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Sorry about going off track a bit , but how many feet can this unit be from a house , garage or pole shed ? My garage is 10 feet from the house and the pole shed is 35 feet from the garage all 3 pretty much in a straight line from north to south . I would like to put a unit off the corner of the shed towards the garage or right behind the shed . Is there a requirement as to how high the stack has to be if it is close to a building ? Thanks .
I think CB says not to run more than 200' from the building. Obviously, the closer the better. That thermopex is pretty incredible stuff. Mine is only 20" in the ground and I haven't seen any signs of it since it started snowing and where mine comes into the house through the sill it will actually stay covered with snow during a storm. Most of my wood is cut from 20-24" sue to splitter limitations. 24-26 I think would be ideal. I have been very happy with my unit, filling once a day to the top of the firebrick and in the mornings my wife will often through 4 pieces in just to make sure there is plenty for the day especially on the colder days. We just came out of a 4 day string of 15-30 below and still fired the same amount and was warm the whole time, no auxiliary heat source needed! Everyone that has seen it has been very impressed with how clean it burns.