Well things have been going all to well for my woodstove install; I mean its a year behind schedule and over budget but what with the job, five kids and the farm things are bound slip. But now fall is on the horizon and the prospect of another year using oil heat while my Beautiful new-to-me Defiant Encore sits eating up real estate in the living room just wont do. So built the hearth bump out per the manufacturers directions (which is all the code here requires) bought all required heat shields... I had a estimate done of the install and was using that as a guideline until I noticed they were going to use a 6' pipe, while the manufacturer says in the manual (in bold, capitalized, quoted, with circles and arrows on the back of each one... you get the picture) USE 8" PIPE. And, while the loal code doesnt have much it does say "Must be installed in accordance with all manufacturers recommendations" so... that was out. I measured the flu, 10" x 13" (great) set up a mock of the horizontal pipe with single wall to the chimney, looked good with room to spare for double wall, bought a 8" liner and 1/2" insulation kit, great, then... went to measure the damper 4" wide door. The damper has a metal bar below it and bricks under that. . .
So my question is how much stuff am I going to have to cut out to get the liner through. its the flexible not- smootbore type. How much will it ovalize? I will get some pics on here when my phone charges. But any advice would be appreciated.
So my question is how much stuff am I going to have to cut out to get the liner through. its the flexible not- smootbore type. How much will it ovalize? I will get some pics on here when my phone charges. But any advice would be appreciated.
