Quadra Fire Classic Bay - new here

[skel]

hi guys,

been reading up on random posts here. Getting two stoves installed on monday quadrafire santa fe & classic bay.

in general is there anything i need to know about stoves? all info will be welcome. in the meanwhile i'll continue to read threads. =)

stay warm

 

[Johnny_Fiv3]

Read, read, read. Learn the names of the knowledgeable posters. Oh and when someone asks for details, give them all. More is better than too little.

Put your stove information in your sig like mine. It really helps us to help you.

 

[skel]

thank you and will do. as far as details go, what do you mean like stove details or outputs/reads and such? if you mean the outputs/readings then i have no clue how to get those.

 

[Owen1508]

Welcome

 

[Johnny_Fiv3]

Oh yea! Don't listen to Owen, he is almost never helpful...

 

[skel]

Guessed as much from his avatar.

 

[Johnny_Fiv3]

Also, a lot of us, especially Smokey, go by the holy book of correct air flow. If it don't flow then it don't burn.

 

[skel]

is there a post on this in here somewhere? currently (thought my stove isnt installed yet) im having trouble finding pellets. HD, Lowes, etc all seem to be out. Needless to say looking at a stove with no fire should make for interesting conversation.

 

[Johnny_Fiv3]

You try TSC?

 

[skel]

um what is TSC?

 

[hossthehermit]

hi guys,

been reading up on random posts here. Getting two stoves installed on monday quadrafire santa fe & classic bay.

in general is there anything i need to know about stoves? all info will be welcome. in the meanwhile i'll continue to read threads. =)

stay warm

#1- Keep your stove clean
#2- If ya ain't got no pellets, #1 is easy
#3- Pictures
#4- Keep your stove clean

 

[skel]

will do #3 come monday/tuesday.
#2 seems to be the issue atm

 

[Jman87]

I'm just going to get this RIGHT out of the way - Yes Install an OAK.

Welcome.

 

[Johnny_Fiv3]

Tractor Supply Company.

 

[skel]

never heard of TSC (see im cool now). will have to look into where they might be. oh lord..OAK?

EDIT: just did a search no TSC's on long island

 

[vinny11950]

Welcome, Skel.

Lowes doesn't seem to have much left on Long Island (I could be wrong though) but HD in Bayshore still had pellets a week ago. So does Sams club, though they have Penningtons which are not the best but will do when in short supply.

You are getting to the end of the pellet season at the big box stores so if you want pellets, you better hurry up. Try calling HD and Lowes in Riverhead also, they usually have good brands of pellets too.

If you are getting them installed on Monday, there is still time to open up a thread here asking the best spot for the stoves in relation to the house and run through some of the install venting details. Better to get it right the first time.

 

[skel]

Thank you Vinny.

I dont really have many options as to where to have the stoves installed as my house is designed funky. Every wall on the side of the house that i need has some sort of exit. I'm on hold but the Lowes in Medford seems to have some green supreme.

 

[Tonyray]

never heard of TSC (see im cool now). will have to look into where they might be. oh lord..OAK?

EDIT: just did a search no TSC's on long island

Open Air Kit..
attaches to your stove in the back to the outside for Air to come back to the stove...
do a search on OAK...
[ lot of Should have vrs don't need] advice about it here... Majority though have an OAK with No complaints.
you should be busy here reading for quite sometime.
Keep a clean stove.... It's Priority 1....
If your OCD about it like many here then buying Pellets from Box stores would be right up your alley cause plenty of ash to vacuum up.
[HD pellets keep you warm as many other brands but most are ashy as heck and why they are cheaper but Ash is Not a deal breaker..]
called " Shoulder pellets"... look it up here.. Be a test later on...
when I 1st got my Harman I read posts going back few years every nite..
spouse thought I had an online affair I was on the Laptop continuously..
Being the semi-expert that I am now, she sez it was worth it...
One last thing:
there is so much Info here and soooo many pellet owners who are knowledgable that we all feel that WWW.hearth.com should be stamped on the inside hopper lid of all Pellet Stoves sold.

 

[skel]

Have no problem with ash-vac daily as my wife already thinks that is what will need to be done. I turned down the OAK as when the installer came he said "you dont need one".

 

[Johnny_Fiv3]

They always say that. What that means in real talk is "I don't want to install it".

 

[Tonyray]

They always say that. What that means in real talk is "I don't want to install it".

WASJUST ABOUT TO POST THAT SAME LINE.....
lot for a newbie to absorb but given time he will prob get one...
this winter will be the test and convincer both.
Ya know Johhny, ya look a little bit TOO much like that actor Cruise... ain't buyin it.

 

[skel]

ahahah..oddly you think they would push it so they can make more money.

 

[skel]

so if my reading is correct the OAK lets more air in which allows me to get a better/hotter fire.

 

[Tonyray]

ahahah..oddly you think they would push it so they can make more money.

yes you would.... but it happens lot here.
many owners got told the same thing but after expirience with drafty floors and such, ended up getting one.

 

[skel]

what do drafty floors have to do with it?