Our son is very sick and always cold so we decided it would make him more comfortable if we bought a pellet stove and put it in the family room by his hospital bed. I thought I did my homework, talked to a lot of salesmen and finally settled on the Mt Vernon. The sales pitch was that it would heat up to 3600 square feet. Money is tight so we installed it ourselves.
I am burning 4 bags of pellets a day, the family room that the stove is in is very warm if you are 4 feet from the stove, otherwise the room feels cold. The remainder of the house is about 67 degrees. We are running the stove on 5, with the heat set to 89.
My expectations were that the family room would be about 80 and the rest of the house about 70. Our house is very open, about 3200 square feet so maybe the stove is doing the job it was suppose to do.
We vented straight out the back of the house then put the trap, went up the side of the house placed a turn and then went out passed an overhang ending with a dryer type vent. The vent is facing north, with the open side facing down. Every once in a while the wind makes a loud moaning sound through the pipe.
Any hints on what we can do to give us more heat? Thank you.
I am burning 4 bags of pellets a day, the family room that the stove is in is very warm if you are 4 feet from the stove, otherwise the room feels cold. The remainder of the house is about 67 degrees. We are running the stove on 5, with the heat set to 89.
My expectations were that the family room would be about 80 and the rest of the house about 70. Our house is very open, about 3200 square feet so maybe the stove is doing the job it was suppose to do.
We vented straight out the back of the house then put the trap, went up the side of the house placed a turn and then went out passed an overhang ending with a dryer type vent. The vent is facing north, with the open side facing down. Every once in a while the wind makes a loud moaning sound through the pipe.
Any hints on what we can do to give us more heat? Thank you.