Hi All,
Awesome forum. I love the power of the internet. I've read a bunch of threads here, but still wants to share my specific situation and see if there were any pointers or advice offered.
I have a fairly shallow firebox that is just big enough to fit the Enviro M55 in it. My house is almost 4000 sq ft, but that includes sections that would be hard for the pellet stove insert to heat. So around 2500 sq ft or so is open and easily heated by the pellet stove. Can't wait to not see the oil truck every 3 weeks in the winter.
Anyway, I'm having my mason rework the face of my fireplace (it is tile now) with brick or stone, which will increase the depth from the apron to the back of the back, giving me some breathing room for the M55 install.
We plan on venting it out through the top of my chimney, which is about 30' from the box.
My house is also pretty air tight, and I can foresee problems with combustion, so I'm seriously thinking I should install an OAK as well. I read about some people just drawing for the OAK right from inside the chimney itself. How does that work? I don't want to cut holes in the chimney. Another option is I could go DOWN though the floor of the fire box and vent through an outside wall in the basement, but that is a lot of concrete to drill through. Then I could go up to the top of the chimney as well, but I know you shouldn't have the vent and OAK too close to each other..
I can post some pictures of the setup too if that would help.
Thanks for any input, suggestions or advice.
Awesome forum. I love the power of the internet. I've read a bunch of threads here, but still wants to share my specific situation and see if there were any pointers or advice offered.
I have a fairly shallow firebox that is just big enough to fit the Enviro M55 in it. My house is almost 4000 sq ft, but that includes sections that would be hard for the pellet stove insert to heat. So around 2500 sq ft or so is open and easily heated by the pellet stove. Can't wait to not see the oil truck every 3 weeks in the winter.
Anyway, I'm having my mason rework the face of my fireplace (it is tile now) with brick or stone, which will increase the depth from the apron to the back of the back, giving me some breathing room for the M55 install.
We plan on venting it out through the top of my chimney, which is about 30' from the box.
My house is also pretty air tight, and I can foresee problems with combustion, so I'm seriously thinking I should install an OAK as well. I read about some people just drawing for the OAK right from inside the chimney itself. How does that work? I don't want to cut holes in the chimney. Another option is I could go DOWN though the floor of the fire box and vent through an outside wall in the basement, but that is a lot of concrete to drill through. Then I could go up to the top of the chimney as well, but I know you shouldn't have the vent and OAK too close to each other..
I can post some pictures of the setup too if that would help.
Thanks for any input, suggestions or advice.