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    First time: Installing ceramic fiber board insulation in firebox

    Installer will be arriving in a few weeks to install a new Hearthstone Clydesdale II fireplace insert in our antique house here in southeast Massachusetts. In prepping the firebox, besides cleaning it out, I decided it would be a nice detail to add 1/2" ceramic fiber board insulation to the...
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    Need help with something inside the stove

    Can someone please tell me how the tile is suppose to sit in the stove? Is it suppose to sit toward the front or back? If toward the back it seems to smother the fire, If toward the front how do you keep it forward? When we put in wood it gets bumped and moves back. I called and no one can seem...
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    Protecting Firebrick (Refractory Fiberboards)

    Hello, I have an Englander 17-VL which has fiberboards instead of firebrick. I just ordered a complete set and I'm thinking about adding a layer of stainless steel or expanded metal to the face each of these protect them. Anyone done this before or have any reason not to do that? Thanks