That’s interesting that you direct vented and haven’t had a problem with black on your walls. I guess it might have something to do with the way the wind moves around your house. Having never had a pellet stove, I didn’t know the exhaust smelled bad, either. My stove will be fairly close to the door to the garage which is on the garage door end of garage. I had thought of going up 5’ or 6’ INSIDE the house and then go out the wall and terminate the pipe 12” out from the house. My wife objected to the pipe being in the house so it will go outside and up.
I have a Breckwell Big E pellet stove with the pipe that comes out about two feet and have never had black smoke at all. i get some white smoke at the very beginning and then its clear. i also run my stove on #4 so it burns hot.My stove with the hardwood pellets smells alot better then the smoke stack wood burner next door.
I will post a pic of the pipe and where i moved it to tomorrow.
John
Oh i’m going to run a pipe up to the roof.I value all of your advice.
Also Pellet exhaust Smells bad.....................
Strongly disagree with this statement. Since 11/2005
I’ve run approx. 6 tons of pellets through my stove -
about a half dozen different brands at that - and
never smelled anything bad. Always smells like a wood
stove burning only not as strong a smell and no smoke
bellowing out of the stack.
At least that’s the deal with mine and I have two
friends who run pellets - one has a harman p38,
the other a cheap charlie something or other.
Neither of them smell bad either.
Also Pellet exhaust Smells bad.....................
Strongly disagree with this statement. Since 11/2005
I’ve run approx. 6 tons of pellets through my stove -
about a half dozen different brands at that - and
never smelled anything bad. Always smells like a wood
stove burning only not as strong a smell and no smoke
bellowing out of the stack.
At least that’s the deal with mine and I have two
friends who run pellets - one has a harman p38,
the other a cheap charlie something or other.
Neither of them smell bad either.
I have to agree with Zeta on this one. No bad smell or smoke.
Sometimes we get a faint wiff of wood burning smell when it is windy
outside but no where near as strong as the fireplace next door.
Also Pellet exhaust Smells bad.....................
Strongly disagree with this statement. Since 11/2005
I’ve run approx. 6 tons of pellets through my stove -
about a half dozen different brands at that - and
never smelled anything bad. Always smells like a wood
stove burning only not as strong a smell and no smoke
bellowing out of the stack.
At least that’s the deal with mine and I have two
friends who run pellets - one has a harman p38,
the other a cheap charlie something or other.
Neither of them smell bad either.
Im not talking about any smell in the house but out the end of the venting.
I dont know how many of you have had your nose at the end of a pellet vent when it is running
but I think it stinks. and I have been around 1000’s of running stoves.
But some people like the smell of my farts also. LOL
Im not talking about any smell in the house but out the end of the venting.
I dont know how many of you have had your nose at the end of a pellet vent when it is running
but I think it stinks. and I have been around 1000’s of running stoves.
But some people like the smell of my farts also. LOL
hearthtools yep I knew exactly what you were talking about
and like I said I never smell anything coming
from the stack except a wood burning smell.
Maybe something wrong with your sniffer eh?
Guess it’s a matter of opinion but you’re def
in the minority and so is the poor soul
who likes the smell of your farts.
I terminated my pellet stove thru the wall , but my pipe comes out about 18 inch or maybe 2 ft before terminating in a vent hood as you see in the picture. My wall never turned black, but if i did, i couldn’t see it anyways because the wall is dark brown.
I do notice ,when the wind blows just right, or maybe I should say just wrong,
that I get ash on my car, which is a good 80 feet away from the vent & on the opposite side of the house.
Happened several times last year but not once this year, go figure.
If your pellet stove was lite when the power failed,without the up pipe, you might get smoke back into the house. If your stove was off,you certainly could not start it without power.
I figure there are maybe 6 chances out of 100 that I get stuck with my pellet stove going when there is a power failure, not enough to make me change my setup.
I bet it cost you an extra 150.oo to go up that 5 ft. I would never bother, but on the other hand, there is merit to what they say & if the power did fail while the stove was lite,you might get some natural draft, or maybe not enough, depending on the length of the up pipe.
I figure there are maybe 6 chances out of 100 that I get stuck with my pellet stove going when there is a power failure, not enough to make me change my setup.
I bet it cost you an extra 150.oo to go up that 5 ft. I would never bother, but on the other hand, there is merit to what they say & if the power did fail while the stove was lite,you might get some natural draft, or maybe not enough, depending on the length of the up pipe.
So,let personal preferance rule.
It happened to me last year and smoke went into the cellar. thats where the stove is.
My stove is vented right outside the wall. I don’t have a chimmney. This stove has been here for about 6 years (I just bought the house a year ago) I would like to have the pipe run up above the roof. If I should lose power how does the smoke get in? The door is sealed pretty tight. Also, how do I find someone who can do this? I’m in Connecticut.
Along this line, I want to put a furnace in my basement that has an existing double walled metal chimney running to it. It is a 6” diameter pipe and runs about 30’ up to the roof. Specs for the furnace say 4” pipe is recommended. Is this to long or pipe to big?
hearthtools, you made a comment about venting under a deck before. What is wrong with that?
I Never said anything about venting under a deck
you should never vent any pellet stove UNDER and incloser
Whops… it was stoveguy2esw
Was just curious what is bad about it? We have an install this week of a Mt Vernon AE in a basement. It will get 3-5 of rise inside then go though the wall and terminate under a deck. All clearances will be maintained and the deck is freely open underneath. I scoured the install manual while I was there and could not find anything suggesting this was a bad idea. The guy would rather get some crud on his siding than cut a hole in the deck and run the vent up through it. It would end up being one really tall chimney due to his roof pitch.
I will NEVER install A DV pellet venting not just from the soot but WHEN the power goes out smoke WILL spill into your home if you do not have a vertical rise to draw the smoke out of the stove.
You can get much more accurate air adjustment out of your stove if you have a vertical rise
Also Pellet exhaust Smells bad
If you have an window near by it could come into the home.
I know this an old thread but can one have the vertical rise inside their home, ie 90 off back of stoce with clean out T, up 5 ft, then a 90 and go out 18-24” past the siding with a turbo cap?? Also add fresh air kit directly off back of stove, so it would be 5 ft lower??
I am considering a pellet stove but do not want 20 ft of exterior chimney.
