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I started my first stove fire of the, well ever. New house, new stove. I just started a small fire to check for leaks and see that everything worked right. The stove is a Quadrafire 3100 Millennium.There is a double wall stove pipe and a Class A chimney. There are (or should be) a couple of pictures attached that show how close the stove pipe comes to an A/C vent and a recessed light. The closest the light fixture comes to the support is 9" and the closest to the stove pipe itself is 15". The vent is 16" and 22", respectively. Is this enough room? I would think if it's enough for the drywall it should be enough for the light fixture and vent.
Now in the attic - there is blown insulation right up against the chimney. Is this acceptable? The insulation looks about 18" or so deep there. When the fire was burning I dug down into the insulation and measured the chimney and the hottest I saw it get was 81 degrees. Just above the insulation line it was only 75.
I never did let the fire get very hot. The hottest temps I measured were 240 on top of the stove and on the stove pipe right right where the two meet. So I don't know how hot it will get if I get a good burn and just let it run.
I started my first stove fire of the, well ever. New house, new stove. I just started a small fire to check for leaks and see that everything worked right. The stove is a Quadrafire 3100 Millennium.There is a double wall stove pipe and a Class A chimney. There are (or should be) a couple of pictures attached that show how close the stove pipe comes to an A/C vent and a recessed light. The closest the light fixture comes to the support is 9" and the closest to the stove pipe itself is 15". The vent is 16" and 22", respectively. Is this enough room? I would think if it's enough for the drywall it should be enough for the light fixture and vent.
Now in the attic - there is blown insulation right up against the chimney. Is this acceptable? The insulation looks about 18" or so deep there. When the fire was burning I dug down into the insulation and measured the chimney and the hottest I saw it get was 81 degrees. Just above the insulation line it was only 75.
I never did let the fire get very hot. The hottest temps I measured were 240 on top of the stove and on the stove pipe right right where the two meet. So I don't know how hot it will get if I get a good burn and just let it run.
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