Toronto conditions that change how wood stove installation is done
Most Toronto homeowners book wood stove installation for one reason and discover a second problem on the same visit.
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.
Many Toronto properties were re-roofed at least once without the flashing being re-detailed, leaving a cosmetic seal doing structural work.
Across Thorncliffe Park, Cabbagetown, The Danforth, Summerhill and Yonge and St. Clair, 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.
If you live anywhere near the CN Tower, 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.