getting ready to install my freestanding pellet stove...Its in a "difficult" room, and I just want to be absolutely sure I have it in the best location.
one of the "possible" locations is to put it in front of a heatilator zero-clearance fireplace that was put in when the house was built. There is no masonry chimney; the foundation of the house does have the "bump-out" for such a chimney, but the builder just put up a wood chase, and vinyl sided it with the rest of the house. I'm told that the fireplaces' chimney is just a "b-vent" pipe; not adequate for attaching a real wood stove.
The venting options in the stove manual (Harman Accentra) show that you can just run a pipe up into an "existing fireplace chimney". (they don't specify the chimney's construction). (option 5 in the manual). I was reading the manual for simpson duravent flex-pipe chimney liner, and it says it has to be installed in a masonry chimney. I remember looking at install manuals for some pellet stove inserts, and many of them say that they can be installed into a pre-fab fireplace like this.
Is the "flex pipe" and "chimney liner" not the same thing?
looking again at the manual, I see "option 6" shows a liner going all the way up the chimney...but it doesn't look like a flexible liner. perhaps that is regular, rigid pellet pipe going all the way up? that would be an expensive option, as this chimney chase is 25' to the top. not to mention, I'm not at all comfortable working up there on the roof, that high. But I could stick a piece of flexible pipe up into the damper of the existing setup. Question is, is it allowable?
also, wouldn't ash tend to collect in there, where it would be difficult to get it out? I've seen conical shaped pellet/stove pipe adapters. could that be used?
outside air would be a challenge in this scenario, too. but I just want to know my options.
tx
one of the "possible" locations is to put it in front of a heatilator zero-clearance fireplace that was put in when the house was built. There is no masonry chimney; the foundation of the house does have the "bump-out" for such a chimney, but the builder just put up a wood chase, and vinyl sided it with the rest of the house. I'm told that the fireplaces' chimney is just a "b-vent" pipe; not adequate for attaching a real wood stove.
The venting options in the stove manual (Harman Accentra) show that you can just run a pipe up into an "existing fireplace chimney". (they don't specify the chimney's construction). (option 5 in the manual). I was reading the manual for simpson duravent flex-pipe chimney liner, and it says it has to be installed in a masonry chimney. I remember looking at install manuals for some pellet stove inserts, and many of them say that they can be installed into a pre-fab fireplace like this.
Is the "flex pipe" and "chimney liner" not the same thing?
looking again at the manual, I see "option 6" shows a liner going all the way up the chimney...but it doesn't look like a flexible liner. perhaps that is regular, rigid pellet pipe going all the way up? that would be an expensive option, as this chimney chase is 25' to the top. not to mention, I'm not at all comfortable working up there on the roof, that high. But I could stick a piece of flexible pipe up into the damper of the existing setup. Question is, is it allowable?
also, wouldn't ash tend to collect in there, where it would be difficult to get it out? I've seen conical shaped pellet/stove pipe adapters. could that be used?
outside air would be a challenge in this scenario, too. but I just want to know my options.
tx
