It can top-vent also. You just swap the flue collar with the plate that's now installed on top, under the small elevated soapstone.raybonz said:I do wonder why Woodstock doesn't make the flue collar so it can vent for both rear or top exit..
It can top-vent also. You just swap the flue collar with the plate that's now installed on top, under the small elevated soapstone.[/quote]Woody Stover said:[quote author="raybonz" date="1299693460"I do wonder why Woodstock doesn't make the flue collar so it can vent for both rear or top exit..
raybonz said:Wow Todd I really like the Keystone! Until they come out with the new stove I like the Keystone best and I like your hearth as well! Is that the stove with the 7" flue and if so how did you deal with it? I do wonder why Woodstock doesn't make the flue collar so it can vent for both rear or top exit.. I currently have a 90 and 45 and it I were to install a Woodstock I would have to add another 90, not a good idea in my opinion..
Ray
Todd said:raybonz said:Wow Todd I really like the Keystone! Until they come out with the new stove I like the Keystone best and I like your hearth as well! Is that the stove with the 7" flue and if so how did you deal with it? I do wonder why Woodstock doesn't make the flue collar so it can vent for both rear or top exit.. I currently have a 90 and 45 and it I were to install a Woodstock I would have to add another 90, not a good idea in my opinion..
Ray
It can be vented either top or rear. I chose rear so I'd have that extra soapstone panel on top. Woodstock says not to count that first 90 in back of the stove, it is a common install that works fine. They also approved this stove for 6" and sell an adapter. I think the 7" comes from the older design and found it cheaper to keep it that way than to retest and make a change in castings? Both of my stoves daft great with 6".
Todd said:Thanks for all the kind words. I may have to swap around to the top vent, really don't want to but I'm getting some smoke spilage during reloads and I'm thinking it has to be that rear vent 90? Pipe, liner, and cap are clean and the other top vented Keystone never smokes even though it has a shorter chimney. The Fireview never spilled smoke with the exact same setup.
Other than the smoke, so far the stove is working out great, heats the whole 2000 sq ft house by itself but the weather has been warming up into the 30's. Been doing 2 loads per day just like the Fireview, plenty of coals after 12 hours. The burns and air settings are the same between the 2 Keystones. Both snuff out the flame a little under #1 and both give me a good hot fire a little over #1.
leeave96 said:Todd said:Thanks for all the kind words. I may have to swap around to the top vent, really don't want to but I'm getting some smoke spilage during reloads and I'm thinking it has to be that rear vent 90? Pipe, liner, and cap are clean and the other top vented Keystone never smokes even though it has a shorter chimney. The Fireview never spilled smoke with the exact same setup.
Other than the smoke, so far the stove is working out great, heats the whole 2000 sq ft house by itself but the weather has been warming up into the 30's. Been doing 2 loads per day just like the Fireview, plenty of coals after 12 hours. The burns and air settings are the same between the 2 Keystones. Both snuff out the flame a little under #1 and both give me a good hot fire a little over #1.
Todd,
FWIW, I'm not getting any smoke spillage on my Keystone with the rear exit. I've got it necked down to 6 inch coming out of the stove and then straight onto my chimney - which is 6 inch too. It makes a 90 degre turn in my chimney. But my stack is short too. In addition, my liner has sagged a bit and instead of a 1/4 inch rise per foot, I now have a slight decline - which I plan to fix this Spring, but the slight downward slope doesn't appear to be causing any draft problems. My liner is also rigid, smooth and insulated with 1/2 inch insulation.
Prior to relining, I didn't get spillage, but the firebox would fill with smoke sometimes on refill - and that was with the vertical set-up and one 90 elbow into the chimney.
I'm scratching my head on this one. I should think the problem lies with draft vs the stove set-up, but maybe eliminating an elbow may help. How's your glass - staying clear? I know now that on my old set-up my glass problems were in part not enough draft to make for a really hot (500ish stove top) fire.
Just some thoughts.
Bill
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