The local factors behind wood stove installation in Oshawa
Two houses on the same Oshawa street, built the same year, can need completely different wood stove installation work — and usually do.
Wind loading off Lake Ontario pushes driving rain against the south and west faces of a house, which is why water entry so often shows up on one side of a Oshawa home and nowhere else.
Air-sealing and window upgrades have made Oshawa homes far tighter than they were designed to be, and a tight house starves a natural-draft appliance of the make-up air it needs.
Across Donevan, Eastdale, Pinecrest, Lakeview Oshawa and Central Oshawa, 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.