What determines Pellet Stove Location?

June 24, 2008 · Filed Under Pellet Stove Installation · Comment 

The prefered location for a pellet stove installation is a major living area where family gathers and sends long hours and will provide heat flow for other areas too thus gaining maximum enjoyment and heating effectiveness. The professional pellet stove installer will considers the factors that determine whether the location meets the requirements set out by the home owner:

  • Venting. May be limited by factors like obstructions above vertical venting through the ceiling and roof or by the distance to an outside wall for horizontal venting.
  • Outside air for combustion, if needed. Must be drawn from an approved location.
  • Space requirements. Must meet minimum clearances between the stove and combustibles. More space than the minimum required may be desirable to provide room for convenient operation and service.
  • Electrical requirements. Proximity to properly wired outlet.

What are my choices for floor protection?

The floor must be protected according to manufacturer’s instructions. The minimum size of the noncombustible floor protector is clearly specified in installation instructions an must be followed closely. Built in appliances may require additional protection such as an air space between the appliance and the floor protector.

What electrical requirements should be checked?


The pellet stove dealer or installer should check the intended appliance outlet for proper voltage, ground, and polarity. The electrical circuit to be used should have a properly rated circuit breaker.

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What types of pellet appliances are available?

June 22, 2008 · Filed Under Pellet Stove Appliances · 2 Comments 

Pellet stoves designs come in a wide range of sizes, styles and finishes. Your first choice is the basic configuration of the applicance.

Free Standing Pellet stoves (figure 4)
floor protector can be installed in almost all living rooms, they are installed a specific distance away from. these have a great range of flexibility in the installation, supported by legs and sits on a non-conbustibleconbustible materials but still can be placed closer than typical wood cord burning appliances.

Fireplace inserts (Figure 5)

Firepalce inserts are installed in existing working firepalces, panels are added to fill up the void around the new pellet stove, certsian pellet stoves can only be used with masonary fireplaces, whereas others can be installed in apporved factory built metail firepalces.

Built-in appliances (Figure 6)

Built-in appliances are an excellent choice for homes without an existing fireplace but can give the look of having one. A built in pellet stove can be boxed in with a close clearance to combustible framing, materials like brik can be added around the pellet stove to give appearance of a fireplace.

Pellet furnaces are large units designed to heat an entire house through duct work. They are usually installed in a basement or other non-living area of the house. Like pellet stoves, furnaces require venting to the outside.

Pellet stoves can also be categorised accordling to the deliverly of pellet fuel.

Top feed pellet stoves deliver pellet fuel from a tube or chute above the fire, and bottom feed stoves deliver pellet fuel from behind or beside the burn pot directly to the fire (see Figure 2).

There are many variations within these two categories depending on manufacture, but bottom feed stoves preform better with the wider range of ash content in standard grade fuel because the feeding action moves ash and clinkers away from the burn area thus keeping the air inlets open and will reduce the frequency of cleaning.

To feed pellets stoves do have advantages in overall heating efficency sice thepellet fuel remains in the burn pot and exhaust gases move slower and improves the heat transfer. Special grates or rotating burn pots in some top feed pellet stoves will also reduce maintenance frequency.

If only standard grade pellets are available to you, or if there is a desire to burn a higher ash or special fuel like shelled corn or nut hulls, special attention must be paid to the issue of fuel delivery, ash content, and stove compatibility. Otherwise, design differences are less significant considerations of relative degrees of efficiency and maintenance frequency.

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How do pellet stoves work?

June 18, 2008 · Filed Under Pellet Stove Appliances · Comment 

Pellet stove appliances have automate as many functions as there is possible. The most significant one is the fuel delivery. When the user sets the heat setting an auger or similar feed device will regulate the delivery of pellet fuel from the hopper to the fire (Figure 2).

By having automatic fuel delivery of the pellet fuel the user does not need attend to the frequent loading while at the same time providing clean burns and the desired comfort level. To get the desired combusion air is automated or with a slight manual adjustment.

In most pellet stove designs, a fan delivers air to the fire and will blow exhaust by-products out of a vent pipe, which is a smaller and cheaper version of a chimmey (Figure 3).

In most pellet stoves systems, a fan delivers heat to the home by blowing air through heat exchangers in the stove and out into the home. Heating efficiency is greatly enhanced by removing the heat from the appliance before it can exit the system.

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