Craigslist score, and advice wanted

[kingOFgEEEks]

Super excited about this one.

My house currently has a small old Sierra stove in the basement, to supplement the heat pump. This is cutting the mustard, as the heat pump runs on cold days, even with a roaring fire in the stove.

Since we also have an upstairs fireplace, I thought it would be nice to put an insert in it, to double up on our wood heat output. Today, I just went and picked up this baby:

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Total cost: $350, and when I checked it out, it was a brand new (from 1984) Sierra T4500, that the homeowner had bought, and never installed. The dealer's spec sheet was still inside the firebox. They don't make them like this anymore, and it seems very fitting, as Harrisonburg is only about an hour from here.

Anyway, now that I have this bad boy in my hands, what type of chimney liner should I look for? The chimney in place is an 8x13 brick w/terra cotta liner, so there is room for an SS liner. Here are my questions:

1 - Is there a such thing as an elliptical liner with an 8" equivalent?
2 - What style SS liner is best? Flex or rigid sections? The stove is non-cat, so does that make a difference?
3 - I'm pretty handy, and comfortable on the roof. I already clean our lined chimney myself for the basement unit and the fireplace, so is it reasonable to assume I can make the connections and hook this thing up myself (with helpers)?

Thanks guys. Keep on burning.

 

[Toddppm]

Looks like a really good score!
Elliptical like ovalized? The instructions that came with my setup only recommended ovalizing the pipe to fit it through the smoke shelf if needed. I used a flex pipe and it was fine, though pretty thin since I bought the cheaper one. I quess it would depend on your outlet size on which pipe you need. If it's 8" it might be a too tight fit if the flue is a clay 8" with mortar sticking out between the joints.
I hooked mine up by myself, pretty easy. In fact I have an extra 8" SS chimney cap that I'd let go cheap if you need it, have a couple other parts too, I'll have to look and see what I have since you're pretty close.

 

[Robert Martinez]

Super excited about this one.

My house currently has a small old Sierra stove in the basement, to supplement the heat pump. This is cutting the mustard, as the heat pump runs on cold days, even with a roaring fire in the stove.

Since we also have an upstairs fireplace, I thought it would be nice to put an insert in it, to double up on our wood heat output. Today, I just went and picked up this baby:

<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/w-KmqFNgDxMdZwDdU86Wpw?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_rIi0DrjKG9k/TTIzOLUVyfI/AAAAAAAAAk4/bcuMNm3g-5U/s800/sierrastove.jpg" height="225" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/C.N.Jackson/ArboristSitePics?feat=embedwebsite">Arborist Site Pics</a></td></tr></table>

Total cost: $350, and when I checked it out, it was a brand new (from 1984) Sierra T4500, that the homeowner had bought, and never installed. The dealer's spec sheet was still inside the firebox. They don't make them like this anymore, and it seems very fitting, as Harrisonburg is only about an hour from here.

Anyway, now that I have this bad boy in my hands, what type of chimney liner should I look for? The chimney in place is an 8x13 brick w/terra cotta liner, so there is room for an SS liner. Here are my questions:

1 - Is there a such thing as an elliptical liner with an 8" equivalent?
2 - What style SS liner is best? Flex or rigid sections? The stove is non-cat, so does that make a difference?
3 - I'm pretty handy, and comfortable on the roof. I already clean our lined chimney myself for the basement unit and the fireplace, so is it reasonable to assume I can make the connections and hook this thing up myself (with helpers)?

Thanks guys. Keep on burning.

Man, i just bought a house and it has two fireplace. To be honest i have only lit a fireplace one time. It was fun but never got the chance to do it again until now. One of the fireplace seems to have a Sierra T4500 insert. I have absolutely no idea how to work it. HELP!!