Block off plate

[kenwit]

If I install an insert and seal the surrond to my existing stone work, Wouldn't a block plate be redundant? thanks, Ken

 

[sandie]

from what I have read here you need the blockoff plate so the heat does not go out the chimney and can be brought forward to fans and out to your room

 

[kenwit]

I thought I should be concerned with room heat. Are you saying that the unit puts heat behind the surround? Ken

 

[sandie]

NO it goes on bottom of chimney so heat cannot go up chimney around the stove pipe that is going up the chimney so all heat is going out into the the room and not up the chimney. There are pictures of the install with the plate in place so look for those by seaching Block off plate.