Some of you have been following my "Pellet Stove Install Advice" thread where I am in the process of finishing the bonus room over the garage and had Scott install the Lopi Leyden I picked up off Craigslist:
https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/pellet-stove-install-advice.88692/
I thought the general rule of thumb was "no solid fuel heater in a bedroom." When I originally pulled the building permit for the bonus room over the garage, I spec'd it as a bedroom. Because of that windows had to be a certain size for egress (larger than years past since we are the fattest nation on earth), smoke detector, etc.
I am in the process of replacing all the smoke detectors in the house with combo smoke/CO detectors and there is one in the bonus room so I have no problem with that.
With the decision to install the pellet stove in the room, I went back to the building department and changed it to a 'bonus room' to meet the 'no solid fuel . . . " rule. The manual even states "Do not install in a bedroom."
Yet when the building inspector came by to sign off on the insulation prior to sheet rocking, he told my son that it could still be listed as a bedroom.
I know that typically local codes are the bottom line, but if I were to call this a bedroom and a fire were to break out, how would things go down typically with my homeowner's insurance?
Thanks all.
https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/pellet-stove-install-advice.88692/
I thought the general rule of thumb was "no solid fuel heater in a bedroom." When I originally pulled the building permit for the bonus room over the garage, I spec'd it as a bedroom. Because of that windows had to be a certain size for egress (larger than years past since we are the fattest nation on earth), smoke detector, etc.
I am in the process of replacing all the smoke detectors in the house with combo smoke/CO detectors and there is one in the bonus room so I have no problem with that.
With the decision to install the pellet stove in the room, I went back to the building department and changed it to a 'bonus room' to meet the 'no solid fuel . . . " rule. The manual even states "Do not install in a bedroom."
Yet when the building inspector came by to sign off on the insulation prior to sheet rocking, he told my son that it could still be listed as a bedroom.
I know that typically local codes are the bottom line, but if I were to call this a bedroom and a fire were to break out, how would things go down typically with my homeowner's insurance?
Thanks all.