I'm having a local dealer install a woodstove in our new manufactured home, and wanted to run the plan by the forum to see if there was anything I'm missing.
We're in the North Sierra Nevada mountains, about 3500 feet elevation. Mild winters, teens overnight for a few months; a few feet of snow. We have a Bosch 5 ton heat pump, but hope to heat primarily with wood.
The house is 2400 square feet, with a big open kitchen/living/dining room in one half and bedrooms in the other half. 9 foot flat ceilings. 2x6 framing with R19 insulation, r44 ceiling, r33 floor. The heat pump ducts run inside the insulation in floor and ceiling. I had them put a return air duct in the great room, (ceiling) 15' or so from the woodstove site.
I'm planning to have the local BK dealer install a freestanding woodstove, most likely an Ashford 30. We have a corner install in the middle of the house, on the side of the great room (floor plan attached).
The installer plans to run ICC Ultrablack double wall solid pack stovepipe to the ceiling, then ICC Excel Class A pipe through the attic and out the roof (5 in 12) near the peak, should be 15' straight shot from the top of the appliance with no bends.
We'll have an OAK that runs straight down into the crawlspace through 4" dryer duct, and because it is a manufactured home we'll bolt the stove to the floor.
We will eventually build an elevated hearth on 2x8 framing topped with cement board (probably Durock Next gen), then finished with nearby river rock. However, I dont have time to build the hearth before the install. We're planning to have him install the stove with just ember protection (a few bare sheets of durock on the cork floor), then build the hearth next summer--move the stove for a few weeks, telescope the pipe up by a foot, and plug the stove back in once the hearth is built.
I have 2 cords of 8% MC pine and a cord of 12% oak split, stacked, covered, and waiting for someplace hot to go, with a few more cords seasoning for next winter.
Any advice would be welcome.
We're in the North Sierra Nevada mountains, about 3500 feet elevation. Mild winters, teens overnight for a few months; a few feet of snow. We have a Bosch 5 ton heat pump, but hope to heat primarily with wood.
The house is 2400 square feet, with a big open kitchen/living/dining room in one half and bedrooms in the other half. 9 foot flat ceilings. 2x6 framing with R19 insulation, r44 ceiling, r33 floor. The heat pump ducts run inside the insulation in floor and ceiling. I had them put a return air duct in the great room, (ceiling) 15' or so from the woodstove site.
I'm planning to have the local BK dealer install a freestanding woodstove, most likely an Ashford 30. We have a corner install in the middle of the house, on the side of the great room (floor plan attached).
The installer plans to run ICC Ultrablack double wall solid pack stovepipe to the ceiling, then ICC Excel Class A pipe through the attic and out the roof (5 in 12) near the peak, should be 15' straight shot from the top of the appliance with no bends.
We'll have an OAK that runs straight down into the crawlspace through 4" dryer duct, and because it is a manufactured home we'll bolt the stove to the floor.
We will eventually build an elevated hearth on 2x8 framing topped with cement board (probably Durock Next gen), then finished with nearby river rock. However, I dont have time to build the hearth before the install. We're planning to have him install the stove with just ember protection (a few bare sheets of durock on the cork floor), then build the hearth next summer--move the stove for a few weeks, telescope the pipe up by a foot, and plug the stove back in once the hearth is built.
I have 2 cords of 8% MC pine and a cord of 12% oak split, stacked, covered, and waiting for someplace hot to go, with a few more cords seasoning for next winter.
Any advice would be welcome.
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