Our old stove was no longer useable so the new stove just needed to be placed and the chimney attached.. When we got home with the stove, the pedestal was bent. It was about 1/2" out on the front left and back right when facing the stove. We repaired this. The stove burns very nice. Everything works great. I did notify Dwayne at Castle Building Centres in Evansburg and showed him the pictures.