Fire sparked by pellet stove pipe
May 22, 2012 | WATERVILLE -- Sparks from a wood pellet stove exhaust pipe caused a fire Monday that damaged a 200-year-old house at 44 Church St. , fire Chief David Coughlin said Tuesday. He said the exhaust pipe from the pellet stove on the second floor went through a wall to the outside of the house. "Sparks came out of the pellet stove exhaust," he said. Coughlin said the fire at the home of Tom and Kathy Hayes damaged the living room on the second floor where the couple lived. The wind was blowing and swirling in that area, and the fire got between the first and second floors, Coughlin said. The first floor, where their daughter and her family lived, was damaged by water, according to Coughlin. "It actually started kind of on the outside of the building," he said of the fire. "Under the exhaust pipe was an area exposed without siding. Sparks landed in an area where there was insulation and combustible materials. It appears a fire smoldered there for a while.
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Jun 06, 2011 | Enacted in 1995, the ordinance prohibits the installation of any new woodstoves,
fireplaces,
pellet stoves and coal burners. Stoves that existed prior to that time have been allowed to remain, and can also be replaced by newer EPA-certified stoves.
May 22, 4367 | Over the next eight decades, the company started by AR Sandri, later to be led by his son, William, and, today, grandson-in-law Tim Van Epps, has diversified into everything from heating oil to golf courses; from wood pellets and stoves to photovoltaic
May 31, 2011 | Along with wood pellet stoves come lower fuel costs but high pollution levels and health problems. Now, in a move to reduce increased winter air pollution in Maine, US, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is drawing up a set of laws designed to
May 29, 2011 | Catalytic stoves would go from 4.1 grams to 2.5 grams. The tougher standards have been in place in Washington state since 1995. Pellet stoves would have to meet the new wood stove standards, and the EPA estimates that two-thirds already do.
May 24, 2011 | If you use a fireplace, wood stove or pellet stove, have your chimney cleaned annually. Have your furnace, boiler and other heating equipment serviced annually. Put hot ashes in a metal container and don't leave it on a combustible surface.
How do you convert a pellet stove to a wood stove?
Jul 23, 2008 by Heather C
My husband and I are buying a house with a pellet stove and would like to have a wood-burning stove instead. Is it possible to swap the pellet stove out and how hard is it?
If you simply remove a free standing pellet stove and add a wood stove without changing the stove pipe you will burn your house down. A wood stove puts a lot of heat out the chimney(not as effecient). If you have an insert in an original wood burning firplace you will need to remove the pellet stove and restore the wood fireplace to its original condition including the chimney if needed. If you have a free standing pellet stove with a small 3"-4" pipe going to the outside for exhaust then you would have to completely convert that to a larger 6'-8' triple wall pipe which will cost at least $300 alone depending on how far it has to go.
You wont find a wood stove more effecient than a pellet stove so I unless it is for ornamental purposes only I would leave it alone. I know that wood fires can be more natural and more appealing than a pellet fire but it is your preference.
Can I install a pellet stove in a house with a water boiler heat system. quad level house w/fireplace?
Jul 31, 2006 by Donald M
The house is a quad level with the fireplace on level 2. Our heat bills are high so I need to do something. I could either put in the pellet stove insert in the fireplace or put a pellet stove in the basement and try to attach it to my hot water heat system. Is it possible to put the pellet stove in the garage? I just don't know anything about this stuff. What about the cost - should I be able to stay under 3000$? Could this thing heat my water heater?
The answer to your question is yes. The cost will depend on the system you install, but you should get out for under $3,000.00.
My sister and brother-in-law installed a wood burning unit in their detached garage last fall. The garage is located some 60' from the house. They buried the circulation pipes and them to a heat exchanger attached to their forced air furnace. They add wood twice a day and have drastically reduced their natural gas utulity bills. They did the work themselves for under $1,400.00.
Best advice is to get estimates from reliable contractors and check out their references before signing a contract.
Good luck with your heating project.