Hello all.
Just dropping by to say thanks for helpful info posted here.
I bought a home on a mountain overlooking Front Royal, at 2200 Feet up I new Winter was going to be different than the MD suburb I moved from.
I bought a US Stove 5550M model in November and got around to installing it in December. I placed the unit in my unfinished basement (~1500 SF) to heat that area and heat the floors above. I hired a contractor to cut the holes in the concrete foundation. He kind of got the holes on the right place (except for the OAK) and didnt make too much of a mess with all the concrete dust.I did the rest.
EVL, My first mistake.
I found out about this here after my stove was installed with 3" pipe. I am at 14, US stove recommends 12, plus I am at 2200 feet up. I placed the stove under my bedroom and away from the windows in the basement and the Propane tanks outside. This required me running the pipe inside about 6 feet to a 90 through the foundation.
So after running the stove and getting a overflowing burnpot and some research I think I probably need a 4" Exhaust. That will be a Summer/Fall 2012 project.
I am still working out the Auger settings (way down) and intake fan settings (way up) and go for a few days, then the system needs a full cleaning, including the leaf-blower (this is great). With just the Pellets I get 74 degrees in the basement and 65 in the rest of the house when I turn on the furnace fan. I was hoping for higher heat output but it's ok.
Here are some pics, it's a DIY job as the pics show.
Stove and wimpy pile of Pellets
Intake and Exhaust, they were supposed to be offset. the Intake pipe is a 2.1/4 plumbing pipe with a screw on base. The sooty pipe next to the vent is a old SAT TV line.
Flex pipe from Autozone, Clean out T is inside and fixed with silicone, it's not coming off for cleaning,
Just dropping by to say thanks for helpful info posted here.
I bought a home on a mountain overlooking Front Royal, at 2200 Feet up I new Winter was going to be different than the MD suburb I moved from.
I bought a US Stove 5550M model in November and got around to installing it in December. I placed the unit in my unfinished basement (~1500 SF) to heat that area and heat the floors above. I hired a contractor to cut the holes in the concrete foundation. He kind of got the holes on the right place (except for the OAK) and didnt make too much of a mess with all the concrete dust.I did the rest.
EVL, My first mistake.
I found out about this here after my stove was installed with 3" pipe. I am at 14, US stove recommends 12, plus I am at 2200 feet up. I placed the stove under my bedroom and away from the windows in the basement and the Propane tanks outside. This required me running the pipe inside about 6 feet to a 90 through the foundation.
So after running the stove and getting a overflowing burnpot and some research I think I probably need a 4" Exhaust. That will be a Summer/Fall 2012 project.
I am still working out the Auger settings (way down) and intake fan settings (way up) and go for a few days, then the system needs a full cleaning, including the leaf-blower (this is great). With just the Pellets I get 74 degrees in the basement and 65 in the rest of the house when I turn on the furnace fan. I was hoping for higher heat output but it's ok.
Here are some pics, it's a DIY job as the pics show.
Stove and wimpy pile of Pellets
Intake and Exhaust, they were supposed to be offset. the Intake pipe is a 2.1/4 plumbing pipe with a screw on base. The sooty pipe next to the vent is a old SAT TV line.
Flex pipe from Autozone, Clean out T is inside and fixed with silicone, it's not coming off for cleaning,