Hi Forum Folke!
I just added a room to our house that needs to be heated; it's about 12' x 20' and is probably about 40% glass, with all the windows and door sidelight (Andersen double-pane casement... they're tall !) It's a single-level and has a cathedral ceiling. Where the woodstove will be located (in a corner) it's about 12' to the ceiling. The stove top is about 26" off the floor, so the total run of pipe to the ceiling is about 10'. My question is: should I use single-walled pipe up to the triple-walled pipe that has to be used where it goes through the roof, to maximize heat extraction, or am I better-off using triple-wall all the way? It's a Drolet (Canadian maker) DB 03015 model, max BTU output of 60,000... firebox volume about 1.9 ft/3, with a 6" flue outlet, rated for 850 to 1600 ft/2. I'm sure it's oversized for the room, but the price was too good to pass up, especially after looking at a bunch of stuff online and a ton of stuff locally, including some ridiculously over-priced used stuff. I'm thinking I'm probably better off using the triple-wall stuff all the way, but I'd like my thinking confirmed by people who have much more experience with this than I do. Thanks much! Oh... I live in central New Hampshire, where for the last couple of years it's been getting quite close to 0 degrees F for much of the winter, and it's getting OLD! And, if it makes any difference, the roof's fairly flat, at 3:12 pitch, and the pipe will be coming out about 8' from the ridgeline. Can't think of anything else to add that might be relevant/helpful. Thanks again.
I just added a room to our house that needs to be heated; it's about 12' x 20' and is probably about 40% glass, with all the windows and door sidelight (Andersen double-pane casement... they're tall !) It's a single-level and has a cathedral ceiling. Where the woodstove will be located (in a corner) it's about 12' to the ceiling. The stove top is about 26" off the floor, so the total run of pipe to the ceiling is about 10'. My question is: should I use single-walled pipe up to the triple-walled pipe that has to be used where it goes through the roof, to maximize heat extraction, or am I better-off using triple-wall all the way? It's a Drolet (Canadian maker) DB 03015 model, max BTU output of 60,000... firebox volume about 1.9 ft/3, with a 6" flue outlet, rated for 850 to 1600 ft/2. I'm sure it's oversized for the room, but the price was too good to pass up, especially after looking at a bunch of stuff online and a ton of stuff locally, including some ridiculously over-priced used stuff. I'm thinking I'm probably better off using the triple-wall stuff all the way, but I'd like my thinking confirmed by people who have much more experience with this than I do. Thanks much! Oh... I live in central New Hampshire, where for the last couple of years it's been getting quite close to 0 degrees F for much of the winter, and it's getting OLD! And, if it makes any difference, the roof's fairly flat, at 3:12 pitch, and the pipe will be coming out about 8' from the ridgeline. Can't think of anything else to add that might be relevant/helpful. Thanks again.
