apologies, WA Fire....thought you had a freestanding Accentra, when you clearly stated it was an insert....was in a rush to do some stuff...... :snake:
so far, we've only done a few intake kits with inserts. The kit, 1-00-674080, includes a short piece of pipe, the intake box, and the stub which bolts to the subframe of the stove. Note that the intake is 3", while the exhaust is a MINIMUM of 4". In the case of intakes and this insert, the exhaust MUST be linered and capped to the top of the chimney...ie: you CANT do a "stub" installation AND bring in outside air through the chimney as well. The intake pipe is usually brought up through the blockoff plate, which necessitates cutting another hole in the plate, and brought a bit up past there to terminate inside the chimney. Obviously, in this case, the liner for the exhaust would need to go to the top of the chimney.
It is also possible to connect the stove up to outside air as well by hooking intake pipe up to the stove itself and then going through the wall, except this might be difficult with an existing masonry fireplace.....tho I've seen this done with zero-clearance units....in this case, you wouldnt buy the 1-00-674080 kit, but rather just the intake pipe and an outside air weldment...#1-10-08542.
We generally only keep one 1-00-674080 in stock, as they are fairly rare to sell. Im not surprised the dealer can order it and doesnt keep it in stock, I guess. The cost of this part excapes me, at the moment, since we dont sell many either, but I'll check later and re-post. Given the amount of work to install this thing, I dont think $250 is unreasonable if the technician has to come back out and add it later. BUT, if he's installing the stove, and linering the chimney, I don't think there should be much more cost to install the fresh air kit. If the technician is installing in an installation such as figure 56, on page 26 of the manual, the cost of adding outside air at the time of install should be minimal.
Actually, indirectly, there IS mention of connecting directly to the intake...see figure 52, on page 24 of the manual. If you did in fact pay for the kit, 1-00-674080, you wouldn't need it in this case. Seems kinda foolish to me to bring in outside ait, THEN just "laying the fresh air pipe close to the stove intake and calling it good". Why wouldn't you want to hook it up right to the intake nipple on the right rear of the stove and direct-connect it? In this case, the kit would be useless, and you didn't need it.
I might be misunderstanding whats going on here, and its difficult to answer questions without inspecting the situation as well. A couple questions, I guess....
1. Is this in a masonry chimney? (I'm guessing not)
2. Are they using the Harman zero clearance box?
3. If not, what type of "fireplace" is it going into, and how is it vented? (and please don't tell me its an old gas installation with "B" vent to the roof)
Les, good luck, welcome to the forum, and if youve more questions, post 'em!
okok, now Ive got to go to yet another graduation party....thanks, Les for the congrats on graduating my daughter...shes the second to graduate high school, 2 more to go. Right now I'm trying to figure out how to pay for two in college this fall! :grrr:
