I purchased a used Snow Flame 3000 over the weekend. I want to know if anyone has any experience with the stove and how to vent it. I am putting in my basement and have to vertically vent it. it came with a small amount of flexible 3" pipe and 5" single wall pipe the pervious owner direct vented the stove. Can I use 3" double wall pipe and not use the 5" for fresh air intake? I burn wood as my main heat source but would like to use this to warm up the basement on those really cold days. Thanks for the help guys..
According to the specs I found the stove has 5" exhaust vent so you must use 5", bigger is fine but not smaller, the 3" would then be for fresh air, same applies there bigger is fine but not smaller.
Ok so you have a kit that the fresh air is pulled through around the outside of the exhaust vent ( which is why they say 5" vent in the specs ), so yes you could use 3" pellet pipe with an appliance adapter directly to the exhaust outlet on the stove the problem is you would them be using the heated air as your fresh air intake vs. outside air.Some people are fine with doing that but most recommend against it.
You might want to contact the stove manufacturer to see if you have all the required parts for installation, or need any additional venting parts for your install application .. Our Products
Thanks for the replies guys I sent them an email earlier today we will see what they say. In the picture you can see the connection from the flex pipe was broken off on the pipe. It was siliconed on equal not much fun to get off but I did eventually get it. I priced some flex from a local shop today. $20 a ft. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
We used double wall pipe exhaust vertically, it felt safer, then insulated flex pipe for the OAK (outside air intake). Idk, a few people do not use OAK at all, just the house air though it's a big debate. Again, seemed safer to follow mfg'r specs. A pellet stove to warm things up is a really good idea to me, though if your on a cement pad that will act as a heat sink it can atleast warm up the furniture down there til the cement pad warms up too.
I've come across a few stoves that use this type setup to pre-heat the outside air, it's a way for the manufacturer to increase the stove's rated efficiency. It's tough to tell from the pic, but that collar on the inner pipe looks like it can be removed, e.g. it's siliconed on there. (There may also be set screw securing the collar to the inner pipe - check carefully.) I'd pull the stove's back panel and investigate if that collar can be removed - if so, you would have more options, like fitting a standard appliance adapter on that inner exhaust outlet pipe / more standard venting options available. If the intake air port is visible w/ the back panel off, that would also give you some sense of (what) may be required to adapt that as well. For the intake air piping, also referred to as an Outside Air Kit (or OAK) - you can use aluminum flex pipe: which can be purchased in bulk length for much less $$$ vs. stainless piping of the same diameter, cause $20/ft. adds up real quick. Amazon, Grainger, etc. would be good sources to check for the aluminum flex pipe. Watching with interest, please keep us posted on how it goes w/ the stove.
The original Snow Flame Stoves were corn burners only. The ones built in 2015 & later are multi-fuel but not sure how well they burn wood pellets? How old is your SbowFlame?
