MattFoley772
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Where chimney meets thimble it should be sealed with silicone and water won't get past.When it rains water lands on the chimney outside, of course, and follows the seam of the horizontal piece to the inside and drips.
Where chimney meets thimble it should be sealed with silicone and water won't get past.When it rains water lands on the chimney outside, of course, and follows the seam of the horizontal piece to the inside and drips.
Kobeman, Do you have an opinion as to whether that leak would bypass my ability to control the air flow into the stove? My immediate thought is that it would but if it's merely channel to take the air someplace else is it six one way and a half a dozen the other?
Can we count the leaks I have had? The ash pan, the dollar bill test failing on the doors, the glass being loose, the primary air control being cocked and now, possibly, one of my vertical channels. Any guesses on how hot my stove got? I don't want to know. This was one dangerous stove.
Too bad there wasn't a lemon law for wood stoves. I can't believe some think Quadrafire "stepped up to the plate". It appears they did nothing but drop the ball and pass the buck. At this point the only way Quadrafire can save face is to refund your money AND offer you a complimentry stove. One that works,. If this was a gas or oil fired appliance the issues would have been taken care of in days, not months. I'd be looking into your states Consumer Protection Laws and Implied Warranty Laws. Some pay triple damages and your documentation appears solid...
I am sorry but i dont see any fraud here at all. Poor service absolutely, crappy install yes, but fraud no way. I just read the thread and if i had read it earlier i would have recommended having an independent sweep come look at it fix the problems and submitting a bill to the dealer to cover that cost. I would still recommend that at this point call around and check references of local csia and nfi pros and get a good reliable on to diagnose and fix the problem if i was closer i would come do it my self but bucks co is at least 3 hours from me and i am not driving that farBased on what I've read here the OP has been defrauded over $6k.
I wanted to change this.
Wow, thank you all for your input. I do think everyone here is trying to help and everyone has a different idea as to what is the right solution.
My right solution is to get a replacement stove. Not a different stove, but a replacement stove. One that doesn't have five leaks and doesn't uncontrollably overfire for just about a year because of doors, glass, the primary, the ash pan and now some tube that brings air to the manifold. I didn't intentionally buy a defective stove and I don't want someone to put mortar on a tube and tell me everything is alright when my manual says otherwise. Day after day of overfiring takes its toll. This wasn't once or twice or even three times but every single time. As of now its 758.
As far as the crappy install I would like that remedied too. I shouldn't have to go out there and caulk the thing to keep the rain out it should have been done correctly the first time. That is what I paid for, that is why I went to a dealer, that is what I deserve.
None of this second rate crap.
If you want to disagree with me go right on ahead. Like I said there are a lot of people on this board and we are not likely to agree on everything but I didn't buy this on Craigslist and I don't want to be treated like I did.
bhollar, I could have submitted a bill to the dealer but I think it would have ended up in court. I say that because they had a way of consistently blowing me off. I tried to tell Wood Heat (dealer) the day after I had the stove installed it was overfiring and the sales person instead asked me for my credit card number to pay for the chimney and then had to go and hung up.
The way I found out that my chimney was three an half feet short was my house filled up with smoke for maybe an hour? Maybe more? I can’t remember if I had leather gloves then or not. When I contacted Wood Heat about that with photographs and videos and they never got back to me again. A fitting response is to have their insurance company send out a company that re-mediates smoke damage and to apologize to me for it. But, no. Nothing. If the buyer doesn’t figure it out, well, it will just keep happening. I imagine you're an honest person but I also imagine that if I sent Wood Heat a bill, it would have clogged their toilet.
A new stove, preferably an install that respects Certainteeds vinyl siding installation instructions, a chimney that won't fall away from my house and, if they see fit, an apology. All but the apology I paid for. The apology I earned.
We’ll see if Quad does business different than Wood Heat.
I totally agree that the dealer seems like a hack and that is why i suggested getting someone else out to look at it. If you had smoke damage submit it to your insurance and they will go after the dealer. I doubt you really need a new stove just a competent tech to go over it and now possibly replace the tubes. But i am not looking at it. And I see no reason that the chimney would fall off of the house the tee support looks like it is installed correctly as well as the other supports. They should have caulked the wall pass thru though obviously. I agree that they would probably not pay the bill but at this point i would have gone to some one else for sure you have allot of money tied up in something that you cant use correctly and i am pretty sure that a competent tech could get it straightened out.bhollar, I could have submitted a bill to the dealer but I think it would have ended up in court. I say that because they had a way of consistently blowing me off. I tried to tell Wood Heat (dealer) the day after I had the stove installed it was overfiring and the sales person instead asked me for my credit card number to pay for the chimney and then had to go and hung up.
The way I found out that my chimney was three an half feet short was my house filled up with smoke for maybe an hour? Maybe more? I can’t remember if I had leather gloves then or not. When I contacted Wood Heat about that with photographs and videos and they never got back to me again. A fitting response is to have their insurance company send out a company that re-mediates smoke damage and to apologize to me for it. But, no. Nothing. If the buyer doesn’t figure it out, well, it will just keep happening. I imagine you're an honest person but I also imagine that if I sent Wood Heat a bill, it would have clogged their toilet.
I have Isle Royale with same setup as yours (prefab chimney through wall and up side of house about 25') so your problem fascinates me. Having been an installer years ago I installed it myself and have had none of these problems. From reading your posts I can't tell what initially caused your hot burns. Perhaps operator error (sorry but you seemed confused about your air controls in the beginning so this seems possible), perhaps a poor gasket job at factory, perhaps you got unlucky and got a defective stove. Any of these could cause overfiring, which could lead to cracking or warping, which could cause an air leak you can't fix. I wish I knew for sure what happened. I can't wait to see what Quad does for you. This thread has had over 12,000 views last I checked so a lot of people are watching and waiting.I wanted to change this.
Wow, thank you all for your input. I do think everyone here is trying to help and everyone has a different idea as to what is the right solution.
My right solution is to get a replacement stove. Not a different stove, but a replacement stove. One that doesn't have five leaks and doesn't uncontrollably overfire for just about a year because of doors, glass, the primary, the ash pan and now some tube that brings air to the manifold. I didn't intentionally buy a defective stove and I don't want someone to put mortar on a tube and tell me everything is alright when my manual says otherwise. Day after day of overfiring takes its toll. This wasn't once or twice or even three times but every single time. As of now its 758.
As far as the crappy install I would like that remedied too. I shouldn't have to go out there and caulk the thing to keep the rain out it should have been done correctly the first time. That is what I paid for, that is why I went to a dealer, that is what I deserve.
None of this second rate crap.
If you want to disagree with me go right on ahead. Like I said there are a lot of people on this board and we are not likely to agree on everything but I didn't buy this on Craigslist and I don't want to be treated like I did.
bhollar, I could have submitted a bill to the dealer but I think it would have ended up in court. I say that because they had a way of consistently blowing me off. I tried to tell Wood Heat (dealer) the day after I had the stove installed it was overfiring and the sales person instead asked me for my credit card number to pay for the chimney and then had to go and hung up.
The way I found out that my chimney was three an half feet short was my house filled up with smoke for maybe an hour? Maybe more? I can’t remember if I had leather gloves then or not. When I contacted Wood Heat about that with photographs and videos and they never got back to me again. A fitting response is to have their insurance company send out a company that re-mediates smoke damage and to apologize to me for it. But, no. Nothing. If the buyer doesn’t figure it out, well, it will just keep happening. I imagine you're an honest person but I also imagine that if I sent Wood Heat a bill, it would have clogged their toilet.
A new stove, preferably an install that respects Certainteeds vinyl siding installation instructions, a chimney that won't fall away from my house and, if they see fit, an apology. All but the apology I paid for. The apology I earned.
We’ll see if Quad does business different than Wood Heat.
Have you talked to Quad yet?Matt, One major difference is that you installed the stove and knew what you were doing. Not to be redundant but I had leaking doors, leaking glass, the ash pan gasket leaked, the primary slide leaked, the tube on the right hand side of the stove still leaks plus the damper and manometer that I discovered here, by advice here on Hearth, (thx) and then learn to install it. Without it, the stove reaches -.20, that's minus point twenty. That too, can cause a very hot stove. Add all of these up and you have a problem. You didn't have this. You relied on yourself. I relied on people that I hired to take care of me. As it turns out, this is a valuable difference.
This was why I posted the parts list on this thread so that the next guy/gal who comes along, and was thrown to the dogs, and is thoroughly confused, can go through this more easily from the long curve of mano-what? But, that's really what this board is about. And that's a good thing.
This was definitely a jump in the water and learn to swim experience. I would never recommend for somebody else to do this. It's too much hassle. One year later and I'm still screwing around with this crap. Just shoot me.
Only sometimes do I get notices that somene has posted here ...
Quad isn't coming out. A different dealer is scheduled to look at the stove this week.
As far as direct correspondence, it's limited. Usually it's from me to them.
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