Through 2 months of trying to get a Sutherlands to order me a NC30 (they don't stock them for the southern states) I finally got my hands on one last thursday.......899 plus tax, and a blower for another $160. Bought a Samson Duravent kit to get through the roof and attic, 6 foot of single wall 6" pipe, and 6 foot of triple wall pipe to start at the ceiling and go through the roof. Also had to get one of those floor mats that are covered in metal to protect the floor from the heat. All total I spend around $1500.
Anyway, Friday afternoon I removed the firebrick and door from the stove and my cousin and I were able to carry the stove from the front porch and into the house and sit it on the barrier mat in the proper location. I used a plumb bob to mark the ceiling, cut out the ceiling, and install the support box. Cut a few inches off one of the 6" single wall flue pipes and installed them on the stove and into the support box. My cousin used to roof for a living so he came over and cut the hole in the roof and we finished securing the support box to the rafters and installed the triple wall flue pipe etc. 30 minutes later I am burning wood.
I think I am in love with the new stove........some of the welds inside the box didn't look to hot, but other than that I am impressed with the build quality. I installed a damper in the top of the first 2' section of single wall flue pipe, and played with it through the rest of the weekend but not sure how much benefit I will see from it, as most of the fire control occurs from adjusting the air inlet position. It was down to 56 degrees in the house when I built a fire around 7 o'clock, and by 9 o'clock we had it up to 68 degrees and climbing........my temp sensing wall clock is 35 feet away from the stove.
One recommendation............set the wood stove in a safe location to burn in, add a few pieces of single wall flue pipe to get some draw, and burn a good hot fire in it before you install it in the house. The way we did it caused it to create lots smoke from the paint getting hot.......we had to keep the front and back doors to the house open for 30 minutes at a time to vent the smoke outside.
Anyway, it has been low 30's at night and 50's in the day since it was installed and I am easily able to keep the house very warm. And the firebox is nice and big compared to the ZC20 buck stove insert I have been using. Lots of room to fill up with wood.
I've never installed a wood stove, but this wasn't too hard.........the worst part was getting covered in insulation cleaning a spot out in the attic for the support box to come through. We went through about 4' from the eave of the house so it was real tight working in that short of an area.
Couple questions.........I went with the recommended spacing from the flue to the wall and the stove is a little closer to the walls than the mfg recommends and the walls are getting pretty warm........what is the best looking material I can put on the walls to keep them from getting too hot? Also, the support box was too close to the roof to add the insulation box on top of it..........what can I pack in the support box to prevent birds/mice from building a nest there causing a fire hazard? Will fiberglass insulation be ok? After getting a real hot fire going I got in the attic to see how hot any of that stuff got and it was cold to the touch, but I just want to make sure and be safe as possible.
Waylan
Anyway, Friday afternoon I removed the firebrick and door from the stove and my cousin and I were able to carry the stove from the front porch and into the house and sit it on the barrier mat in the proper location. I used a plumb bob to mark the ceiling, cut out the ceiling, and install the support box. Cut a few inches off one of the 6" single wall flue pipes and installed them on the stove and into the support box. My cousin used to roof for a living so he came over and cut the hole in the roof and we finished securing the support box to the rafters and installed the triple wall flue pipe etc. 30 minutes later I am burning wood.
I think I am in love with the new stove........some of the welds inside the box didn't look to hot, but other than that I am impressed with the build quality. I installed a damper in the top of the first 2' section of single wall flue pipe, and played with it through the rest of the weekend but not sure how much benefit I will see from it, as most of the fire control occurs from adjusting the air inlet position. It was down to 56 degrees in the house when I built a fire around 7 o'clock, and by 9 o'clock we had it up to 68 degrees and climbing........my temp sensing wall clock is 35 feet away from the stove.
One recommendation............set the wood stove in a safe location to burn in, add a few pieces of single wall flue pipe to get some draw, and burn a good hot fire in it before you install it in the house. The way we did it caused it to create lots smoke from the paint getting hot.......we had to keep the front and back doors to the house open for 30 minutes at a time to vent the smoke outside.
Anyway, it has been low 30's at night and 50's in the day since it was installed and I am easily able to keep the house very warm. And the firebox is nice and big compared to the ZC20 buck stove insert I have been using. Lots of room to fill up with wood.
I've never installed a wood stove, but this wasn't too hard.........the worst part was getting covered in insulation cleaning a spot out in the attic for the support box to come through. We went through about 4' from the eave of the house so it was real tight working in that short of an area.
Couple questions.........I went with the recommended spacing from the flue to the wall and the stove is a little closer to the walls than the mfg recommends and the walls are getting pretty warm........what is the best looking material I can put on the walls to keep them from getting too hot? Also, the support box was too close to the roof to add the insulation box on top of it..........what can I pack in the support box to prevent birds/mice from building a nest there causing a fire hazard? Will fiberglass insulation be ok? After getting a real hot fire going I got in the attic to see how hot any of that stuff got and it was cold to the touch, but I just want to make sure and be safe as possible.
Waylan
