I have spent the last few weeks researching pellet stove installs and requirements. I have learned a lot but there are still a few things that are unclear to me so I thought I could maybe get some clarification here.
Here's my situation. We are currently building a house and are just now in the framing stage. When we designed the house we unfortunately picked the location of the pellet stove to not be close to any exterior walls. The stove location will be in the basement, about 10 feet from the closest exterior wall. I picked up an old Harman p61 (old, like from 2000) on fb marketplace. Not sure how it works yet but I am pretty confident I can update it and fix it up as needed.
The original plan was always to run the vent pipe up through the fake framed out fire place/chimney on the main floor where there will just be an electric insert. Then up through the attic and to the roof.
The things that are still unclear to be are the following:
- The run to the roof would be roughly 40 ft I believe. Will that be an issue with getting enough draft? Planning to use 4" duravent pipe based on Harmans manual.
- Should I do a fresh air intake? As far as I can tell from Harmans manual the max run for this is 5 feet? Could I do a run to the exterior wall that would have two 90s and be about 18 feet total going up the wall then out to the exterior wall? Would use 3 inch pipe for this.
- When going through the attic it looks like the duravent setback requirement is 1 inch from insulation but Harmans is 3 inches. Which one would be required? Figured just doing 3 avoids any issues coming up in an inspection.
Thanks for any advice.
Here's my situation. We are currently building a house and are just now in the framing stage. When we designed the house we unfortunately picked the location of the pellet stove to not be close to any exterior walls. The stove location will be in the basement, about 10 feet from the closest exterior wall. I picked up an old Harman p61 (old, like from 2000) on fb marketplace. Not sure how it works yet but I am pretty confident I can update it and fix it up as needed.
The original plan was always to run the vent pipe up through the fake framed out fire place/chimney on the main floor where there will just be an electric insert. Then up through the attic and to the roof.
The things that are still unclear to be are the following:
- The run to the roof would be roughly 40 ft I believe. Will that be an issue with getting enough draft? Planning to use 4" duravent pipe based on Harmans manual.
- Should I do a fresh air intake? As far as I can tell from Harmans manual the max run for this is 5 feet? Could I do a run to the exterior wall that would have two 90s and be about 18 feet total going up the wall then out to the exterior wall? Would use 3 inch pipe for this.
- When going through the attic it looks like the duravent setback requirement is 1 inch from insulation but Harmans is 3 inches. Which one would be required? Figured just doing 3 avoids any issues coming up in an inspection.
Thanks for any advice.
