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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 few years ago. My stove sits on the East
side of my house.
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.
Return air duct for left handed model.
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).
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.
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