Friday.
It will be going in here:
Unfortunately it did not come on a pallet so me and the installer will have a fun time next weekend lifting it up onto the hearth. But for now it is sitting in front of the fireplace
The Blue looks a lot more pronounced under the light of the flash. Under normal light conditions it is much darker.
Now a bit about my question. The insert has a blower (not pictured.) and the heat galleys that wrap around the insert have gaps in them on both sides. Here is a picture for reference of the area I'm talking about:
Closer up view shows that the gap is about a 1/4" on one side and a little under a 1/4" on the other side:
You may also notice that the metallic (steel or SS?) plates that guide the air are a little dented this is not a problem as I can put some stove cement on it to seal it up before the install. My question is about the rather large gaps on both sides. I'm no engineer or thermal flow dynamic expert (if there is such a thing
) but it seems to me these gaps will cause the blowers to loose a bunch of air flow and efficiency.So can anyone else with a Clydesdale insert chime in and tell me if these gaps are normal or not? I tried to check the Owners manual but every picture of the insert shown has that area either 1/2" out of the frame or is zoomed way out so it is impossible to tell.
Thanks in advance for any input you guys have!
Mike
