The wife and I have been going back and forth about getting a pellet stove for a couple of years. We finally decided to get a Quadrafire Santa Fe. In the location we plan to put the stove was a Duch West wood stove. This was installed when I purchased the house in 2004. I used it a few times and it was found to be cracked. It was removed and the hearth went unused for almost 10 years. Well, it made for a nice place for the TV... Anyway, I digress...
The wood stove vented into a 6 inch thimble and then into an 8 X 8 clay liner. From an inspection the liner is currently fine. I have spoken to my building inspector and asked if I can vent a pelet stove into the same flue that the wood stove was vented. His response was as long as the manufacturer says it can and the flue is in good shape then it can. Then I read here and other places that all pellet stoves MUST be vented into a metal liner of some sort. The manual indicated that it can be vented into a masonary chimney as long as the chimney was built to ICBO standards, which I have no idea what this is.... I am in Massachusetts so Mass codes would apply. If I HAVE to I will get the liner but I would rather save the $200-$400 if the masonary chimney will work.
Also, I am installing the OAK as a requirement of the building inspector. Most of the kit is in right now but there is not enough semi-rigid duct and I need about 2 feet more. I cannot find this anywhere. Any local source in the southern NH or Northern MA area? I would like to avoid buying another air kit for just the hose.
Thanks in advance for the help,
Jeff
The wood stove vented into a 6 inch thimble and then into an 8 X 8 clay liner. From an inspection the liner is currently fine. I have spoken to my building inspector and asked if I can vent a pelet stove into the same flue that the wood stove was vented. His response was as long as the manufacturer says it can and the flue is in good shape then it can. Then I read here and other places that all pellet stoves MUST be vented into a metal liner of some sort. The manual indicated that it can be vented into a masonary chimney as long as the chimney was built to ICBO standards, which I have no idea what this is.... I am in Massachusetts so Mass codes would apply. If I HAVE to I will get the liner but I would rather save the $200-$400 if the masonary chimney will work.
Also, I am installing the OAK as a requirement of the building inspector. Most of the kit is in right now but there is not enough semi-rigid duct and I need about 2 feet more. I cannot find this anywhere. Any local source in the southern NH or Northern MA area? I would like to avoid buying another air kit for just the hose.
Thanks in advance for the help,
Jeff
