[Skibum]

Any of you guys installed a wood stove and class a chimney?

[Jay]

No, but maybe that's my solution to too many palm trees on the property.

[Skibum]

I've posted a few photo's of my progress here:

http://picasaweb.google.com/IPTelman/WoodStove#

[Jay]

Nice. Vermont Castings?
Family up in Greensboro, VT put in one and ran ductwork from it to both floors. Cozy warm and (I think) 1 small load of wood warms the chalet for almost 24 hours. Living room, den, kitchen, 3 bedrooms and 2 baths. The FP went in maybe 15 years ago. Very efficient.

[Skibum]

Vermont Castings Intrepid II with full catalytic reaction.
81% efficiency

[Jay]

Way to go. Nothing better as far as I know.
On my previous comments about the VT side of the fam.
The ductwork may have been previously installed. The chalet was prob built in the '70s.
There was a lot of local news coverage about it. I know the VT Castings fp wasn't installed at that time but I seem to recall it was very energy-efficient.

[JeffCharger]

very nice Ski. Do you have to have this inspected for insurance coverage? Here in Ontario, they are really stringent. In our cottage we had an old Franklin that pumped out heat like crazy, but used wood like crazy too. We decided to replace it with a Vermont - but the insurance guidelines ultimately meant that the stove had to be about 3 feet from the wood wall.... and that duct work would reuire significant modification as it went through a wood floor in the loft and then the roof...... made it very impractical. We ended up putting in a Vermont Radiant propane stove... love it!

[nsisman]

hey Jeff,

We started with a Franklin on our first house (1972).

I called it my gopher stove ! (throw an armful of wood on it and go for another one) !

Graduated to a Fisher (Gramma model - made in Barrie ON I think) and ran that for 12 years.

Always said we've never been warm since we moved out of that house.



Great job Derek - looks great and should be very functional.

I'd have another except wood is hard to find (I used to get it for free) up here .

If you carefully figure out how many times you touch a piece of wood from the bush to the ash can (or garden in our case)
you will see you get heated up about 22 times for each stick of wood.

You can see there is lot of heat generated before it ever hits the fire !

cut down tree, section it, roll it clear, carry to splitter, put on splitter, split it, throw off splitter, stack it, load on pickup, throw off pickup,
move to woodpile, stack it, load in wheelbarrow, move to back door, carry downstairs to woodroom, stack in woodroom, carry to stove,
throw in stove, jab a few times with poker, remove ashes, carry ashes to garden, cast ashes over garden.

Now I just turn up the thermostat and pay !

[Skibum]

Yes, I have to tell the incurance company and I have pulled a permit, so it will get inspected.
The allowed clearances are pretty well spelled out in the manual for the unit. I'm very close to the minimums due to space.
The back of the unit is allowed 9 inches from the back protected wall, and the chimney connector is allowed 8 with connector shielfd (The black things behind the pipe)

[Jay]

I've put in several fireplaces and have always used triple-wall chimmnies (sp?).

Nsisman. Blessed be he who chops his own wood for he will be twice warmed
Can't remember where that came from, but it's true.

Now that I've moved to Mark Sanford country and about to do a big renno, I'm ripping out the outside chimmney and replacing the fireplace with a fireline. Same aspect ratio as the big flat screen that will go above. Should be cool looking (hopefully).

[Skibum]

I don't think triple wall is called for with a wood stove. (here at least)
I had the first test burn today. .... figures it would be 70 degrees.

I see where I want to add a radiation shield. Other than that everything looks good.

Pics to follow.