Good Evening,
First Iwant to thank everyone who help me not choose the smaller stove(From my first previous post). I had the Xtrondaire XP33Elite installed today.
Specs are the following:
XP 33 Elite
5.5" Flex, MagnaFlex kit, and full insulation.
Blockoff plate
1500 Sq.Ft Tudor/Colonial
The install went pretty good. The installer had to remove about 4 bricks , and the rear piece of the damper. No ovalizing was required once we removed the bricks.
The liner was down the chimney in no town, no snags or issues. Most difficult part of the install was lining up the connector to the appliance , and actully fitting the unit. We just barely made the minimum dimesions to fit the unit.
We also had to chip about 1/4 of brick to clear the blower wire. those were the two big snags.
ou
Now for the good stuff.
The insert is just amazing. The looks agaisnt the old brick fireplace is awesome. im hooked
At first I was a little concerened that with the 5.5" liner I might have some drafting issues. We had the stove up a to temp in about 1 hr. I had a micx of dry , not so dry wood, so it was a little slow going.
Once I had a bed of coals , different animal. I now feel i have almost too much draft. I had the temp ion lower floor at 72, upper level at 68. Then i really loaded up the stove,
and the house jumped up to 77 way too fast, the air tubes were glowing orange, and I started to think I had a runaway fire. Opened both dampers turned the fan on high and got it under control. Phew!
Ran to Home Depot and picked up a Rutledge therometer. I have it damped almost all the way down and its cooking nicely at 400F.
Stove runs like a top, nice draft, nice open view to the fire. I couldnt be happeir. My wife is really pleased with how nice the insert looks and heat output.
Blower is quiet at low speeds, and not too bad at higest setting. Nice variable speed blower which gives you more tuning to heating the house.
It will take me a few more days to really nail down getting the most out of the insert, but so far so good.
Im glad I have the option to build a biiger fire for cold days and smaller fires for warmer days, while not blowing myself out of the family room with heat.
thanks again for all who helped in pointing me in the right direction regarding the size of the stove.
Now we need a real cold night to see how this puppy can heat the house!!
will follow up with some pics, there on my desktop.
First Iwant to thank everyone who help me not choose the smaller stove(From my first previous post). I had the Xtrondaire XP33Elite installed today.
Specs are the following:
XP 33 Elite
5.5" Flex, MagnaFlex kit, and full insulation.
Blockoff plate
1500 Sq.Ft Tudor/Colonial
The install went pretty good. The installer had to remove about 4 bricks , and the rear piece of the damper. No ovalizing was required once we removed the bricks.
The liner was down the chimney in no town, no snags or issues. Most difficult part of the install was lining up the connector to the appliance , and actully fitting the unit. We just barely made the minimum dimesions to fit the unit.
We also had to chip about 1/4 of brick to clear the blower wire. those were the two big snags.
ou
Now for the good stuff.
The insert is just amazing. The looks agaisnt the old brick fireplace is awesome. im hooked
At first I was a little concerened that with the 5.5" liner I might have some drafting issues. We had the stove up a to temp in about 1 hr. I had a micx of dry , not so dry wood, so it was a little slow going.
Once I had a bed of coals , different animal. I now feel i have almost too much draft. I had the temp ion lower floor at 72, upper level at 68. Then i really loaded up the stove,
and the house jumped up to 77 way too fast, the air tubes were glowing orange, and I started to think I had a runaway fire. Opened both dampers turned the fan on high and got it under control. Phew!
Ran to Home Depot and picked up a Rutledge therometer. I have it damped almost all the way down and its cooking nicely at 400F.
Stove runs like a top, nice draft, nice open view to the fire. I couldnt be happeir. My wife is really pleased with how nice the insert looks and heat output.
Blower is quiet at low speeds, and not too bad at higest setting. Nice variable speed blower which gives you more tuning to heating the house.
It will take me a few more days to really nail down getting the most out of the insert, but so far so good.
Im glad I have the option to build a biiger fire for cold days and smaller fires for warmer days, while not blowing myself out of the family room with heat.
thanks again for all who helped in pointing me in the right direction regarding the size of the stove.
Now we need a real cold night to see how this puppy can heat the house!!
will follow up with some pics, there on my desktop.
