We bought this Pacific Energy Summit Classic stove 6 weeks ago and just got it hooked up tonight! Man it is so awesome. We are building this home here in Indiana, deep in the woods. I foam sprayed the entire house. So it is very well insulated. The chimney is all masonry with clay flue, approx 8 inch flue. Chimney is approx 30ft tall from top of stove. I will try and get a picture posted. The hearth was built using bedford sandstone, and is elevated off the ground 16inches. It is located in a fully insulated, fully finished walkout basement. I am very excited. I use a Timberline in the shop that works great but wanted something more refine and efficient in the house.
My new Pacific Energy Summit Classic stove
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Woody Stover
Minister of Fire
Congrats. Get ready for some serious heat outta that baby! 
Are you putting in a liner, or direct-connect to the clay tile? 8" square tile? What's the total area you are heating with the stove, and what layout?
Are you putting in a liner, or direct-connect to the clay tile? 8" square tile? What's the total area you are heating with the stove, and what layout?
Osagebndr
Minister of Fire
Good to hear it's working well ccmac. How large an area are you heating with the stove? The Summit is an easy breathing stove. With a 30 ft flue you may want to put a key damper in the connector if you find the stove a bit too frisky.
We are heating approx 1450 sq ft downstairs and there is another 1450 upstairs. No liner in the flue. The chimney is in the center of the house in the great room, open floor plan. The chimney stays warm because I spray foamed the roof as opposed to the ceiling. The allows the chimney to remain in a conditioned space until it exits the roof line for a final 4ft above the roof. I am finding the stove to be very controllable. I got a easy 12hr burn from it last night. The stove is not our sole heat. We will also have a fireplace upstairs which has a separate flue of course. Also use an LP forced hot air 96% efficient furnace.
Osagebndr
Minister of Fire
Sounds like a nice setup. Spray foam is good stuff. Glad your enjoying your stove , so what are you burning?
Wood Pirate
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When you say 12 hour burn, do you mean embers still in the stove after 12 hours or wood still burning?
Lots of red hot embers, no flame when I came in the morning but it was still kicking out a bunch of heat. I was impressed! Temps rose here today into the low 50's and so I have run the stove around 300 degrees stove pipe, all day. Stove has been running 3 days straight and the glass is clean still! Awesome.
Wood Pirate
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I installed the same stove in November and have not stopped running it besides one or two warm days. Very impressed with it. Same here hot embers in the am or when I get home from work. I just rake the coals and throw some wood on and it takes off. still messing around with the air setting to see what works best.
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