Venting Help

  • Active since 1995, Hearth.com is THE place on the internet for free information and advice about wood stoves, pellet stoves and other energy saving equipment.

    We strive to provide opinions, articles, discussions and history related to Hearth Products and in a more general sense, energy issues.

    We promote the EFFICIENT, RESPONSIBLE, CLEAN and SAFE use of all fuels, whether renewable or fossil.
C

coldntired

New Member
Jan 24, 2019
1
NH
Hopefully someone can here can help me

I recently moved into my first house, and with it came a USSC 6041HF
I was so excited to have a pellet stove, since the other option is a propane furnace, and I really don't want to pay to run that all winter long

The problem is the pellet stove doesn't put off enough heat...so for the past week when temperatures have been 0 and below I couldn't keep the house warm enough
Worse than that is about twice a month I find myself replacing different parts on this thing (which may or may not be related to the previous owner burning cherry pits in it) but anyway I'm generally not liking it

So I've been researching different stoves and came across the highly rated comfortbilt hp22
Now through my research I've found one major downside to picking this as a replacement...and that's the location of the exhaust vent

It looks like the exhaust vent is on the left side of the stove, where my current stove has it on the right side...on top of that it's also about 2" higher than the one on my USSC

So, can I use a couple of elbows to get it to vent out of the existing setup, and will that 2 inches cause me any problems? Or do I have to put new holes in the side of my house?

Thanks in advance
 
For me it would depend on house construction. Is your vent through stucco, block, vinyl. Personally...my first option would be to change the vent........second choice would be pick a different stove. JMHO
 
Photos would help. You could always build the hearth up 2" to make up the room needed.
 
mikkeeh said:
Building the hearth up will only make the problem worse.
Click to expand...
Oh, my bad , just re-read that...needs to go 2"lower...well in that case, would it be possible to lower the hearth 2"?
 
Looks like a decent stove to me...
Is it in such bad shape?
Maybe it just needs a good overhaul...room fan, air ways and heat exchanges...when they are tampered/clogged/dirty, they can limit your output big time...
Also, most of these stoves can be changed on their pound per hour feed rate etc...so maybe your stove was tuned down to something you dont need/like?
I would reset the control board to factory and see if this baby gets back to its glory...
Besides that...US homes are not typically build for energy/heat savings...so you might also want to start sealing your house in general...flir/seek and blower doors are your friend.
 
coldntired said:
Hopefully someone can here can help me

I recently moved into my first house, and with it came a USSC 6041HF
I was so excited to have a pellet stove, since the other option is a propane furnace, and I really don't want to pay to run that all winter long

The problem is the pellet stove doesn't put off enough heat...so for the past week when temperatures have been 0 and below I couldn't keep the house warm enough
Worse than that is about twice a month I find myself replacing different parts on this thing (which may or may not be related to the previous owner burning cherry pits in it) but anyway I'm generally not liking it

So I've been researching different stoves and came across the highly rated comfortbilt hp22
Now through my research I've found one major downside to picking this as a replacement...and that's the location of the exhaust vent

The comfortbilt you are looking at is rated for 42,000 btu, the 6041 you have is rated at 48,000 btu output. If you think the 6041 doesn't heat enough you are not going to do any better with the other stove. Also you will be giving up being able to burn bio-fuels in the future, corn, cherry pits, what ever.

I think you need to tell more about the problems you are having and learn about the control board. Also follow the link in my signature line for cleaning tips that you tube videos and the manual will not tell you about. There are also a lot of tricks for running that board that are not in the manual.

It looks like the exhaust vent is on the left side of the stove, where my current stove has it on the right side...on top of that it's also about 2" higher than the one on my USSC

So, can I use a couple of elbows to get it to vent out of the existing setup, and will that 2 inches cause me any problems? Or do I have to put new holes in the side of my house?

Thanks in advance
Click to expand...
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

M
ComfortBilt HP21 vs. Castle Serenity
Replies
0
Views
225
The Pellet Mill - Pellet and Multifuel Stoves
Mustard Tiger
M
S
USSC 6041HF startup
Replies
2
Views
262
The Pellet Mill - Pellet and Multifuel Stoves
slowlymakingprogress
S
C
Looking for help/tips for installing pellet stove
Replies
1
Views
487
The Pellet Mill - Pellet and Multifuel Stoves
Flamman
F
S
USSC 6041HF venting
Replies
1
Views
409
The Pellet Mill - Pellet and Multifuel Stoves
Mt Bob
Mt Bob
A
Odd Burn pot crusting on ComfortBilt HP22
Replies
1
Views
767
The Pellet Mill - Pellet and Multifuel Stoves
Zenaca
Z
Top Bottom
Back