Brand New Lopi Leyden Owner...Pics

Hi all. I am the proud new owner of a Lopi Leyden PS in the oxford brown enamel finish. Installed it yesterday onto a hearth that I built myself. See pics below. What a bear! Of course, I haven't actually fired the damn thing up yet because the Simpson 4" Pelletvent kit that I bought did NOT have a 4" stove appliance adapter but rather a 4" to 3" adapter pipe which doesn't fit the Leyden's 4" exhaust port. Does this not make any sense or is it just me? I understand that most PS have 3" exhausts, but why would they be buying a 4" vent kit in the first place? OK, end of rant....sorry.

Other than that the install went fine pellet vent kit installed easily. I removed the fuel gate from the pellet chute. I have a ton of New England Wood Pellets waiting to be used.

One thing I was looking for was experiences with Lopi's log set they sell. I can imagine it's pretty expensive. Does it help with the stove's lack of the "wood fire" look enough to make it worth the price or does it just cause extra cleaning? Here's a few pics of the hearth and stove. Started by having to cut out a section of the baseboard register for a clean look. Also installed an outlet for the stove on a dedicated 15amp circuit and an adaptation for powering the top half of the receptacle by a portable generator outside the same exterior wall.

Wow. I'm amazed at all the replies. Thanks to you all very much for the kind words. Yes, we really wanted the stove to be a focal piece in the new large family room. Not to mention safe, which is why I went above and beyond installing it. This has been a two year process from the initial planning stage until now and this site has been a truly invaluable source of information.

Thanks for the opinions on the log set. We will most likely hold off on it for the time being. I contacted Simpson regarding the stove adapter and they could not offer me a good reason to my question to why the 4" kit doesn't come with a 4" adapter except to say that most stoves have a 3" outlet. Now why those with 3" outlets would be buying a 4" vent system is beyond me. Oh well.

Hopefully I'll have this thing fired up by this weekend. If anyone's interested in the stone work behind the stove, here is the link to the product I used... http://www.culturedstone.com/products/productdetail.asp?id=21 I am certainly no mason, but it came out pretty decent.

I'd say the A/C unit is about 5-6 feet from the vent termination outside the wall. I cover the entire unit and opening over the winter anyway. Didn't think that would be an issue.

zeta said:

Hi John, Many stove Mfg's will recommend 4" pipe if the run is over
a certain length or at high elevations.

My particular stove required 4" pipe for vertical installs over 15.
I have 15' of pipe so I went with the 4" duravent.

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Well, I stand corrected and informed! Thanks zeta.