i have a pelpro bayview insert that is installed in what i think is referred to as a built in? it looks like a fire place but isnt?
after pulling the stove out at the end of last season iv been having trouble with a smokey smell coming out of the heating tubes. my guess is a exhaust leak. i did put some flue tape around it as best i could but once the insert is in place there is barely enough room for one of my arms to fit behind the stove. it looks like whoever built it framed the stove in not giving much room. was wondering if there is a better/easier way to seal the exhaust or if i should try to come up with a way to make the opening bigger?
here are a few showing the space etc.
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e90/DemonGT410/IMG_9462_zpsc160a1be.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e90/DemonGT410/IMG_6153_zpscf45d29a.jpg
now here is the thing, if you look at this pic you can see the mantel above the stove has the two support
brackets. those supports are connected to the studs that are framing in the left/right sides of the stove. i was originally just going to use a sawzaw and cut the hole bigger on the left side but there is that stud there that connects to that mantel support...so im not sure if its possible to cut it out and reattach that stud a different way?
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e90/DemonGT410/IMG_3624_zps584e9e68.jpg
after pulling the stove out at the end of last season iv been having trouble with a smokey smell coming out of the heating tubes. my guess is a exhaust leak. i did put some flue tape around it as best i could but once the insert is in place there is barely enough room for one of my arms to fit behind the stove. it looks like whoever built it framed the stove in not giving much room. was wondering if there is a better/easier way to seal the exhaust or if i should try to come up with a way to make the opening bigger?
here are a few showing the space etc.
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e90/DemonGT410/IMG_9462_zpsc160a1be.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e90/DemonGT410/IMG_6153_zpscf45d29a.jpg
now here is the thing, if you look at this pic you can see the mantel above the stove has the two support
brackets. those supports are connected to the studs that are framing in the left/right sides of the stove. i was originally just going to use a sawzaw and cut the hole bigger on the left side but there is that stud there that connects to that mantel support...so im not sure if its possible to cut it out and reattach that stud a different way?
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e90/DemonGT410/IMG_3624_zps584e9e68.jpg