Not really impressed with insert because of cold draft issues. Need Outside air kit?

[Hogwildz]

Nitrate gloves are very cheap.

 

[begreen]

Is there an attic door? They often need insulation and sealing or gasketing.

 

[bholler]

You need to get a liner hooked to that insert if you want it to work well at all what you are doing is fantastic and really needs to be done but without your insert being installed correctly you will probably never be happy with the performance. Yes what hog said but they are nitrile

 

[RSNovi]

I also learned the hard way in the Great Stuff. It is much worse than super glue. It took days for that stuff to wear off. I also had plenty of nitrile gloves, but I had no idea.

 

[begreen]

Acetone works pretty well for removing the stuff.

 

[tarzan]

Cutting and splitting more fire wood will also remove it.

 

[Dustin]

I think you're main issue is the slammer. When I moved into an old house, my first house on my own, it has a slammer installed. That thing blasted more of my heated air up the chimney then I care to remember. It sucked like a vaccume from around the insert and surround. Not to mention it's dangerous as all hell. If your strapped for cash, line that thing with a 6 inch liner and adapt it to be 8 inch outlet on the stove. It's not the best, but it's better then a slammer

 

[Woody Stover]

Don't mess around; Get 3M.

I tried some of these around door jambs, they work. The door closes against the vinyl tube (don't press them against the closed door too tight, or the door will be hard to close. Don't ask how I know.)
http://www.homedepot.com/p/MD-Build...de-Door-Jamb-Weatherstrip-Set-01958/100133154

 

[Mr. Jones]

Cutting and splitting more fire wood will also remove it.

Haha! yea, no kidding. Now if I could find some more on the cheap, instead of this 250-300 a cord stuff that must have actual gold flakes in it.

 

[Hogwildz]

Acetone works pretty well for removing the stuff.

Does it remove it from carpet? I made a mess spray foaming the perimeter of the foam board I finally got installed in the small bedroom ceiling, some dripped onto the carpet.
Any ideas for removal without totally trashing the carpet?

 

[BrotherBart]

The carpet is toast. The stuff welds to it.

 

[BrotherBart]

Which does not preclude snipping out the welded fibers and putting a few back in. The reason there is still the carpet scraps in the basement from when this house was built 30 years ago.

 

[Hogwildz]

Well, luckily the spot is under where the bed will be, so out of sight, out of mind.

 

[blades]

If you do anymore of the foam stuff look for the the latex ( I think that is what it is) based stuff much easier to work with- different mfg.