Hello,
Last night I pulled out the ben franklin I've been using for the past two seasons and will be replacing it tomorrow with a Lopi Republic 1750! This forum has been very useful over the past few months when I was deciding which stove to go with.
I ended up with the Lopi, partly because they were having a sale where you get a free blower. The Englander would have been about $200 less but none of the big box stores are stocking them yet, and the Lopi dealer has been incredibly helpful and will be a much better resource than any retail cashier.
I currently have an 8" flue, all the way up through my roof. Should I get the 20 or so feet of 6" pipe and install it all the way up or use a 6 to 8" adapter?
The Republic is the stripped down version of the Endeavor, so it doesn't have a bypass damper. I had my ben franklin down to a science, so I never had much smoke in the house, and I have pretty high expectations for this new bad ass stove.
So, do you guys think I'm going to have trouble with back drafts?
If not, all I have to do is install the 6" to 8" adapter, and maybe 6' of pipe to install, which sounds too good to be true.
Thanks for any advice, and I'll be sure to put up some photos of my new baby!
There's a pic of the old one before I took it out...
And a pic of the newly installed stove!
I went with a whole new chimney of Supervent piping from Menards...
Last night I pulled out the ben franklin I've been using for the past two seasons and will be replacing it tomorrow with a Lopi Republic 1750! This forum has been very useful over the past few months when I was deciding which stove to go with.
I ended up with the Lopi, partly because they were having a sale where you get a free blower. The Englander would have been about $200 less but none of the big box stores are stocking them yet, and the Lopi dealer has been incredibly helpful and will be a much better resource than any retail cashier.
I currently have an 8" flue, all the way up through my roof. Should I get the 20 or so feet of 6" pipe and install it all the way up or use a 6 to 8" adapter?
The Republic is the stripped down version of the Endeavor, so it doesn't have a bypass damper. I had my ben franklin down to a science, so I never had much smoke in the house, and I have pretty high expectations for this new bad ass stove.
So, do you guys think I'm going to have trouble with back drafts?
If not, all I have to do is install the 6" to 8" adapter, and maybe 6' of pipe to install, which sounds too good to be true.
Thanks for any advice, and I'll be sure to put up some photos of my new baby!
There's a pic of the old one before I took it out...
And a pic of the newly installed stove!
I went with a whole new chimney of Supervent piping from Menards...
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