New Koker Advice
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fuzzycowboy
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Hey my name is Peter and I live in Western NY. I just bought a Keystone Koker with a top direct vent. Now I am facing an install. I want to plumb this into my current forced air ducting from my oil furnace but I want to keep the oil as a back up so if the coal fire goes out my pipes don't freeze. Is this something I should be able to do myself or should I hire it done? Any other advice would be greatly appreciated. THANKS!
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LsFarm
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Hi Peter, welcome to the forum.. the answer to your question is:: 'well that depends"
Have you ever done any forced air ductwork repairs or instalations? Are you handy with tools and do you have a nearby Home Depot, Lowes, or better yet a Heating and AirConditioning wholesale/retailer ??
If you are not afraid to learn, and get yur hands dirty, and the potential [inevitable] cut or two from the sharp metal ductwork, then I'd say go for it.
The best way is to hook the furnace in parallel, with a duct from your current cold air return into the inlet of the Koker, and a duct from the outlet of the Koker into the hot air plenum above the oil furnace. You need an automatic damper to close off the ductwork such that the airflow will not short-loop in just the ductwork, but will circulate through the house.
There are several variations to how to duct an additional furnace,, but always use a cold air return, otherwise you are using the basement and the cold, damp basement air as a cold air return duct, and this is not good.
Get a large container of your favorite beverage, use the search function on this site for 'ductwork', Koker furnace, or any other search item and you will find lots to read..
Hope this helps.. Greg L
Have you ever done any forced air ductwork repairs or instalations? Are you handy with tools and do you have a nearby Home Depot, Lowes, or better yet a Heating and AirConditioning wholesale/retailer ??
If you are not afraid to learn, and get yur hands dirty, and the potential [inevitable] cut or two from the sharp metal ductwork, then I'd say go for it.
The best way is to hook the furnace in parallel, with a duct from your current cold air return into the inlet of the Koker, and a duct from the outlet of the Koker into the hot air plenum above the oil furnace. You need an automatic damper to close off the ductwork such that the airflow will not short-loop in just the ductwork, but will circulate through the house.
There are several variations to how to duct an additional furnace,, but always use a cold air return, otherwise you are using the basement and the cold, damp basement air as a cold air return duct, and this is not good.
Get a large container of your favorite beverage, use the search function on this site for 'ductwork', Koker furnace, or any other search item and you will find lots to read..
Hope this helps.. Greg L