Hey all, I've been reading here for quite some time and I finally lit the fire. My wife and I moved into our new house earlier this month and promptly burned through a whole tank of oil. I've been wanting a pellet stove for a long time so I pulled the trigger on a Harman P61A.
The Harman dealer couldnt do the install for nearly 3 weeks after delivery so I called my buddy who has done a couple and we got everything up and running safely. The P61A has an ignitor so I didn't have to do much other than load some pellets and cut a whole. I was told I needed the Direct Vent Passthrough kit by the dealer due to the proximity to a window.
I've got the stove running and I notice a slight odor of pellets while its burning. Not offensive, but noticable. No perceptiable smoke at all in the room and the area behind the stove smells of fresh air. So far the stove is heating up the family room nicely. We have an open concept colonial so I'm hoping this stove will heat the whole house.
I've included a number of pictures of the mock up, install and with her lit. Any help with the odor would be great. I've verified all connections were sealed very well with high temp silicone and secured with screws. The only area that is not screwed together is the exhaust pipe and the stove junction (couldn't see drilling through the heavy duty steel).
-Chris
The Harman dealer couldnt do the install for nearly 3 weeks after delivery so I called my buddy who has done a couple and we got everything up and running safely. The P61A has an ignitor so I didn't have to do much other than load some pellets and cut a whole. I was told I needed the Direct Vent Passthrough kit by the dealer due to the proximity to a window.
I've got the stove running and I notice a slight odor of pellets while its burning. Not offensive, but noticable. No perceptiable smoke at all in the room and the area behind the stove smells of fresh air. So far the stove is heating up the family room nicely. We have an open concept colonial so I'm hoping this stove will heat the whole house.
I've included a number of pictures of the mock up, install and with her lit. Any help with the odor would be great. I've verified all connections were sealed very well with high temp silicone and secured with screws. The only area that is not screwed together is the exhaust pipe and the stove junction (couldn't see drilling through the heavy duty steel).
-Chris