pellet stove exhaust

[Ted J. Glover]

Saw my first pellet stove today, and the exhaust came straight through the wall to outside, then up about 3 to 4 feet to a covered screened chimney.

It is a powered exhaust, but it's also a fossil fuel, so I wonder if it should come up above the roof like a wood burning chimney?

Ted Glover
This Old Home Inspector
www.thisoldhomeinspector.com

[David P. Valley]

Originally Posted by tglover

Saw my first pellet stove today, and the exhaust came straight through the wall to outside, then up about 3 to 4 feet to a covered screened chimney.

It is a powered exhaust, but it's also a fossil fuel, so I wonder if it should come up above the roof like a wood burning chimney?

Ted Glover
This Old Home Inspector
www.thisoldhomeinspector.com

Nope.

Pellet stoves are now made to penetrate the siding with sidewall horizontal vents with proper clearances.

[David P. Valley]

See page 13...

http://www.jamestownpelletstoves.ca/...ch-(1)-(2).pdf

[Stephen W. Stanczyk]

Aaah yes. The well known pellet fossils.

[Brian A. MacNeish]

Originally Posted by sstanczyk

Aaah yes. The well known pellet fossils.

What kind of dinosaur was the "pellet"?
(sorry, couldn't resist to add more salt......only a slip of the keys though huh??

[bzimbelman]

Originally Posted by tglover

Saw my first pellet stove today, and the exhaust came straight through the wall to outside, then up about 3 to 4 feet to a covered screened chimney.

It is a powered exhaust, but it's also a fossil fuel, so I wonder if it should come up above the roof like a wood burning chimney?

Ted Glover
This Old Home Inspector
www.thisoldhomeinspector.com

Ted, I see these things quite frequently and almost all manufactures design them to be vented through the wall.

I write up the all hot vent cover (pellet stove, gas fake fireplaces, etc) under 4' high as a potential safety hazard to small children as I personally know of three families who's kids have been injured in the past two years from these things.

-- bz