House Too Tight

I just got back from my daughter's house & I think I solved her problem:

She has a Harman TLC & a brand new masonry chimney but her stove would take forever to get above 200* even with the ash door open. I tried everything & then realized that she was running her clothes dryer too. Her husband just sealed the basement windows tight & I realized that her house is so tight that she was starving the TLC for air! (I opened the bulkhead (her TLC is in an unfinished basement) & everything is fine again!

Question:

How big a pipe will be enough to provide a dedicated air supply to the base of her TLC? (thinking of running pvc from a window, but what diameter would be sufficient for shaking down, etc when it needs allot of fresh air?)

Calculate the maximum draft opening in the stove and maybe add a little bit ...... 8" should be plenty.

Somewhere around 3" diameter PVC should work fine..

Greg L

LsFarm wrote:Somewhere around 3" diameter PVC should work fine..

Thanks

I was going to guess 4". Besides, 4" is common. Oh, PVC, I guess 3" is common too LOL. Anything would be a help.

OK...A few questions:

1. Assuming we run a 4" line from a casement window down to the stove, I would put an anti-critter screen at the top & somehow cover it from snow. Any ideas on that?

2. Since it's going to be used as a dedicated air line for a hand fired stove, any thoughts on how to terminate it at the stove (on a cement slab basement floor)

Hi Devil
They sell pipe supports with two bolts.
Shape like a C
Use a maconary bit and anchor to fasten it to the floor
Happy Thanksgiven
BDD

O yea the door on that stove looks great did you have to pay extra LOL

Blackdiamonddoug wrote:O yea the door on that stove looks great did you have to pay extra LOL

That's a pic from Harman's web site. I got the black door.
Happy Turkey Day to you.

Devil505 wrote:OK...A few questions:

1. Assuming we run a 4" line from a casement window down to the stove, I would put an anti-critter screen at the top & somehow cover it from snow. Any ideas on that?

If your using 3" PVC then something like this **Broken Image Link(s) Removed**

Or a dryer vent with the inside cap removed should work.

Devil505 wrote:2. Since it's going to be used as a dedicated air line for a hand fired stove, any thoughts on how to terminate it at the stove (on a cement slab basement floor)

I would think by using a ball valve it would give you a quick and simple way of closing the vent off and if too much air seemed to be coming in a way to help dial in the in coming air.