Carl strikes again!

[smwilliamson]

Uh oh.

 

[briansol]

How can anyone think that is acceptable? these people getting these installs and signing off on the work make me wonder....

If that was installed on my house, that guy wouldn't have left the yard until it was fixed.

 

[St_Earl]

sheesh. not even a spark bucket.

 

[IHATEPROPANE]

Just dig a two foot hole.......

 

[imacman]

sheesh. not even a spark bucket.

UH oh.....don't start THAT conversation again.....SlickPlant may be lurking..........

 

[motorbykemike]

where is the like button?

 

[Don2222]

What did you do to fix it?

 

[smwilliamson]

I raked up the leaves away from the vent. The vent is 3" and the stove is a Lopi Yankee bay so the whole install is kinda doomed. The folks weren't home for me to educate so I just left a note and a bill.

 

[Don2222]

That stove has a 4" flue vent flange on the back of the stove. How was it connected to the 3" pellet vent?

Did you just clean the stove?

See pic of back of stove below. Click to enlarge.

 

[BrotherBart]

Something wrong there?

 

[St_Earl]

someone appears to have been a little unclear on the whole geothermal thing.

 

[WoodPorn]

Uh oh. View attachment 109616

Are you sure this was'nt Pook's house?

 

[smwilliamson]

That stove has a 4" flue vent flange on the back of the stove. How was it connected to the 3" pellet vent?

Did you just clean the stove?

See pic of back of stove below. Click to enlarge.

Yes I cleaned the stove and then failed it on the sheet for many obvious reasons. I raked up the leaves and such in the event that they don't take my advice and continue to use the thing as is.

 

[smwilliamson]

FYI, this is exactly the same installer as this...

https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads...ork-behind-this-guy-on-a-regular-basis.55884/

Leaves catching fire are what burned the paint off of this house.

HEADS UP PEOPLE WE ARE HEADING IN TO LEAF SEASON

 

[shtrdave]

Okay, mine looks similar, and I have trees everywhere around my place. What does one do? I try to keep the leaves away and there is shale under it.

 

[smwilliamson]

Okay, mine looks similar, and I have trees everywhere around my place. What does one do? I try to keep the leaves away and there is shale under it.

Redirect the vent vertical up at least 3 feet above the ground

 

[WoodPorn]

Okay, mine looks similar, and I have trees everywhere around my place. What does one do? I try to keep the leaves away and there is shale under it.

Vertical rise...

 

[St_Earl]

FYI, this is exactly the same installer as this...

https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads...ork-behind-this-guy-on-a-regular-basis.55884/

Leaves catching fire are what burned the paint off of this house.

HEADS UP PEOPLE WE ARE HEADING IN TO LEAF SEASON

unbelievable. it's hard to imagine even a completely untrained person even considering doing that.

 

[Delta-T]

Something wrong there?

the manual does call for a 4" vent, so there is that, and the manual also calls for a 2' clearance to grass and whatnot...without a measurement, it's a tough call looking at the pic. I'm not sure I'd blame an installer for the leaves in someones yard though...unless he has a bag of leaves with him and spreads them about after the install...then, clearly "his bad"...and there ARE some wacky peepes out there, so I would not be surprised.

 

[WoodPorn]

You can't fix stupid

 

[heat seeker]

You can't fix stupid

I have that t-shirt, and wear it to work now and then. It always gets grins of approval.

 

[smwilliamson]

If no other reason, the vent should be high enough to not be buried in snow and be far enough away from combustibles...leaves should be taken in to account, just look around for the trees, those are the big tall stick things all around the house