Thanks for the support guys.
Unfortunately this Inspector does not have a Supervisor-he is "the man". He is by no means young either. He has been doing this for over 22 years. Don't get me wrong. he seems to be a very nice guy but he feels that "all" chimneys, being masonry or pipe should have a clean out at the bottom of the flu. He seems pretty stuck on this even though the written rules on having to have a clean out at the end of the flu only applies to masonry chimneys. This was pointed out to him by the installer but he seems stuck on it. Today Hearthstone did send a letter to the place that I purchased my stove and they in turn tried to contact the Inspector and were going to send it to him. The thing was that the Inspectors office is only open from 8:00 to 12:00 on Fridays so it was too late. I have to wait until Monday. Since it is coming from the makers of the wood stove I would think that should cover it but it will be entirely up to him. Enchanted Fireside has been very helpful and are trying to cautiously approach this. I think there is a bit of chest beating here and pushing too hard can make it worse. I was told by two of the building contractors at Enchanted Fireside that in the end the Town Inspector has the final say. I will get some pictures a while when I am finished painting the wall behind it.
Still patiently waiting for this to be resolved.
Thanks
Unfortunately this Inspector does not have a Supervisor-he is "the man". He is by no means young either. He has been doing this for over 22 years. Don't get me wrong. he seems to be a very nice guy but he feels that "all" chimneys, being masonry or pipe should have a clean out at the bottom of the flu. He seems pretty stuck on this even though the written rules on having to have a clean out at the end of the flu only applies to masonry chimneys. This was pointed out to him by the installer but he seems stuck on it. Today Hearthstone did send a letter to the place that I purchased my stove and they in turn tried to contact the Inspector and were going to send it to him. The thing was that the Inspectors office is only open from 8:00 to 12:00 on Fridays so it was too late. I have to wait until Monday. Since it is coming from the makers of the wood stove I would think that should cover it but it will be entirely up to him. Enchanted Fireside has been very helpful and are trying to cautiously approach this. I think there is a bit of chest beating here and pushing too hard can make it worse. I was told by two of the building contractors at Enchanted Fireside that in the end the Town Inspector has the final say. I will get some pictures a while when I am finished painting the wall behind it.
Still patiently waiting for this to be resolved.
Thanks