Mandatory outside air hook up????

koondaddy3 said:

Need help with a question, please. Currently I have a Warnock Hersey pellet stove in my house and it was made in 1998, just recently purchased a Summers Heat 55-SHP10L. My current stove is not connected to outside air and works fine. The new stove says that it is mandatory to have the outside air. From what I have read is that the outside air is mandatory because of the new houses that are air tight. My house was built about 35 years ago and is no where near as air tight as it needs to be. Question is will my current stove work with just the air in the house or am I going to have to drill through my tile to put in the outside air kit????

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No as far as your 55-SHP10L is concerned, mandatory outside air means exactly what it says, failure to provide the outside air is among other things, a code violation, voids the warranty and all safety listings, and would likely result in no payments from your homeowners policy if there is even a very small chance any fire was related to that stove.

Also Warnock Hersey is an independent certified safety testing lab, not a stove brand.

If it says mandatory in the manual your inspector isn't going to pass it without it...

Besides that if there's ever a problem and your house burns down what will your insurance company say about neglecting the directions ?

Just figure out the least intrusive way to add the air intake and get it done.

koondaddy3 said:

Thank you for the answer it does help. About the Warnock Hersey, When I open the hopper door it says it is the brand and the serial number is WH-29625, the stove was given to me so I figured thats what it was.

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Just for giggles post a picture of the stove as well in a thread titled: Any ideas who made this stove?.

Warnock Hersey is a test lab, like UL, not a manufacturer. The same label should mention a model number and the maker (the WH is probably a test number at the lab).

Greetings: I can't speak directly to the question of the value of an OAK for this particular stove. However, I can tell you that failure to follow instructions that later causes your home to burn is NOT something that will cause your insurance compay to deny the claim. They have to pay regardless of customer stupidity or product misuse. What they won't pay for is fire by ARSON and that's a long ways from not installing a recommended OAK for your pellet stove. Homeowner insurance is a legal contract between two parties; you and the insurance company. It dictates when the policy will and won't cover. There's very little gray area in an insurance contract. You can spend hours looking at "what's covered" or 5 minutes reading "what's excluded". You should read both but the latter is the most important. BTW, 25 year independent insurance agent here.

FB in Vt.

See if Selkirk vent pipe will fit in your existing hole.

No need to drill secondary hole for air with that set up. But higher cost to replace venting than adding outside air.

koondaddy3 said:

Thank you for the answer it does help. About the Warnock Hersey, When I open the hopper door it says it is the brand and the serial number is WH-29625, the stove was given to me so I figured thats what it was.

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Could be a Whitfield stove.

Watch the video at this link to determine if it is:

http://woodheatstoves.com/whitfield-pellet-stove-parts-c-292_90_99_95.html