Wood stove.. How many members have this one ?

[JohnDeere4300]

I finally got my stove today and I had a few questions I needed to ask.


United States Stove Co. 1557M Add-on Furnace - 5095270 | Tractor Supply Company

 

[scott_vt]

Good Evenin Bill,
Thats a nice lookin unit you have there ! Cant imagine it gettin that cold in WVA !

BTW watch that hay youve got under that stove.... remember the straw man in the Wizard of OZ !

All kidding aside GOOD LUCK with your new furnace !

 

[JohnDeere4300]

Good Evenin Bill,
Thats a nice lookin unit you have there ! Cant imagine it gettin that cold in WVA !

BTW watch that hay youve got under that stove.... remember the straw man in the Wizard of OZ !

All kidding aside GOOD LUCK with your new furnace !

I just put it in the barn tonight until I get ready to install it in the garage... and then hook it up to my duct-work to the house.


I live in KY... But WV is across the river.

 

[ohiokubota]

My dad has put in one of these wood stoves at his shop and a oil burning one also they work great just got to cut bigger logs for them. i will have him take some pictures of his and i will post them later

 

[MotorSeven]

Looks like a decent unit for the price. A lot of blower type stoves can overheat if the blower(electricity) goes out. Some have to be opened up quickly to get air to everything, others closed off, choking the fire out. Double check this model & have a game plan for outages.

RD

 

[Thomas]

Nice looking.. specs 2500 sq.ft will heat that's eye catcher.

 

[JohnDeere4300]

RD,

If the electric goes off then I could use a generator to run the blowers, and I could open the garage doors to help cool it down if I didn't use a generator.

But Thanks for your reply!!... and that would be something to check on and watch out for.
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The questions that I had for anyone that has this stove was.

How did you run the "cold air return duct-work" ?

Did you install a "Filter Box" at the end of the cold air return ?

Did anyone cut a vent in the floor for the "cold air return" to go back to the stove ?

David (hunterridgefarm)was the only one that showed pictures in a thread, and he hasn't been online in a while.... So I was hoping that someone else had one of these, and could answer the questions.

I also have a fireplace in my home, but with this stove I won't need to use it.

 

[JSUnlimited]

I have the #1600-g (I think?) that I also bought from TSC. I like it very well. Search by my user name and you'll see a couple of posts about my install.... might give you a few ideas.

 

[hunterridgefarm]

QUOTE ("Hey David,
I sent you one PM before and was asking about air going back to the stove.
I just set it in the barn until I get ready to install it in the garage, then I'm going to hook it to my duct-work of my home.

My question is....Did you install a "Filter Box" ??

How did you install the "Cold Air Return" ??

Did you "cut a vent in your floor" for the Cold Air Return to go back to the stove ??

I've looked at your pictures in another thread, and I can't tell how you have the cold air return going back to the stove.

When I got my stove yesterday, I seen in the book that came with it talking about the "filter box" and the "cold air return," and I really don't know how to run that part of the duct-work.")Quote


Bill,

I was lucky to get your PM. This time of year I am so busy I don''t have much time to read TBN much less log in and post.

To answer your questions. I did not install a filter box. The filter on my return works fine. I did buy the return box that attaches to the back of the stove. I was going to make one at work but is was just quicker and eaiser to buy it from US Stove and the price was not that bad. I did modify it a little. The back of the box is open for the return. Due to how my stove was set and the way I needed to bring the return in I cut a hole in the side of the box and attached a flange to connect the return to.

I did not cut a hole in the floor.I have two returns in the houes for the heat pump. I cut a hole in one of the returns added flange to connect the flexable return "duct" to. The return from the back of the stove is regular "pipe return" until it reaches the floor joist then the flexable duct is attached. Since the return for the stove is attached to the heat pump return I added a manual damper close to the stove that I can open when using the stove and close when using the heat pump. I also added a damper to the force air part of the stove duct for the same reason.

If it would help I can take more pictures and post. If you have any more questions let me know. This stove works great.

I posted some old pics but will take and post news ones if you need.

David

 

[scott_vt]

Good Mornin Bill,
On a more serious note !

My Pop had a stove similar to your a few years back, the nice thing about that unit was that you could burn wood or coal, whatever was more abundant at the time ! Like David did with his unit, it was piped into the house to provide heat directly into the living area !

Looking back, I wish I had taken his stove when he sold the house !