- Sep 25, 2012
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I am having trouble keeping our newly, (basement installed), Englander NC30 stove running with the door closed. Even with the draft rod fully opened, it tends to go out when the door is closed. Our house was built in 09' and is very tight. We had an energy audit conducted last year, and were told it was almost too tight. After researching here and on both Englanders and Woodstocks websites, I decided to try the outside air intake kit. This was also suggested by the folks at Englanders tech dept.- My Question is..., I have an outside vent on our masonry chimney that used to be used for the combustible air for the fireplace upstairs. We installed a Hampton HI 300 insert in the fireplace 3 years ago, (love it), making the outside vent useless. Could I tie the fresh air intake to the clean out door for the upstairs fireplace chase seeing as how there is a vent above that allows for outside air? The reason I would like to do this is b/c our propane furnace is direct vented out on the wall aside the stove pipe and I would have to have a very long run of 3" tubing to get to the opposite wall and out..
Any thoughts?
Any thoughts?