heat distribution

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  1. C

    New Member - Pellet Heating House Level

    Hey everyone. New guy here and this is my first post. Long story short, my wife and I are trying to find a way to heat an entire level of our house by upgrading our wood burning fireplace insert to a pellet burning fireplace insert. An installer came by today and we talked about Harman models...
  2. geofox784

    DIY Osburn Stratford II install with forced air distribution kit

    Earlier this fall I started working on replacing my old builder-grade zero clearance fireplace with a new ZC fireplace. This turned into 3 months of work after discovering that the chimney chase was apparently slapped on without any codes or common sense involved. Skip to the next post if you...
  3. carnini

    Increase Distribution Fan Speed in Harman XXV

    This is a bit of an odd question, is there a way to increase the speed of my Distribution Fan in a XXV, I have it set to high and it does seem to be pushing enough air into the room but... When on test mode, or start up sometimes the distribution fan seems to go into extra high speed then...
  4. Echo Parking Lot

    Heat getting trapped in one room

    Moved into a circa 1780 center chimney salt box about a year ago. Came with a Vermont Castings Defiant 1945 installed in what we’re calling the “hearth room.” There is an additional open fireplace in the living room as well as another that was bricked over to accommodate the furnace. First...