For all the
curious out there, here are the pellets. Basically they are
compressed sawdust. When they get wet, they explode into piles of
soggy
sawdust.
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Yay! the
re-insulation job above and behind where the pellet stove will go is
done. Forget the fact I need to do the same thing for
sixty more feet around the perimeter of the basement. The
pellet stove area is the priority now.
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So
here's the next little headache. I need to put some kind of
vent/heat collection area in the black square area and connect it to
the red circle on the right and the red arrow coming in from the
bottom. The big red circle in the middle of the black box is
whatever I use as the opening to this vent/collection thing. Sure
you can go to Home Depot or Lowes and buy all the round ductwork you
want, but try to fine some pre-manufactured collection/joint thingy
and it's not happening. They've got sheet metal (and the tools) to
make them yourself, but no books or explanation how to do so. My dad
says just start bending and pop-rivet a big metal box together, cut
holes for the ducts and voila you're an HVAC expert. In the end,
that's probably what I'll
do.
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So far I have the intake vent. It was
used as the ceiling duct for the heat from the furnace. Problem is
the duct attached to it is the wrong diameter and too
tall. I have to carefully try and remove and attach a more
useful piece. Unfortunately I haven't found more of these in
case I screw this one up.
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Got the first vent ducted. Actually I guess
it's the first two. Got the vent in the ceiling to take the air in
and ductwork to the first vent in the floor. After some discussions
at work, I may decide to connect into the ductwork for the rest of
the house. We'll see. At this point I'm leaving that option open.
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And now the other vent is ducted. Everything is
fitted and taped. Now it's a matter of putting screws in and putting
the ceiling tiles back. You can see a
few of the screws already.
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Finally my part is done. They come Thursday to
install the stove.
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Today was the day. They rolled up in their
fancy van and did the deed.
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The stove out of the
van and out of the box. Check out their fancy hand-truck.
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They first had to
install a new liner for the chimney.
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Finally the finished product. I have to work on
wire placement and figure out where we're going to put the
thermastat, but otherwise, it's ready to heat.
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Some brief
stats for my own reference:
Quadra-Fire Mt. Vernon -- Heating Capacity up
to 3,000 sq. ft. -- BTU/hr 21,500 to 60,000 w/ premium pellets --
Burn Rate (lbs/hr) 2.5 to 7 -- Hopper Capacity 83lbs
-- Convection Blower 220cfm -- Particulate Emissions
.7g/hr
Will burn premium
pellets, less than premium pellets, corn, sunflower seeds or
wheat.
Those were last years stats. This years stove has a
heating capacity of 2,400 - 3,800 sq. ft., which, I imagine, is
just a larger fan.
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