advice on checking insert delivery?

[kitand]

My fireplace insert is scheduled to be delivered today by truck, curbside delivery.
It's a typical insert with glass door and firebricks.
Any advice on checking its condition before signing off on its delivery?

 

[jetsam]

Pop the crate and check it out! Document any damage on the bill of lading. If there is damage, either refuse the delivery or ask the driver from an OSD number from his dispatcher, and ask the driver to sign your copy before you sign his.

I know it seems fussy, but if it's damaged and you don't refuse the delivery, you will go to your vendor and say 'x is damaged, send me a new one'... They will call the shipper and say 'you broke x', and they will say, 'No we didn't and we can prove it, no damage documented on the bill of lading.' The vendor then has the choice of buying a new part out of pocket and paying to ship it to you, or telling you that it's between you and the delivery company.


I would look for obviously broken/dented stuff. Does it look like the crate got dropped at some point?

Look around the bottom for forklift dents and punctures. If you can, look underneath (easy if the driver takes it off with a moffet) for forklift dents and holes in the bottom.

 

[kitand]

Thanks much, Jetsam. Your advice made me feel more comfortable. Just received the insert. Box lookied undamaged at all angles. Trucker let me open the box and inspect it. It was pretty visible without popping the crate. No apparent problems. Looks like I have an insert. Now, onto installation...sometime before next winter!

 

[jetsam]

Thanks much, Jetsam. Your advice made me feel more comfortable. Just received the insert. Box lookied undamaged at all angles. Trucker let me open the box and inspect it. It was pretty visible without popping the crate. No apparent problems. Looks like I have an insert. Now, onto installation...sometime before next winter!

While you have it outside... Some folks like to burn their break-in loads outdoors. Curing stove paint is stinky.

 

[Woody Stover]

Well....what did you get?

 

[double-d]

Firebricks are sometimes cracked, I believe all Insert MFG will send out replacements without a fuss, the manual will give you part numbers for them.