Country Comfort CC300 Chimney Insert Questions

[PoorHouse]

Good Morning Friends!

I got this Country Comfort CC300 insert for free and am cleaning it up and making it look pretty right now. This is a short term solution as I save money for a newer unit. With 6" liners being the new standard, can I get away using one with this unit?

A local supplier has a Vermont Casting adapter that fits the oblong oval to get this to 6" round.

Any similar experiences?

Thanks,

Poor Man

 

[begreen]

It doesn't look like a 6" liner would work. This is a big insert. The manual doesn't say what size liner would work, but it does list the minimum chimney size of a whopping 175 sq in.! Based on the oval flue opening size it looks like this needs an 8" liner.

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Thread 'Country Comfort insert drafting questions'

Dec 24, 2014

I recently had a Country Comfort insert given to me. It seems to be a very nice stove with minimal use so far. I pulled the manual on the stove and it states to use a direct connect kit on the top of the stove flue up into the chimney flue. The stove I received did not come with one of these direct connect pieces and I cannot find a picture of one anywhere online. My stove has a rectangular opening at the flue with a slide damper. I was just going to have someone make me a direct connect, but I don't even know what size pipe to have this connect to. Any help would be appreciated!
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[PoorHouse]

What's the drawback on using a smaller liner? Math wise, a 8" liner would be 50 sq inch, which is still short, no?

I guess the other option is to make an adapter pipe as seen in the manual and just pull the insert for thorough cleaning yearly until I have a pro come in for a new unit. I think we'll only use it a couple times a weeks.

Edit: The current boot opening is roughly 50 sq in too. So I guess 8" is about right. Not sure why the manual would say 175 sq in chimney

 

[PoorHouse]

Following up on where I could find this adapter pipe in an affordable way.

 

[begreen]

I suspect the 175 sq in requirement is due to the lack of a direct connection. That will be lossy, reducing draft strength. A continuous liner eliminates losses due to air leakage.

Check with Woodman's to see if this will fit.

https://www.woodmanspartsplus.com/product/VermontCastings8OvaltoRound#