Hi All,
When doing my weekly cleaning this morning I found a "bulge" in the steel of my pellet stove. About two inches long and one inch wide, and slightly bulging. I was paying particular attention to this part of the stove because during the past week I was getting louder than usual expansion and contraction noises coming from this area. This has developed rather quickly. This bulge is down behind where the ash pan sits.
What do you guys think about this? Normal or something I should be worried about? The stove was installed Feb. of 2011.
Everything seems strong and tight but this bulge makes me quite nervous. Harman has a three warranty on the firebox but I don't know what they would do about this.
What do my hearth.com friends think? Thank You.
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When doing my weekly cleaning this morning I found a "bulge" in the steel of my pellet stove. About two inches long and one inch wide, and slightly bulging. I was paying particular attention to this part of the stove because during the past week I was getting louder than usual expansion and contraction noises coming from this area. This has developed rather quickly. This bulge is down behind where the ash pan sits.
What do you guys think about this? Normal or something I should be worried about? The stove was installed Feb. of 2011.
Everything seems strong and tight but this bulge makes me quite nervous. Harman has a three warranty on the firebox but I don't know what they would do about this.
What do my hearth.com friends think? Thank You.
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