Need pellet/corn installation Advice

[timberwolf5480]

Hi, I just purchased a pellet/corn stove a few days ago, and I am foggy on how to vent it. I was going to have an HVAC tech install it, but apparently they get kind of uptight if you didn't buy the actual stove from them, so I am going to take a crack at it myself. I had originally had planned to have the venting going out, and then up outside, but someone told me this might cause the vent to freeze up in the winter and backup in the house. So I am thinking about going UP and then OUT from the inside. I also have the unique circumstances of living in a Mobile home, and yes I am aware of bolting the stove down and grounding to the chassis, here are my questions:

If I do as I plan and vent it vertically inside the house and then out horizontally, would

A) is this a good setup?
B)do I need support brackets inside the house(mobile home reg type stuff)?
C)how far away from the wall do I need to be, and
D)How far up should I go?

I could vent through the ceiling if need be, but would like to avoid that.

Thanks.

 

[Bioburner]

Vertical venting probably only needs to be about 3 feet. Larger vertical outside venting can freeze in our area if running the stove on low. Go to Menards or Fleet farm and see if they have a venting work sheet for the venting your looking at buying or you may go online and download from manufacture. Many of the pellet stoves though in our area are vented straight out. Don't buy a kit ,but buy the individual pieces needed for the job. If you burn corn you will need to buy multifuel venting. Corn is about $100 a ton less than pellets right now and looks like will stay low for a couple years. Welcome

 

[Arti]

The answers are in the instal/owners manual. Clearances to combustibles and venting procedures vary depending on who manufactures the stove. Without a brand name and model number it is hard for anyone to help you.
With some basic tools it is not difficult to install this in a mobile home.

Almost forgot Welcome to Hearth, you will find some great folds here that will help you along with your project.

 

[TimfromMA]

Mobile homes usually require an outside air kit or OAK due to how airtight they are.

 

[Don2222]

This might not be be suitable to you guys but here are our local Aussie flueing instructions;

Cool, it does look like our Sellirk DT which is good for wood pellets and corn but I do not see a nice handy vacuum clean out? Do you install them?

 

[timberwolf5480]

Okay, cool, another question about intake pipe, what can I use for that? Would duct or b type vent work for an fresh air inake? Or are there better alternatives?

 

[Bioburner]

Generally a metal pipe of sort in case of something really rare happens. Nothing fancy. Chunk of car exhaust pipe hooked up with metallic flex pipe. Make sure the exposed pipe is capped for rain and snow and has some screening to prevent birds and bugs etc. Some have used a dryer exhaust kit as it has a wall thimble and outside cap and have added some screening.

 

[Don2222]

The Selkirk DT comes with the 3" flexible fresh air pipe as part of the Kit. Also is heavy enough to burn corn.

 

[stoveguy2esw]

intake MUST be metal pipe to meet code due to potential back venting out the intake in power outage or malfunction.

HUD standard calls for OAK on all solid fueled appliances in a mobile home as well.

an "up and out" install is just fine, as for bracing I would do it as with an up and out the hopper lid if it swings up and back like most stoves do could strike the pipe and cause it to slide toward the wall making for clearance issues. also its really important to screw the pipe adapter to the stoves exhaust for the same reason so one doesn't knock the exhaust off the stove when refueling.

most pellet vent pipes only require a 3 inch clearance to a combustible wall surface , but CHECK THE RECCOMENDATION OF THE PIPE MANUFACTURER TO GET PROPER CLEARANCE, the stove manual may have a listed clearance but the pipe manufacturer will list one as well. if they differ then set for the GREATER of the two to guarantee enough clearance.

 

[timberwolf5480]

Thank you for all the great answers, I feel much more confident about doing this myself. Just out of curiosity, the stove I bought is a brand new Magnum Countryside 3500P, does anybody have this stove, and what do they think about it?

 

[timberwolf5480]

HUD standard calls for OAK on all solid fueled appliances in a mobile home as well.

What does this mean?

 

[stoveguy2esw]

What does this mean?

HUD standard is a regulation which when looked at for woodstoves in mobile homes adds a few things that you do not have to worry with in a "stick built" house, concerns pre-manufactured homes and mobiles.

you mentioned a few of these things , the bolting down and grounding of the stove for instance.

"OAK" is a slang abbreviation we use a lot for "Outside Air Kit" or an outside air intake. which is mandatory in mobile homes due to the HUD standard.

oops you have pellet (same deal) pellet stoves burn wood (wood pellets) which is a "solid fuel" and so the oak kit is mandated for mobile homes with either pellet or wood

 

[timberwolf5480]

"OAK" is a slang abbreviation we use a lot for "Outside Air Kit" or an outside air intake. which is mandatory in mobile homes due to the HUD standard.

Ah, ookay, yeah, I see. didnt know the abbreviation. thanks.

 

[Bioburner]

Thank you for all the great answers, I feel much more confident about doing this myself. Just out of curiosity, the stove I bought is a brand new Magnum Countryside 3500P, does anybody have this stove, and what do they think about it?

I am going to be selling one latter for about $500 that only used pellets with used backup parts, auger motor, room air fan and back board, controller , hopper extender, stirrer motor, limit switches. A basic stove that has been surpassed by others in ease of use and cleaning that this stove really needs to be kept up with otherwise it looses efficiency quick. Read up on leaf blower trick. I was factory trained for service and install of them. Any more details would be censored.