So we have a Lopi freedom insert downstairs that we have been using for 4 seasons now and we are loving it. Does a good job of keeping the oil man at bay. We are in the process of completing an addition above the garage which will add approximately 500 square feet to our 1812 square foot Colonial.
I would like to just install something like a Jotul in the bonus room and just use one fuel, but the wife brings up a good point about sawdust and crap all through the house from carrying loads of wood upstairs. So we have decided on a Harman XXV as we want the look of a traditional wood stove.
So I called the local Harman dealer yesterday and asked a few questions about the install. The stove will be n the back wall of the room between two windows. The dealer recommending going with the OAK and just venting the exhaust straight out 12" past the siding to meet code. From the reading I have done on here so far, most people seem to lean towards some vertical in the exhaust. Why is that, will it improve stove performance?
Any other traditional wood stove type pellet stoves out there to consider besides the XXV, and the Quadrafire Mt. Vernon?
Thanks,
Mike
I would like to just install something like a Jotul in the bonus room and just use one fuel, but the wife brings up a good point about sawdust and crap all through the house from carrying loads of wood upstairs. So we have decided on a Harman XXV as we want the look of a traditional wood stove.
So I called the local Harman dealer yesterday and asked a few questions about the install. The stove will be n the back wall of the room between two windows. The dealer recommending going with the OAK and just venting the exhaust straight out 12" past the siding to meet code. From the reading I have done on here so far, most people seem to lean towards some vertical in the exhaust. Why is that, will it improve stove performance?
Any other traditional wood stove type pellet stoves out there to consider besides the XXV, and the Quadrafire Mt. Vernon?
Thanks,
Mike