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    Castle cyclical squeeling noise

    Hi! We just moved into a home that already had a castle pellet stove. It was not working, the auger motor was dead. My son replaced the motor. It is working now, is heating great, but makes an extremely annoying cyclical squealing noise the entire time of operation. It may stop for a moment or...
  2. R

    Castle Serenity stove too hot to touch

    Got the stove up and running today and noticed the sides get extremely hot. Anything longer than a quick, glancing touch will definitely cause some burns. I've had a few stoves (10+ years old) previously that were warm, at most very warm, to the touch so this is quite new to me. Anyone here...
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    Castle Serenity = massive electric use increase

    Help! First time pellet stove users. Always had wood burners before. We bought & installed our new Castle Serenity about Nov 14, 2018 It's installed correctly, vent rise & piped correctly out the side wall, fresh air inlet uses house air (drafty small house 900 sq ft), stove set in corner of...
  4. M

    Connecting Castle Serenity Exhaust to 8" existing wood stove Pipe in chimney.

    Im ordering a Castle Serenity Pellet Stove which has a 3 inch exhaust pipe. My problem is the pipe that is in the chimney already is fitted to an 8 inch pipe that flows back through the chimney. My question is, how do I safely exhaust/vent my pellet stove. And am I able to even do this?