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This is my actual heater, not cleaned up! I thought about using photos of
a new one, but seeing what one actually looks like that has been used is more important than seeing a new one all clean! These
were taken on a September morning couple of years ago. My stove sits on the East side of my house.
I do not have the chimney pipe up yet, but you can see where it goes. If you look on the
menu to your left you will notice that the next page on my website says "More photos" go ahead and right click on it and open it in another window
while you read this page. It has 19 more photos of a new heater showing you various items and different views
than you can see on my heater hooked up to my house. That way you will not have to wait for it to load! The
Top rectangular duct is the "heat duct' going in the house with the warm air, and the box on the lower left side
is where the blower is that is the return air coming out of the house to be warmed and ran back through the house. This
is a left Handed model. Until last year I had a right
handed model, the door would be facing the deck in this picture, I got a left handed one so I had more room to
get into the stove. Remember, the heat duct is the duct off the top of the stove, going thru a wall
or window, all your heat comes out in one room, via that duct and is moved thru
the house with the return air system. The return air should be located as far away from the heat duct as possible
to move the heat thru the house.
This photo (above) shows the "preheat chamber" for the air coming in for the fire, since it is outside air
this preheats it some to a warmer temperature. Since the fire in the heater burns from the front of the heater
to the back. When you go to put wood in the heater the fire will be more to the back and the ashes will be out in the
front. Normally folks take out ashes from the front and pull the coals to the front. Some take out ashes everyday
and some a few days apart. The door is approx. a 12" square which lets you put a big stick in the heater it
can be up to 32 inches long.
This photo above shows the end of the heat duct sticking thru the wall of my living room. This
is where all the heat comes in my house in one spot. However this room is not hotter
than the rest because the heat is being moved on to the edges of my home by the cold air return system.
This makes the heat circulate thru the entire home. The heat duct has to stick thru the wall minimum
of 2 inches past the inside wall.
This shows the back view.......notice the return air duct. My stove is sitting on a prestressed concrete
pad and concrete blocks. Remember this model shown is a left handed model. You
can purchase a longer heat duct if needed (if you need to be further away from the house). Contact us for more information.
You will notice the heat goes from the living room to each of the two south bedrooms and it has
to go thru the master bedroom to get into the master bathroom heating all the rooms. I set my gas furnace at 60-65 degrees
and forget it! It sure doesn't kick on much! Remember all the heat is going through
the heat duct in a wall or window into one room only. The cold air return
moves the heat from the heat duct to the opposite end of your home making a "loop' in your home.
This makes for nice even heat as long as you get your cold air return as far opposite your heat duct as you can.
You CANNOT hook the heat duct into
your duct work! However you can use your duct work for the cold or return air.
An example of what I am trying to explain.
If your heater is located on the south
side of your home and your bedrooms are on the north end with everything else in the middle, you want to
pull the cold air (with the cold air return system) out of the 2 or 3 bedrooms on the north end.
Stop spending
money on heating and start saving money!
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