Hi - we received a quote for a new Lopi AGP insert for over $9000 and just wanted to see if that's reasonable.
$5800 insert
$250 surround panel
$1200 vent kit
$400 sales tax
$400 shipping
$1000 labor
Overall this is more expensive than we expected, the cost of the insert itself seems too high but i couldn't find anything online.
Appreciate any insight this community is willing to share
So I screwed up. I was taking care of my parents house and it got cold. I set the fire but didn't pay attention to the air throttle (that turned out to be closed completely). I was tired and went to sleep right after setting fire. I woke up to the glass being completely black. I couldn't get rid of it at all. Tried pretty much everything I was aware of. Some generic cleaning solution, a special cleaning foam for stoves, ovens and such, the cleaning vinegar or whatever it's called, degreaser, even the famous ash and water that everybody recommends. Nothing worked. I was fucked, cause they are obsessed with that crappy glass being clean as if it was never used. Kinda wild, cause I saw a lot of stoves (even on Reddit) with some soot and nobody gave a crap.
Well anyway, I got that brilliant idea to actually fire it up again and to my surprise when the glass cooled down, with only the degreaser I cleaned majority of it. Hell, some parts of the glass that I couldn't clean before at all, were treatable with my dry fingers. I was in awe, crisis averted.
But then that top part decided to say "fuck you" and ruin my day. It just won't come off, even after firing the stove up.
The 90% of the impossible soot from the rest of the glass turned into possible to remove just after one burning of the pellet. But this won't come off and I'm fucking in trouble, they probably won't let me in their house for quite a bit.
Any last resort to deal with it? The spot is on the top, where the actual fireplace ends. I could simply just go to my place and don't listen to their yapping. It is them who closed the air throttle after all. It's also not like didn't use that stove before, so they know I'm not extremely stupid with it. They could just tell me to pay attention when firing it up, cause ts is easy to miss especially when you're tired .
Hey everyone, I just had a Harman Accentra 52i (with the ZC box) installed by someone, and I’m looking for some feedback on the install.
There is a gap of approximately 1.5 inches between the bottom edge of the insert frame/shroud and the hearth floor. It doesn't look right to me, but I wanted to check if this is a standard clearance requirement for the ZC box or if the unit was simply set too high during the framing/install.
Specifics:
I've attached a few photos showing the gap and how it sits relative to the floor. Does this look "to spec" for those of you with this model, or should I be asking the contractor to come back and drop the unit/adjust the trim?
Thanks in advance for the help!
Hello everyone , my family and I moved to Maine last year. Our total heating oil expense for our first winter season was close to 4 grand. Last month I picked this thing up for $450 with the piping included, minus the wall thimble I got on Amazon for like $200. I took it apart and cleaned it out good. And a friend and myself set it up as you see in the photos. I am very new to this , does anyone with experience happen to see any potential issues or anything that should be changed or to keep an eye on. My intent is to use this just to try to keep the oil expense a bit lower going forward.
