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- Sweeps Library - Troubleshooting Chimney Draft Problems
Improving chimney updraftWe often hear the complaint that someone has a "bad" stove or fireplace because it smokes into the house In our experience, however, draft problems are almost never caused by the fireplace or appliance The chimney is the engine of every wood-burning system: in order for the fire to burn properly, the chimney must pull combustion air through the fireplace or stove
- Wood fireplace insert Comparison Chart - heating capacity
To visit (or return to) any insert's page, click its photo in the chart above
- Please advise! Neighbours wood smoke blowing into my home
The stack was lower than my house and it would set off a smoke detector in my attic The town elected to work with him and after he put in a 30' extension on his stack it became far less of an issue Obviously making your home tighter will reduce the smoke getting inside If you have a chimney and are not using it, that is logical thing to seal
- horizontal side vent for a wood burning stove? - Hearth. com Forums
After some doing some research, I have found that you can do a horzontal side vent and then up 5 feet for a pellet stove I was thinking about installing a second wood stove on an exterior wall of the house and venting it horizontally thru the wall and then up 90 degrees 5 feet for a wood
- Sweeps Library - Direct Vent Installation Diagrams
In Direct Vent installations, combustion air is drawn into a sealed firebox from outside the house through coaxial intake exhaust pipe This eliminates depressurization, resulting in a warmer, healthier home environment
- Wood Stove Comparison Chart - heating capacity
If your house is divided up into many small rooms separated by long hallways and you have a forced-air heating system, you might try running the furnace blower (with the furnace burners turned off) to help circulate the heat from your woodstove throughout the house A ceiling fan in the room with the stove can also be extremely helpful
- Converting to propane oven range-what regulator do I need?
Started with a gas fireplace as the primary heat for the house (replacing oil), now installing two more propane wall heaters, will replace electric appliances (DWH, stove, clothes dryer) with propane appliances as they wear out I would suggest two 100# tanks with a changeover regulator so you have no interruption when a tank runs dry
- Hot water line to the furnace humidifier? - Hearth. com Forums
I needed to replace the crumbling humidifier pad on the Aprilaire unit bolted to our new NG furnace I noticed the water line for the humidifier taps a hot water and not a cold line This was a surprise to me This results in a trickle of hot water running through the unit and out the drain
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