stove on north or south wall?

[kikibear]

Has anybody heard that there is not sufficient heat when you install a (pellet) stove on either a north or south wall?
If yes, than which wall is not good to install on?

 

[Clay H]

i don't think i would want my exhaust vent to have to fight to wind directly. I would put it on an East or West wall and the winds would blow across the vent rather than into it.

 

[Souzafone]

Have had ours on the north side for years, I don't think it could work better. No OAK,

exhaust never blows back in. How could it, even with a 50 mph wind, hot expanding air will

escape easily. We get more of a smell through the doors, which face east and west. I don't

mind an occasional puff :coolsmile:

 

[smoke show]

I don't

mind an occasional puff :coolsmile:

x2

 

[Wet1]

Since the south side gets more solar exposure, I'd place the stove on the north end if given a choice.

 

[fossil]

Put it wherever it looks the best and works with whatever else you've got going on in the room. Rick

 

[MCPO]

Has anybody heard that there is not sufficient heat when you install a (pellet) stove on either a north or south wall?
If yes, than which wall is not good to install on?

Obviously there are some considerations to be aware of when venting a pellet stove such as proximity to windows, doors, ground, shrubs etc but I don`t recall ever reading any manufacturers specs or recommendations regarding which wall North,South,East, or West that it should be vented on. Unless you have an extraordinary situation it shouldn`t be the reason why your stove isn`t heating that room.

 

[imacman]

Put it wherever it looks the best and works with whatever else you've got going on in the room. Rick

I agree.

 

[hossthehermit]

When I was a kid, the old folks always said you can't push heat to the north. Now I AM the old folk, and I agree.

 

[imacman]

....Now I AM the old folk....

Now that I see that you have 4 tons of pellets "in the cellar", I guess your an "old folk pellet pig" OINK

 

[imacman]

Ooooops...duplicate post deleted.

 

[hossthehermit]

....Now I AM the old folk....

Now that I see that you have 4 tons of pellets "in the cellar", I guess your an "old folk pellet pig" OINK

C'mon mac, you know why yer mistook in yer guess.

 

[Clay H]

I'm a little slow here, whats an OAK

 

[imacman]

I'm a little slow here, whats an OAK

Outside Air Kit

 

[Clay H]

I'm a little slow here, whats an OAK

OAK is outside air kit= hose from outdoor which plugs into stove & provides combustion air from outdoor instead of within the room

Actually thats what I had guessed.
Now why do some use them and some dont? Mine doesn't have one.

 

[hossthehermit]

I'm a little slow here, whats an OAK

OAK is outside air kit= hose from outdoor which plugs into stove & provides combustion air from outdoor instead of within the room

Actually thats what I had guessed.
Now why do some use them and some dont? Mine doesn't have one.

Some use them because they think they need to. Some don't, 'cause they know better.