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    venting oil and pellets (6 Posts)

  • dynamic dynamic March 1, 2011 @ 6:38 PM
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    venting oil and pellets

    I don't have a copy of NFPA211- Can I vent an oil boiler and a pellet stove in the same chimney ?
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  • billtwocase billtwocase March 1, 2011 @ 6:42 PM
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    Why vent

    the pellet stove in a chimney? They sidewall vent normally
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  • dynamic dynamic March 1, 2011 @ 6:47 PM
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    Hearth in middle

    My customer has a hearth in the middle of the living room. He is taking out a wood stove for insurance reasons and wants to add a pellet stove.
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  • billtwocase billtwocase March 1, 2011 @ 8:11 PM
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    There should have been

    a separate flue, if the wood stove was legal, or installed to code. Are you sue that is a common flue?
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  • Eric Eric March 2, 2011 @ 6:26 AM
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    I don't believe..

    there are any pellet stoves that are designed to vent into a chimney. You can drop a liner down the chimney for a pellet stove, but only if it is NOT serving any another applance.
    Read the manual from the stove, or call them and ask for their input.
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  • Jack Jack March 2, 2011 @ 6:40 PM
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    pellet stoves are

    not negative pressure appliances. They have a positive pressure vent system. A chimney for your oil appliance is a negative pressure system. You cannot combine the two. As well NFPA 31 specifically prohibits solid fuel and oil venting into the same flue.
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