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Post by deadeer on Nov 27, 2020 11:36:40 GMT -5
Ours is a wall thru mount. Did it ourselves, not bad. Everything said is true. Lots of build up in the horizontal run, which sucks because my clean out is vertical outside and doesnt match up to the horizontal. So I take a shop vac out and blindly suck the crusties out. We use it as our only heat source, and only run the furnace if it's extremely windy and we let the woodstove burn out.
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Post by deadeer on Nov 27, 2020 11:42:24 GMT -5
Our insurance just wanted pictures and measurements. The actual woodburning added on policy is cheap, like $50/yr iirc.
We have a 2 story house, so an extremely long run. Yes, we have had a few issues with a down draft over the yesrs IF hurricane winds hit and the fire wasnt established. Now with building a woodshed for drier wood, and running small fires hotter, we are not having any more problems.
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Post by genesis273 on Nov 27, 2020 12:26:38 GMT -5
We're still weighing our options. If I do run it through the ceiling, that will open up our options too on where we place it in the room. But, I told my wife that this is one of those things that "Good enough" isn't going to cut it. I know my limitations. If we do decide to go through the ceiling, I will have a professional do the installation.
Good call on the insurance. I will check with my agent this afternoon.
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Post by treetop on Nov 27, 2020 12:41:13 GMT -5
Treetop, does the flue have to be 3' above the roof or 3' above the ridge? Deadeer has problems with his wood burner getting a downdraft when the wind is from a certain direction. I don't know how tall his flue is though. [/quote] It has to do more with fire than draft sometimes a taller flue can be as bad do to cooling off to keep a good draft in deaddeer case or area of high wind they make a special cap that helps avoid downdraft
As said the least amount of turns is better good dry wood goes a long way also some of the biggest creosote problems are wet wood or closing the damper so much you don’t keep a good hot fire going both of these promotes incomplete combustion
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Post by genesis273 on Nov 27, 2020 14:00:33 GMT -5
That's an issue I am concerned with as well. I live on a sandhill with very little wind block. It's almost like living in a wind tunnel. I'm glad you mentioned a specialty cap to help avoid that issue.
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Post by esshup on Nov 27, 2020 14:32:38 GMT -5
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Post by deadeer on Nov 27, 2020 17:33:34 GMT -5
My stack is about 5' above the roof, but still below the peak. I have a fairly steep roof pitch. I took out the screen because they get sooted up, and there are few people that will get up there to do maintenance. Mine is triple wall stainless, so cooling should be minimal on the rise.
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