Hi guys-
long time reader, first time poster. I have a quadrafire Mt. Vernon pellet stove (non insert) that I’m installing. I was originally planning to vent it directly into my masonry chimney (had all the parts), but I recently found a broken tile liner in the chimney and will now be placing in a liner. I ran all the calculations on pipe runs and bends and determined based on what quadrafire says in its manual, I can use 3 or 4 inch liner. I have 3 coming off of the stove and for cost and ease of installation, I was going to go with a 3” liner. I have the top vent adapter, 4 vertical to thimble, 90 into the chimney, a 12” horizontal run, and about a 16 ft vertical run to the top of the chimney. Assuming all is correct with the manual, am I potentially going to run into any issues no opting for the 4” liner? The chimney is within the house envelope so it should be warmer than an outside chimney. Need reassurance that I’ll be fine with the 3” or a kick in the butt to fork over the extra money for the 4. I made the mistake of purchasing everything for non-liner install. Love and learn, I guess.
long time reader, first time poster. I have a quadrafire Mt. Vernon pellet stove (non insert) that I’m installing. I was originally planning to vent it directly into my masonry chimney (had all the parts), but I recently found a broken tile liner in the chimney and will now be placing in a liner. I ran all the calculations on pipe runs and bends and determined based on what quadrafire says in its manual, I can use 3 or 4 inch liner. I have 3 coming off of the stove and for cost and ease of installation, I was going to go with a 3” liner. I have the top vent adapter, 4 vertical to thimble, 90 into the chimney, a 12” horizontal run, and about a 16 ft vertical run to the top of the chimney. Assuming all is correct with the manual, am I potentially going to run into any issues no opting for the 4” liner? The chimney is within the house envelope so it should be warmer than an outside chimney. Need reassurance that I’ll be fine with the 3” or a kick in the butt to fork over the extra money for the 4. I made the mistake of purchasing everything for non-liner install. Love and learn, I guess.