Swapping out wood stove for pellet stove...?

Depends on the stove... you would have to read the manual. Some Quads and Harmans permit such an installation into a proper existing vent when using their top-vent-adapter kit.

SwineFlue said:

Depends on the stove... you would have to read the manual. Some Quads and Harmans permit such an installation into a proper existing vent when using their top-vent-adapter kit.

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X2... Once you switch over to pellets you will soon find out that $200-$250 per ton beats the heck out of the labor required to process and burn a cord of wood. However, I must adimt that I have put on a few more pounds burning pellets

However, wood shortages never happen (seasoned wood, yes, but there's always something out there) and I've never seen the tree company leave a ton of pellets on the side of the road. I grab free wood all the time.

There are great arguments for both types of stoves. I personally have a few of each and wouldn't switch a thing.

Maybe you can add a pellet somewhere else? Then you still have the wood stove for times you will need/want it. Think pellet shortages and extended power outages....

I bought a used Integra II pellet stove it had a adapter to go from 3' pellet pipe to 6" stove pipe. I saw the stove work before I bought it it worked just fine.

When I bought my old quadrafire castile the stove shop said the large 8" pipe that was part of my old manufactured fireplace could overdraft the stove making it not put out enough heat but couldn't say for sure.

I made a similar switch by using pellet vent pipe up to the masonry adapter and then a short piece of flex to get the exhaust pointed up the chimney flue. Burns fine but haven't run enough pellets through yet to check and clean the chimney.

Cheers,
- Jeff

Been useing 6 in. class a chimney for 12 years with out a problem 7ft of pellet pipe to it.
It was used for a 0 clearance fire place before. Easy to clean and even made
a connector for the leaf blower trick

Keets said:

Hi! First time posting on here! I was wondering if it were possible to use my existing Wood stove vent pipe if I were to switch it out for a pellet stove? If it is what would I need to do it? Any help is appreciated

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that what i did when i switched from wood to pellets.

Keets said:

Hi! First time posting on here! I was wondering if it were possible to use my existing Wood stove vent pipe if I were to switch it out for a pellet stove? If it is what would I need to do it? Any help is appreciated View attachment 128187

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My pellet stove sits in the center of my basement . The 3" vent runs into a 6" triple wall stainless pipe thru the roof. I bought the reducer at home dep. works good

Noooooooooooooo...........Don't Do It................

Mine works just fine with 6" to 3" adapter. Looks to be the exact same setup.