My 'start to finish' install thread. TR-PAH

Not that I'm excited or anything... I'll throw in pics as it goes along.

So... quick update. Stove is supposedly on the truck. Good. In the middle of a snow/ice storm. NOT good. Oh well. I'm a patient type.




So my first question is about the venting. Local place has Duravent kits and individual pieces. Because of how my house is setup, Out and Up will work best. I already have a hole where the red box is on the picture below. Could do a straight up, but that adds cost as I have to go through a loft, then the roof. I know this isn't like a wood burner chimney. Can the flue be too tall? I'm at 6500', so I'm dealing w/ 4" pipe.





a) Straight out the back through log wall, T, up the 5' that comes with the kit. (worry about soot staining?)
b) Straight out the back,through log wall, T, up 22ish feet (through eave)
c) T from stove, up 5 feet 90 and out through wall (end up the same place as (a), means cutting additional hole)
d) T from stove, straight up through ceiling into loft, through roof. (again ending about 22-25' high)

Assuming all other clearances are met (4' from window, etc) Which would you choose, and why?

chken- yes, the logs go up to the 2nd floor. Thanks everybody for the input... I'm going to start with the standard kit height and go from there.


Stove is supposed to make it to the local hub today... don't know if they'll send it out this afternoon, or wait until tomorrow. In the meantime, I've been demolishing the RMH to make room. Made a little pad area for it utilizing the existing hole. I'll get the vent kit today and fit that into the hole.

Pad is 3" thick 'high alumina' refractory brick leftover from a closed steel mill. Had it laying around and it gives just the right amount of height so the exhaust will line up with the hole. Stove will sit on a piece of cement board, while the rest gets covered w/ earthen plaster using some local dark red clay. Excuse the mess (mud everywhere!), and the poor lighting (it was night), but this is what it looks like so far...



Still trying to decide what to feed it. I can get Maine Woods or Blazer from the BBS here locally. Or there's this place that will deliver... but I haven't found any info on the pellet composition yet.

http://www.pellethd.com/