Hi, what a great forum! I am about to install a Century 2500 insert into my existing brick fireplace, but the building code/permit people of Ottawa have said that I need to supply "a 4" combustible air supply" which is going to be a problem as there is no knockout or allowance on the back or sides of my unit up to which I could connect an air inlet. If I were to "drill a 4" hole" in the back of my existing fireplace to let in air, it still would not reach the intake air vents of the stove which are on the room-side sides of the unit, due to the facing plate around the stove. Any suggestions would be VERY welcome; I'm wondering if any of you have had to solve the same problem with your inserts, or do most inserts work well using the room/house air. Not sure if the inspector would accept that I would open a nearby window a crack every time I have a fire. Thanks in advance for your advice.
Outdoor air supply for a Century 2500 insert?
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Actually the R-2000 regs would require adequate "makeup" air. Which doesn't mean it has to be connected directly to the stove. Just that it would let in as much air as the stove sucks out of the living space. Ask the inspector about that.
A building supply place should have makeup air stuff.
A building supply place should have makeup air stuff.
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