Hello all. I have been browsing these boards for a couple of years. I have read "The Hearth Room" endlessly and driven my wife nuts perusing "The Pellet Mill". Finally--after endless debate--I have come to the relization that if I want to heat my home with some sort of stove it needs to be a pellet stove. This decision was made easier when my parents gifted me their Whitfield 20. Dont worry! They wont be out in the cold as the 20 was replaced by a 30 a few years back.
A little back ground. I grew up around wood stoves and coal stoves. As a youngun I toted a coal scuttle to stoke me grandparents Kenmore stove at night and carried out ash and clinkers the next morning after shaking the grates. I have css my share of firewood to feed the Virginian that was in the basement when I was growing up. It sounds crazy to some when I say I love the work but in my current situation I have no room and little time to keep a couple cords of seasoned wood and a couple cords of geen wood. A pellet stove is the obvious answer. This leads to my conundrum.
The Profile 20 is intended to heat my finished, insulated, basement. Any heat that makes it up the stairwell to the rest of the house is bonus. However, as many on these boards can attest, venting from a below grade (though it is a walk out) basement can be tough. The only place for me to vent the stove is through the rim joist in the part of the basement that is below grade. I would prefer to use Selkirk Direct Temp as I think it would provide for a cleaner install with an OAK. However, my exit from the rim joist is only going to give me ~12" of clearance from the ground. This means that I will have to add another 90 and go up at least another 12" before I terminate. My preference is to use a "snorkel kit" for this additional rise but from what I can tell there is not snorkel box available for Direct Temp. I have not been able to find a snorkel kit from another manufacturer were I to use a different brand of pipe. Maybe I am missing something? Maybe there is no such animal for pellet venting?
Thoughts? Comments? Jokes about the new guy? This is a geat place with a wealth of information and I drive my wife nuts with it!
On a side note, I live about 1.5 hours from Turman Hardwood Flooring and about 1.5 hours from Englander Stove Works. Next time I find myself in either place I'll try to remember to take a few pics and post them up!
A little back ground. I grew up around wood stoves and coal stoves. As a youngun I toted a coal scuttle to stoke me grandparents Kenmore stove at night and carried out ash and clinkers the next morning after shaking the grates. I have css my share of firewood to feed the Virginian that was in the basement when I was growing up. It sounds crazy to some when I say I love the work but in my current situation I have no room and little time to keep a couple cords of seasoned wood and a couple cords of geen wood. A pellet stove is the obvious answer. This leads to my conundrum.
The Profile 20 is intended to heat my finished, insulated, basement. Any heat that makes it up the stairwell to the rest of the house is bonus. However, as many on these boards can attest, venting from a below grade (though it is a walk out) basement can be tough. The only place for me to vent the stove is through the rim joist in the part of the basement that is below grade. I would prefer to use Selkirk Direct Temp as I think it would provide for a cleaner install with an OAK. However, my exit from the rim joist is only going to give me ~12" of clearance from the ground. This means that I will have to add another 90 and go up at least another 12" before I terminate. My preference is to use a "snorkel kit" for this additional rise but from what I can tell there is not snorkel box available for Direct Temp. I have not been able to find a snorkel kit from another manufacturer were I to use a different brand of pipe. Maybe I am missing something? Maybe there is no such animal for pellet venting?
Thoughts? Comments? Jokes about the new guy? This is a geat place with a wealth of information and I drive my wife nuts with it!
On a side note, I live about 1.5 hours from Turman Hardwood Flooring and about 1.5 hours from Englander Stove Works. Next time I find myself in either place I'll try to remember to take a few pics and post them up!
She's a bit neurotic and has anxiety issues but we love her! Is that pick taken on SML or Buggs Island?
