Critique my new installation please

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How do you like the 5700? Is it really intense in the living room, or still pretty bearable? It's a great looking install, and I'm sure a lot easier to carry wood to the LR than the basement.
 
moosetrek said:
How do you like the 5700? Is it really intense in the living room, or still pretty bearable? It's a great looking install, and I'm sure a lot easier to carry wood to the LR than the basement.

Well I will not be burnaing it the same as I did with it in the basement. It has been in the 30's and 40's this weekend and I can't keep it below 80 in the house. I will probably let the heat pump do the job when it is that warm outside from now on.

The 5700 may end up being too large. I have a hard time keeping the flue temps up without overheating the house. Instead of burning 24/7 like I did when it was in my uninsulated basement, I will probably let the fire go out at night and relight it in the morning, I will start out with a hot fire to warm the chimney before loading it for the day.

I was hoping bigger would only mean more capacity for longer burns and with an east-west load I could burn it clean and long. We will see.

I am amazed at how easy it is to get a fire going. I build the fire top-down with small dry splits and light the kindling with a torch. I never need paper. I get the fire lit in minutes and have a hot fire in 20-30 minutes.

As far as ease in carrying wood, my basement is also my garage, so wheeling wood in near the stove used to be easy.

Oh well, I need more exercise.
 
Good looking install.! Looks as good as those pictured in the Quad brochures. I can't even fathom how hot it will be in a small room. My 5700 heats the entire house from my basement. Maybe you can make it work. I bet you had more than a little help gettng it up to the main level, right? Keep us informed how she does.
 
How far out does your soffit extend? I would like to install my chimney around the soffit as you have done w/o using elbows, my soffit ovehang is 10 inches. How far is your TEE away from the outside wall of the house? Does anyone know the maximum horizontal length one can have on a through the wall installation? Your installation looks good!
 
Technical critique: cuter than a speckled puppy dog under a Christmas tree in a red wagon.

Regarding plants in the stove room, I think that as long as the humidity in the room isn't a problem, they thrive. My biggest problem seems to be their heat-seeking properties, as documented below. All the greenery you see curled around the door frame grew this winter.
 

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dbailp said:
how much do you use the flupipe damper?

I never use it. Honestly, I only put it in there in case I ever have a chimney fire. Probably not necessary.

Now that the stove has been in over a year, I can give an update:

The 5700 works great, even in my small house. The big fire box gives long, controlled burn times with dry wood and E-W loading.

Last winter it only got a couple of months use and I had no problem with the stove or chimney.

I brushed the chimney out in the spring and only had enough dry flaky stuff to cover the bottom of a five gallon bucket. My wood was not properly seasoned last year.

This year, I had a couple of cords of cherry split and stacked since early spring and the stove worked well. I load it in the evening-less than full, and find coals in the morning. I fill it again and find coals when I get home. I let it get hot after filling it, then back the air down. Every other day I put some pallet wood in the stove when I get home and run it wide open until the chimney gets hot. I have a supply of pallets and see this as good chimney maintenance.

Indoor temps are in the upper 70's when the stove is hot and low 70's before reloading.

When the outside temps get above upper twenties, I let the heat pump take over.

The only downside has been the time it takes. I started a business last summer and find the daily routine to be a nuisance at times.
Then I think about how much money I've saved. Oil is over $3.50 a gallon now and I used to burn 600 gallons a year.
 
That install look great. The bend in the chimney follows the roof-line, giving it a more natural look, in my opinion. Those never look good anyway, but yours doesn't look bad at all due to the angle. I hope you find that it works well and don't have to change it.
 
Very nice install,and a pretty home.Good luck with the quadrafire.
 
Sleepy said:
dbailp said:
how much do you use the flupipe damper?

I never use it. Honestly, I only put it in there in case I ever have a chimney fire. Probably not necessary.

Now that the stove has been in over a year, I can give an update:

The 5700 works great, even in my small house. The big fire box gives long, controlled burn times with dry wood and E-W loading.

Last winter it only got a couple of months use and I had no problem with the stove or chimney.

I brushed the chimney out in the spring and only had enough dry flaky stuff to cover the bottom of a five gallon bucket. My wood was not properly seasoned last year.

This year, I had a couple of cords of cherry split and stacked since early spring and the stove worked well. I load it in the evening-less than full, and find coals in the morning. I fill it again and find coals when I get home. I let it get hot after filling it, then back the air down. Every other day I put some pallet wood in the stove when I get home and run it wide open until the chimney gets hot. I have a supply of pallets and see this as good chimney maintenance.

Indoor temps are in the upper 70's when the stove is hot and low 70's before reloading.

When the outside temps get above upper twenties, I let the heat pump take over.

The only downside has been the time it takes. I started a business last summer and find the daily routine to be a nuisance at times.
Then I think about how much money I've saved. Oil is over $3.50 a gallon now and I used to burn 600 gallons a year.

So how did that exterior chimney work out? I have to do the same on the back of my house. Just curious.
 
The chimney seems to work great, but I have to admit I haven't cleaned it yet from last winter. I know I should have cleaned it at the end of the season, but time got away from me and now I'll probably wait for cool weather and clean it after I fire the stove again.

The key as always is seasoned dry wood. I burn some pallet wood every couple of days as well to get the chimney good and hot.

Oh and be sure to use a high quality, fully insulated all-fuel chimney system. Mine is Metal-Fab. I see some of these that are triple-wall with insluation only the space between the inner wall and middle wall and an air space between the middle and outer walls. Worse yet are the ones with only air spaces. I know from my HVAC service days that these do not keep the flue as warm which increases condensation. Got to keep that flue warm.

I also like having the outer wall stainless instead of galvanized. The stainless will look good for years, but the galvanized will start to rust.
 
ewest said:
How far out does your soffit extend? I would like to install my chimney around the soffit as you have done w/o using elbows, my soffit ovehang is 10 inches. How far is your TEE away from the outside wall of the house? Does anyone know the maximum horizontal length one can have on a through the wall installation? Your installation looks good!

This is a question I am very much intersted in too. The soffit on my addition might over hang about 6 inches - not much more.

How did you offset your chimney to clear your soffit? Can you post some pics of your tee?

Thanks!
Bill
 
Sorry for the delay.
Here are some pictures:

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For the tee, I cut the siding, fastened a piece of plywood, covered it in sheet metal, and put J-channel and a bead of silicone around it.

This gave me a weatherproof and solid surface to install the thimble and tee support.

I needed to offset around a window and the soffit and used two 30 degree angles for this. 15 degree offsets would have been better for cleaning, but they wouldn't fit.

My overhang is 12". I used wall hangers from Metal Fab and built the offset at the upper angle out of 2" angle.
 
That looks pretty neat and sweet sleepy.
 
Your install looks GREAT! I understand not how you made it around the soffit.

I just installed my Tee support for my chimney this weekend. I'm expecting boxes of pipe this week. I may get it up pretty soon.

Thanks,
Bill
 
leeave96 said:
Your install looks GREAT! I understand not how you made it around the soffit.

I just installed my Tee support for my chimney this weekend. I'm expecting boxes of pipe this week. I may get it up pretty soon.

Thanks,
Bill

What brand of pipe are you using?
 
Selkirk Metalbest Ultra Temp.
 
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