The local factors behind wood stove installation in Cobourg
Two houses on the same Cobourg street, built the same year, can need completely different wood stove installation work — and usually do.
Many Cobourg properties were re-roofed at least once without the flashing being re-detailed, leaving a cosmetic seal doing structural work.
Snow load and ice damming stress the roof-to-wall junction each winter; by spring the sealant that was doing the work has usually torn.
Across White's Road, Northam, Cobourg Beach, Division Street and Ontario Street, the housing stock changes street by street, and the correct method changes with it. A century home with a soft-brick stack does not get the same treatment as a 2010 build with a factory-built vent — using one method on both is how systems get damaged.
the practical takeaway is that a wood stove installation visit should start with an assessment, not a tool. Any crew that begins work before telling you what they found is guessing on your behalf.