Why did you install an outdoor air kit?

[Tonyray]

yo

Eric, you pot stirrer you! Forgot to mention if you have an OAK on your stove at home... Fair is fair, if we are sharing so should you. Why the interest in the first place?

I have an OAK that was installed a couple of weeks after the stove was installed. Lots of reading here convinced me it made logical sense and our house is actually more air tight than one would expect (had a blower test done). Much happier with the OAK installed...

As to rusting out the stove, that's why you cap things in the summer and put damp rid in the fire box...

u are CORRECTO.....
I would add that at end of season we also spray the burnpot and all the inside of the stove with Pam cooking spray...[Not butter flavored]
Would sit on the floor with our dog and feel the draft crawling under us.
that ended when we put an OAK in..

 

[biomass burner]

whats everyone's feelings on an OAK? Just Kidding lol

 

[kinsmanstoves]

I can still stir the pot

Eric

 

[FirepotPete]

I can still stir the pot

Eric

Not mine, I run clinker style!!

 

[womaus]

Did someone say "Stirring the Pot"?



(If you double-click on it it will spin...I'd try to fix it but I just don't have the time...)

 

[kinsmanstoves]

Did someone say "Stirring the Pot"?

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(If you double-click on it it will spin...I'd try to fix it but I just don't have the time...)

Drugs are bad and illegal here in Ohio.

eric

 

[TLHinCanada]

i just put in a drolet 065. had to get it inspected for house insurance. The oak had to have an insulated duct.

 

[womaus]

Drugs are bad and illegal here in Ohio.

eric

I understand in Ohio it's also illegal for more than five women to live in a house?

They have lots of silly laws....

 

[Jim H.]

I had my XXV for a couple years before adding an oak. If I stood anywhere near the stove without the oak (Bi level, lower level install) I would feel a cold draft going towards the stove. Since this is our family room and where we hole up during the cold months, that was not going to do. I installed the oak and the pull of cold air is gone. Tootsies stay warm when basking in front of the fire now! LOL

 

[kinsmanstoves]

I understand in Ohio it's also illegal for more than five women to live in a house?

They have lots of silly laws....

Why do you want to have five women living in your house?

Eric

 

[bogieb]

Why do you want to have five women living in your house?

Eric

Sometimes it's required for peace on the homefront:

So who do you kick out - your wife or the 6th daughter ?

 

[womaus]

Sometimes it's required for peace on the homefront:

So who do you kick out - your wife or the 6th daughter ?

Wait wait wait...you're talking relatives?

And it would be the 5th and 6th daughter going out the door, if one was to go hierarchically.

I've always been a rebel though...I'd toss the wife first. And she'd probably thank me for it.

 

[bogieb]

Wait wait wait...you're talking relatives?

And it would be the 5th and 6th daughter going out the door, if one was to go hierarchically.

I've always been a rebel though...I'd toss the wife first. And she'd probably thank me for it.

Yeah, you are right - 5th daughter

 

[kinsmanstoves]

Sometimes it's required for peace on the homefront:

So who do you kick out - your wife or the 6th daughter ?

That sir is a hard question but you know it in your heart! LOL

 

[Lake Girl]

Don't think that law applies to family members .... I think it was more troublesome when you had 5 women living in the same house that weren't related!

 

[doghouse]

Does the law state that an OAK needs to be installed for each of the five women living in the house?

 

[bogieb]

Does the law state that an OAK needs to be installed for each of the five women living in the house?

 

[Metal]

Does the law state that an OAK needs to be installed for each of the five women living in the house?

Actually you need one IAK (bathroom exhaust fan) per woman. Any less than one bathroom per woman and you are asking for trouble.

 

[billb3]

I even have one on my oil fired boiler.
Changing to direct vent allows me to us an OAK. ( you don't suck air for your car's ICE from the passenger compartment !)
Plus it allowed me to remove the chimney that needed work at and above the roof line and give me back 7+ square feet of living space.

 

[skibumm100]

OAK. Homemade DT-like setup using the existing 8" ID X 11" OD insulated flue pipe from the prefab fireplace as the outer pipe and the 4" pellet vent as the inner pipe. When it's 20 degrees outside my combustion make-up air is around 120 deg F. That's "free" BTU's I don't have to supply with fuel. It's an economizer of sorts. It also keeps excess heat out of my attic to cut down on ice dams. Plus, it's common sense for many of the reasons mentioned above. I don't put Damp Rid in my stove, oil it up or anything else. No more surface rust than it would have w/o an OAK. Since the air coming in the OAK is heated, there isn't a moisture problem near the stove components. I did buy Damp Rid last year but I left it in my stored car, not in my stove. I should treat my stove nicer.

 

[Bowhunter1]

cuz i was told to on this forum or i was stupid for not?

 

[womaus]

Does the law state that an OAK needs to be installed for each of the five women living in the house?

Thinking deeper on this I think I believe living in a house with 5 unrelated women would be A-OK.

And that's probably why it's illegal in Ohio.

(And I like that Lake Girl likes this....)

 

[kinsmanstoves]

OAK. Homemade DT-like setup using the existing 8" ID X 11" OD insulated flue pipe from the prefab fireplace as the outer pipe and the 4" pellet vent as the inner pipe. When it's 20 degrees outside my combustion make-up air is around 120 deg F. That's "free" BTU's I don't have to supply with fuel. It's an economizer of sorts. It also keeps excess heat out of my attic to cut down on ice dams. Plus, it's common sense for many of the reasons mentioned above. I don't put Damp Rid in my stove, oil it up or anything else. No more surface rust than it would have w/o an OAK. Since the air coming in the OAK is heated, there isn't a moisture problem near the stove components. I did buy Damp Rid last year but I left it in my stored car, not in my stove. I should treat my stove nicer.

I just hope it is not cooling the exhaust gases to the point at creosote forms in the exhaust pipe.

Eric

 

[greg13]

I'm surprised one of the over thinkers hasn't figured out how much energy is being lost using cold air to burn vs warm air to burn. Wait, someone apply for a government grant it study the issue it should be good for a few million$$

 

[kinsmanstoves]

I'm surprised one of the over thinkers hasn't figured out how much energy is being lost using cold air to burn vs warm air to burn. Wait, someone apply for a government grant it study the issue it should be good for a few million$$

I shall assist on this if I can get on the payroll.

Eric