Well, almost a new stove owner, it won't be installed until the first of Nov. First off, after searching this site and reading lots of the great information contained in it, I decided to order an Enviro M55 cast to heat 1800 sq ft. This will help to take the load off of my oil burning furnace. The question I have is somewhat of a no brainer to you all, but since I live in the Interior of Alaska and will see 50 below zero temps, I'm wondering should I go with an OAK or not. The dealer that I am working with is very reputable in this town but are somewhat new to pellet stoves. I have an "air tight" (I use that term loosely) home with an HVAC. There are two ways I can have my stove installed.
The first involves running the exaust pipe outside and up to the top of my roof, some 20' of pipe run and not installing an OAK. The exaust would have to be this long because the stove exaust needs to be at least 48" away from a window that opens.
The second way would be to run the exahust outside using 8' of pipe, and use an OAK. I only have to be 18" away from an window that opens in this senerio.
I have talked this over with the dealer and they are talking with there Installers and pellet stove techs to see what would be the best coarse of action.
The dealer is telling me that they have installed stoves with OAK's and without them, and have had mixed results. I would just hate to pay to run the exaust through two roof lines with 20' of exaust pipe and then find that I could/should have run the OAK. My gut tells me that I should run the OAK, but I don't know how the stove is going to react to those temps. What is the coldest you guys have seen and was there any ill effects? I know cold air is denser so I would have to make some adjustments to the stove when it gets down to that temp. I guess I could run the OAK and then if it doesn't work out disconnect the stove from the OAK and plug the hole with insulation
I just hate to put a hole in the wall that doesn't need to be there.
Any insight is welcome!
Thanks!
The first involves running the exaust pipe outside and up to the top of my roof, some 20' of pipe run and not installing an OAK. The exaust would have to be this long because the stove exaust needs to be at least 48" away from a window that opens.
The second way would be to run the exahust outside using 8' of pipe, and use an OAK. I only have to be 18" away from an window that opens in this senerio.
I have talked this over with the dealer and they are talking with there Installers and pellet stove techs to see what would be the best coarse of action.
The dealer is telling me that they have installed stoves with OAK's and without them, and have had mixed results. I would just hate to pay to run the exaust through two roof lines with 20' of exaust pipe and then find that I could/should have run the OAK. My gut tells me that I should run the OAK, but I don't know how the stove is going to react to those temps. What is the coldest you guys have seen and was there any ill effects? I know cold air is denser so I would have to make some adjustments to the stove when it gets down to that temp. I guess I could run the OAK and then if it doesn't work out disconnect the stove from the OAK and plug the hole with insulation
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Any insight is welcome!
Thanks!