At the risk of a major back and forth battle akin to "cover your wood" vs "leave it open" and "CAT" vs "non CAT"
I would like to ask about OAK
I was talking to a friend about his Hearthstone Equinox.
He heats creaky old house with 4 cords a winter but was excited to tell me about his outdoor air tube.
He is very handy and rigged this himself.
He hooked up the back of the equinox to a tube that connects to outside. He noted immediate improvement.
Claims as soon as he hooked it up there was less draft in his house, and the heat cranked out then
dissipated into 2 adjacent rooms in 10-20 minutes that had previously not had heat previously.
Since the fire had plenty of OUTSIDE air fueling the flames, there was less need for the stove to Pull air through
all his creaks and cracks in the doors windows, etc.
I of course was interested in this. Do others have same immediate improvement?
Is it only for free standing stoves? Not sure my insert would be able to have the same set up or not?
I like many others have a creaky drafty old house that I tinker with caulking insulating and storm doors all the time.
Central chimney with SS liner to the top. 2400 Sq house
Thanks
Tom
I would like to ask about OAK
I was talking to a friend about his Hearthstone Equinox.
He heats creaky old house with 4 cords a winter but was excited to tell me about his outdoor air tube.
He is very handy and rigged this himself.
He hooked up the back of the equinox to a tube that connects to outside. He noted immediate improvement.
Claims as soon as he hooked it up there was less draft in his house, and the heat cranked out then
dissipated into 2 adjacent rooms in 10-20 minutes that had previously not had heat previously.
Since the fire had plenty of OUTSIDE air fueling the flames, there was less need for the stove to Pull air through
all his creaks and cracks in the doors windows, etc.
I of course was interested in this. Do others have same immediate improvement?
Is it only for free standing stoves? Not sure my insert would be able to have the same set up or not?
I like many others have a creaky drafty old house that I tinker with caulking insulating and storm doors all the time.
Central chimney with SS liner to the top. 2400 Sq house
Thanks
Tom