This post needs pics but my phone went dead.
I arrived to install the stove only to find that where I thought the pipe would exit through the rim joist wasn't going to happen. 3 1/2 hrs or dry fitting pipes I finally got the correct placement. Done right? No no no. Of course I had to remove an air duct just to get into the crawl space and right before I started drilling through I noticed that the pipe was going to be in the way of the air duct...ahhhhh. I was 1 minute away from telling the homeowner that I give up and NO she couldn't install the stove where she wanted on the hearth. Then I notice a small shot around the furnace where if I had the right angle...I could exit just to the left of the chimney.
This is an Englander stove which she already bought, un-crated, and fire up outside, so she wasn't going to be able to return it.
She wanted it installed on a brick hearth which was located behind a wall in the center of her basement, 9 feet away from the sill of the house and against the run of the joists. Because it's an Englander, it MUST have an OAK to be to code.
I had to drill through the rim joist which was 9 inches thick, 5 2 x 10's all sistered together. vinyl siding with claps and 2" rigid foam insulation over it.
I had to bust through a brick wall with a hammer at the hearth. and fire proof the backside.
I had to modify the OAK kit to use a 3" pipe instead of the 2" it came with.
Every vent exiting the wall needed to be padded out so the thimbles would be some what flush.
I used every single tool in my truck and had to clean up after dark.
Started at 930AM yesterday morning and was done cleaning etc at 1038 PM last night.
Had to demonstrate the stove the stove to her and she had a really thick German accent and was about 50% on English.
The way this job went, I'm sure the building inspector will be calling saying something is wrong. This town is the worst to begin with.
Aye aye aye...
Makes installing the 37 ft liner I'm doing today seem like a breeze.
ok, I'm done venting (no pun intended)
I arrived to install the stove only to find that where I thought the pipe would exit through the rim joist wasn't going to happen. 3 1/2 hrs or dry fitting pipes I finally got the correct placement. Done right? No no no. Of course I had to remove an air duct just to get into the crawl space and right before I started drilling through I noticed that the pipe was going to be in the way of the air duct...ahhhhh. I was 1 minute away from telling the homeowner that I give up and NO she couldn't install the stove where she wanted on the hearth. Then I notice a small shot around the furnace where if I had the right angle...I could exit just to the left of the chimney.
This is an Englander stove which she already bought, un-crated, and fire up outside, so she wasn't going to be able to return it.
She wanted it installed on a brick hearth which was located behind a wall in the center of her basement, 9 feet away from the sill of the house and against the run of the joists. Because it's an Englander, it MUST have an OAK to be to code.
I had to drill through the rim joist which was 9 inches thick, 5 2 x 10's all sistered together. vinyl siding with claps and 2" rigid foam insulation over it.
I had to bust through a brick wall with a hammer at the hearth. and fire proof the backside.
I had to modify the OAK kit to use a 3" pipe instead of the 2" it came with.
Every vent exiting the wall needed to be padded out so the thimbles would be some what flush.
I used every single tool in my truck and had to clean up after dark.
Started at 930AM yesterday morning and was done cleaning etc at 1038 PM last night.
Had to demonstrate the stove the stove to her and she had a really thick German accent and was about 50% on English.
The way this job went, I'm sure the building inspector will be calling saying something is wrong. This town is the worst to begin with.
Aye aye aye...
Makes installing the 37 ft liner I'm doing today seem like a breeze.
ok, I'm done venting (no pun intended)
Not many like you around anymore.
