Outdoor Wood Furnace Info
Outdoor Furnaces - Manufacturers with NON EPA-Certified Models Only => RidgeWood Stoves, defunct, support only => Topic started by: fsuftball on September 10, 2014, 11:00:32 AM
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i have a question its not on the hook up of the stove i have that covered.
its for my 8 foot stack on my exhaust pipe.
I have very nice maple trees above where my stove is and i want to know if i can put a 90 on the top of my stack with a 2-4 foot extension so the smoke can clear the trees. I dont want them to die from all the smoke that will be coming out.
I know i could move the stove but its placement makes the most sence and its close to the house. 25 feet. i could move it closer but that wouldn't be code for my area.
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Have you spoken with the boiler manufacturer, I personally don't like to add extra stack to our stoves as added draft changes the way it burns and wastes fuel, stack temps go up, if you do what you are thinking I would use tees instead of 90's to give easy access for cleaning and if you really want to do it right then drop a barometric damper in the last tee to break the added draft
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Craig from ridgewood sold Me the stack and said that he likes to use them. It just now I started to think about the health of My maple trees.
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Correct me if I'm wrong but what you have is not a gasser right? The increased stack hight will produce extra draft and pull the exhaust out of your unit faster than the water jacket will absorb the heat, meaning you will burn more wood, when adding stack to an OWB it is always a good idea to install a barometric damper to break that extra draft, they will not last long, perhaps 2 years but are fairly inexpensive $35-$45
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I don't think the smoke alone will bother your maple trees, if you have enough heat to bother them out of the stack, somethings wrong.
Might contact a forester or the local extension office in your area and see what they think.
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Thanks guys. I just trimmed the trees down above the stove and it seems to not even reaching the branches now.
Got the stove up and running yesterday. Going on 24 hour burn time so far!
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Are you heating your water or just your house? If this weather keeps up I might have to fire up soon. I was hoping to hold of till October .
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I'm doing both so far . House is at 76
Furnace has only kicked on 4 times in 48 hours.
So pretty much water
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It's not real cold yet so you will get some long burn times.
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I have a lot of poplar I am trying to use up these first few months