Hello
Have a friend with a pellet stove in an older home located above a dirt crawl space. Last spring the dampness got in a fused the ash to completely block the air intake tube under the burn pot and freeze up the versa grate and block every single hole in it! It took a screw driver and hammer to remove the ash in chunks!
The stove is a nice cast iron St. Croix Hastings. Also the vertical mount combustion blower has more noise and vibrations. It just seems like it is not the best stove in this environment. I was thinking a Quadrafire with the jam proof auger may be a better choice.
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I know moisture is the pellet stove's worst enemy! Any suggestions or comments here?
Have a friend with a pellet stove in an older home located above a dirt crawl space. Last spring the dampness got in a fused the ash to completely block the air intake tube under the burn pot and freeze up the versa grate and block every single hole in it! It took a screw driver and hammer to remove the ash in chunks!
The stove is a nice cast iron St. Croix Hastings. Also the vertical mount combustion blower has more noise and vibrations. It just seems like it is not the best stove in this environment. I was thinking a Quadrafire with the jam proof auger may be a better choice.
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I know moisture is the pellet stove's worst enemy! Any suggestions or comments here?