I have a meridian wood stove in a house I purchased last year.
It ran all winter with no issues. It ran last week with no issues.
Yesterday I had my annual inspection and cleaning. The technician was super nice. He was a little perplexed by a pipe coming off the side of the chimney (or maybe it’s not the chimney yet, forgive my ignorance).
He stuck his and in and was quite aggressively pushing the pipe inside. It made me a bit nervous but let him do what he was doing because he’s the tech not me.
They left and said the stove was safe to operate and even had a photo of the detached flue in the report.
It’s a completely open path to the inside of the chimney / flue.
So I have a few questions. I’m capable of inserting a crimped male duct into a female duct. Is this something I could possibly do myself?
Second, should I have a concern that a photo of this as it is now was marked as safe to use and satisfactory? It’s dumping smoke into the house (I tested with a tinyfat wood stick) I can put my hand inside the side of the pipe and see it from inside the fireplace.
Any thoughts as to why that little offshoot might’ve been there to begin with?
Any tips on contacting the company? I don’t want to be accusatory. I didn’t see what they did. The only facts I have are that it was working the day before the cleaning and the inspection, and the day after it was dumping smoke into the room, and prior to me letting them do their thing, they seems to be quite rough and confused by the part that is now problematic.
Thank you for your help I appreciate it.
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It ran all winter with no issues. It ran last week with no issues.
Yesterday I had my annual inspection and cleaning. The technician was super nice. He was a little perplexed by a pipe coming off the side of the chimney (or maybe it’s not the chimney yet, forgive my ignorance).
He stuck his and in and was quite aggressively pushing the pipe inside. It made me a bit nervous but let him do what he was doing because he’s the tech not me.
They left and said the stove was safe to operate and even had a photo of the detached flue in the report.
It’s a completely open path to the inside of the chimney / flue.
So I have a few questions. I’m capable of inserting a crimped male duct into a female duct. Is this something I could possibly do myself?
Second, should I have a concern that a photo of this as it is now was marked as safe to use and satisfactory? It’s dumping smoke into the house (I tested with a tinyfat wood stick) I can put my hand inside the side of the pipe and see it from inside the fireplace.
Any thoughts as to why that little offshoot might’ve been there to begin with?
Any tips on contacting the company? I don’t want to be accusatory. I didn’t see what they did. The only facts I have are that it was working the day before the cleaning and the inspection, and the day after it was dumping smoke into the room, and prior to me letting them do their thing, they seems to be quite rough and confused by the part that is now problematic.
Thank you for your help I appreciate it.
![Help I think my inspector just broke part of Meridian stove flue Help I think my inspector just broke part of Meridian stove flue](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/329/329571-f77f0c50f5dc0625bc73effd31df8b99.jpg)
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