Pellet heads!! What's up today?

Did you need a new tank or just wanted it outside?

 

Hope this finds Y'all doing well.
The past month has been a train wreck.
My tenant that rents our apartment downstairs decided to move on....Arrrrrrgh
NO LOVE LOST WITH THIS ONE.
She paid well....Serious attitude issues.
She left the place intact with no damage..But left us with a serious mess to clean up....
Been trying to get the North side deck finished.....We have one section done....PHASE TWO will have to wait until next year now..

We were lucky and were able to get a young couple signed on within a week.
Still the upset wasted a bunch of time that could have been spent on the deck.

Yesterday was nasty....82 F with 70% humidity.
We rarely see this type of Humidity with heat......We get months of 90% + humidity.....but temps are in the 40's- low 50's with rain .... Hot weather here usually sees humidity of 20%- 30% or less and low teens is not out of the question.....
Yesterday even the AC floor vents started to sweat...
Been in this house for over 30 years...Never seen that trick....MUGGGGGGGY

But this morning the humidity has moved on ....

 

I didn't even know they did inground tanks, I don't think oil burners are very popular in my state.

Outside tank sounds safer and easier to check levels on. Hopefully you get a insurance break.

 

Summer is winding down now...
A few showers the other day and this Sunday looks wet.
Starting to think about stove season and getting ready to get shells.
The skid steer has been sitting all summer with a flat tire.
I fired it up yesterday and got it up to the house where I can get the flat off and to the tire shop today.
We have had 29 years of boarding horses here at the ranch and that is coming to an end.
Our old guard (3 horses) have all crossed the bridge now and the last two that are boarded will be leaving at the end of the month for a barn that is much closer to where the owner lives now.

Gonna feel like a house with all the children gone.
So the skid steers duties will be strictly for loading the dumpster on the trailer this winter.......

My last tenant in the apartment here at the ranch moved on and left me a 2002 Chevy venture (Dead)
She left the title and the keys ...So yesterday we had thew local Pick N Pull come drag it off.

They do pay some $$$$$ for the dead ones.......

New tenants moving in the first of Oct.....

Times they are changing.....

 

I'm planning on getting a xxv, so I decided to download the manual. It says you can use a 3 or 4 inch vent pipe. My last stove had a 3, any benefit using a 4?

 

What jtakeman said

Does your thimble from your previous pellet stove have an OAK pass-thru already? If not, it might be a great time to go ahead and replace it (assuming you are putting in the same place).

 

It should be a simple run, wasn't sure if there was a benefit using a 4 inch? EVL is under 600

 

I would like to get a thimble that has a built in oak. Not sure what big box has the better brand or options?

 

I seen 2 different used xxv for sale and there both less than 3 hours away. Unfortunately I don't have anywhere to store it currently.

 

Most sell Selkirk/Duravent or Pellet Vent Pro. Pretty much the same thimble (the pipe itself has some differences). so just go with whatever business has it on sale / for the best price when you are ready to buy.

 

I want the thimble installed during the build. It should look nicer and be more air tight that way. I'll have to try and figure out how I'm going to run the pipe.

The only option for the exhaust will be facing a very windy area, not sure how to best navigate that?

 

The exhaust pipe and oak will be facing winds hitting 30-40mph regularly and 80+ other days. I will be putting up a snow fence and at some point the snow drifts should cut the wind down some.

My last stove had the clean out T directly attached to the stove. If I did that with this install, I would probably have 2 90's 18-20" vertical and 6' horizontal.

 

For the exhaust you can either get:

• A "jet" termination as the installer used on my P61a (1st pic). Note that the installers used a brand of exhaust pipe made in the Midwest, so may or may not be available for the brand you chose.
• or use a 45* elbow for a termination to deflect the wind - which is what I chose when I installed the smaller stove (2nd pic from the P43). Although it looks like the termination points down, it actually is at about a 45* angle

Make sure the thimble you get has a built in deflector shield on it, as can seen in the second picture