I agree - wheres the update?!

Yes its drawing from the fireplace cavity. I didnt want to drill a hole and run it outside and the insert directions did not call for it.

It depends on your cavity, most inserts have damper rods which sets the air flow, if its intake isn't enough u most likely won't be able to set an optimal pressure to get an efficient burn. We use a magnehelic differential pressure gauge and these fires are usually set to around 1.4-1.5 psig using the damper rod once the convection fans have kicked in, if u can't hit these numbers then u don't have enough intake.

It's real easy to move out and access. I have cleaned it but I haven't had much ashes in it.

Doesn't hurt to clean it that much, but really only necessary every burnt ton.

The St. Croix york installation instruction manual says in every install example that outside air is optional. I didn't want to drill a hole in the wall so i opted not to use outside air. I believe that most manufacturers suggest installing a tube for outside air though.

@@bucksgarage1 Okay thank you! I know I don't want to do it either as I have to drill through cement chimney.

It came with the sleeve and yes it is sitting straight now. Haha.

Walls of the existing fireplace doors? I don't see why not. You won't be using it as a normal fireplace anymore.

I dont see why not.

The manual for my stove says it is optional to have it pull from outside. Your manual should specify.

True, the correct reducer has a a female size to the stove output and a male fitting going to the liner pipe. Can leak smoke. The one shown is reverse of what is needed.

I agree with the looks for sure. It's fairly sturdy though.

It goes all the way and is secured to the top cap that came with the kit from menards.

Does the liner need to go all the way up? Looking at my setup that currently has a leak, and a company wanted $1400 to install a liner. I was looking at maybe getting some flex pipe, and just installing from the stove to a chimney adapter and let the original home chimney do the rest of the exhaust work from there?@@bucksgarage1

Depends on the manufacturers specs but generally yes. It should be over the peak of the roof.

Yes it has the ability to have one. I didn't hook it up though.

There is a plug next to it the fireplace. It just runs along the front.

It's not hooked up to outside air. The specific manual for this stove says it's optional. Maybe because it's older? I would imagine you would have to either cut out the side of the chimney or run a pipe up to the top.

Google St. Croix York Installation manual. It gives 3 different scenarios for the fresh air intake. All say optional, but it has examples.

I made the video to basically show its not something anyone should be afraid of. For the most part it's straight forward. I apologize if you feel the video was not worth your 5 mins.

@@bucksgarage1 no biggy, just like a will it run video that never runs. Very entertaining. Ty for all your effort.

Very little. There is a video on here somewhere that the guy hooks his to a kill a watt and measures the electricity used per day. I believe it was somewhere near 8 cents per day.

@@bucksgarage1 Thanks For help on this one Buck.

Not according to anything i saw.

Have you ever installed one of these? How would that have worked? You only have so much room. The top cap is secured down so you don't have a bunch of free space, the pipe is fairly rigid and barely flexes lengthwise. Its only 4 nuts to remove the pipe off the back so it only takes a few mins to prepare for removal.