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Here are some best practice tips I found. Any comments?
Just raising the bar!
Clean the chimney from top to bottom before the pellet stove install. Remove any old stove or liner.
Insulate the bottom shelf to save the room heat and seal the top of the chimney to prevent down drafts. Using the right diameter liner for the flue exhaust and the the right diameter for the fresh air intake is crucial to the pellet appliance!
This is what I heard about blocking plates? A blocking plate was used for an old wood stove fireplace installs. Blocking plates were created years ago to use in place of the damper when a wood stove flue vent was connected to the fireplace and exhaust was dumped into the chimney. These blocking plates are not required in many towns and no longer needed. These days flue liners must be run to the top of the chimney and be properly sealed at the top. This prevents down drafts just like the blocking plate and the old flue damper. The Roxul fire proof R23 insulation is now used above the damper shelf and keeps expensive heated air in the room from rising out of the chimney. Therefore the fresh air must come in from the Co-Linear cap at the top down the chimney. In a center chimney, This fresh air gets warmer and dries out as it descends the interior chimney for maximum efficiency when fueling the burn pot! Having fresh air from outside prevents drawing air to fuel the fire from cracks in the house thus providing maximum comfort.
Note:
Some towns in MA still require blocking plates in order to sign off the permit.
Other towns in MA will not issue permits for installation of used pellet stoves.
However a Fresh air pipe becomes even more important with the use of blocking plates and insulation for efficiency! ! ! Also more efficient stoves and other burners require fresh air now!
On Page 21 of the owner's manual for the pellet stove insert in this example, A fresh air kit or OAK is mandatory! Due to the long run the diameter of the outside air pipe was increased to 3" for the 25 foot chimney.
"Outside combustion air must be connected, either by running the outside air
duct down through the ash clean-out of the fireplace, OR by running the
outside air duct to the top of the chimney. More information pertaining to
correct outside air installation can be found in the “Outside Air” section,
page 23."
Here are some best practice tips I found. Any comments?
Just raising the bar!
Clean the chimney from top to bottom before the pellet stove install. Remove any old stove or liner.
Insulate the bottom shelf to save the room heat and seal the top of the chimney to prevent down drafts. Using the right diameter liner for the flue exhaust and the the right diameter for the fresh air intake is crucial to the pellet appliance!
This is what I heard about blocking plates? A blocking plate was used for an old wood stove fireplace installs. Blocking plates were created years ago to use in place of the damper when a wood stove flue vent was connected to the fireplace and exhaust was dumped into the chimney. These blocking plates are not required in many towns and no longer needed. These days flue liners must be run to the top of the chimney and be properly sealed at the top. This prevents down drafts just like the blocking plate and the old flue damper. The Roxul fire proof R23 insulation is now used above the damper shelf and keeps expensive heated air in the room from rising out of the chimney. Therefore the fresh air must come in from the Co-Linear cap at the top down the chimney. In a center chimney, This fresh air gets warmer and dries out as it descends the interior chimney for maximum efficiency when fueling the burn pot! Having fresh air from outside prevents drawing air to fuel the fire from cracks in the house thus providing maximum comfort.
Note:
Some towns in MA still require blocking plates in order to sign off the permit.
Other towns in MA will not issue permits for installation of used pellet stoves.
However a Fresh air pipe becomes even more important with the use of blocking plates and insulation for efficiency! ! ! Also more efficient stoves and other burners require fresh air now!
On Page 21 of the owner's manual for the pellet stove insert in this example, A fresh air kit or OAK is mandatory! Due to the long run the diameter of the outside air pipe was increased to 3" for the 25 foot chimney.
"Outside combustion air must be connected, either by running the outside air
duct down through the ash clean-out of the fireplace, OR by running the
outside air duct to the top of the chimney. More information pertaining to
correct outside air installation can be found in the “Outside Air” section,
page 23."
