Installing US Stove Hotblast

xackley · Post by **xackley** » Sun. Dec. 16, 2007 11:26 am

You can upload to something like http://stashbox.org/

When the upload finishes, you are given links you can copy to a forum post.

crck · Post by **crck** » Sun. Dec. 16, 2007 4:42 pm

OK I'll try it
This a a view of both furnaces
Right now this is my partially uninsulated garage which I have closed in
I will be my living roon
3 walls are insulate
need to insulate the ceiling and furnace wall

dang I hope this works

crck · Post by **crck** » Sun. Dec. 16, 2007 4:52 pm

this is where the ducts that go nowhere and don't really heat anything yet
I'm going to ectend them and run them into the house
The one big sucker goes to the greenhouse

crck · Post by **crck** » Sun. Dec. 16, 2007 5:08 pm

silver box in middle is the col air duct that goes from the propane furnace ,thru the wall ,into the greenhouse

One of my questions is do I tap into that cold air and run it to the hot blast
and do I tap it from the opposite side of the propane furnace

crck · Post by **crck** » Sun. Dec. 16, 2007 5:11 pm

this is the grate that covers the cold air intake in the green house
there is a filter in it

crck · Post by **crck** » Sun. Dec. 16, 2007 5:14 pm

the hotblast alone

crck · Post by **crck** » Sun. Dec. 16, 2007 5:16 pm

the carrier propane furnace alone

crck · Post by **crck** » Sun. Dec. 16, 2007 5:21 pm

the pictures are not great but the beat I can do with a camera phone
xackley,
thank you so much for the link
I would have never figured it out!

New York Bear · Post by **New York Bear** » Sun. Dec. 16, 2007 8:01 pm

Hmmm, Now I got to figure out why I only got red X's

xackley · Post by **xackley** » Sun. Dec. 16, 2007 8:27 pm

I have to figure out why I am not seeing a chimney.

Looks like the existing furnace has some double wall pipe starting at the trusses. Being propane it an absolute NO for sharing that pipe between the appliances.

The propane furnace is meant to only heat the green house and "garage". That is why the cold air return is sucking air from the green house, and most of the hot air is directed back into the greenhouse.

crck · Post by **crck** » Sun. Dec. 16, 2007 9:50 pm

The hot blast chimney is not in yet
I had bought the black 6" pipe and for the life of me couldn't get it to go together
Had my X try and he couldn't do it either
finally got some of it together .....
Then when I tried to adjust the angle the dang elbow literally came apart

I was so ticked off I took it back to the store and......they are no longer open on Sunday

Went to Home depot and bought new stuff (which went together perfectly) but
the window of opportunity to work outside closed 'cause that storm started back up
didn't want to cut a hole for the double wall T and put the rest up in 40 mph blowing sleet and snow
I knew I would be rushing and make mistakes

The furnace has a chimney you can see in the 1st,2nd,and last picture
the ducts are that insulated ducting

crck · Post by **crck** » Sun. Dec. 16, 2007 9:53 pm

I know thats why the cold air duct is there
I need to know - do I run one to the hotblast?
if so,should it be the same cold air or use a different room to
run the cold air from?

LsFarm · Post by **LsFarm** » Mon. Dec. 17, 2007 12:14 am

Pull the return or cold air from the area you want to heat. I assume you don't want to heat the greenhouse, so put in a cole air return from the living space you are trying to heat. Then run the hot air ducts to the same spaces, this will create a circulation loop where the return air is reheated, and sent back to the living space.

Greg L

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crck · Post by **crck** » Mon. Dec. 17, 2007 7:40 am

The GH still need to be heated
but the rest of the house does too

So the cold air should come from a centrally located area of the house?
Not a seperate room?

New York Bear · Post by **New York Bear** » Mon. Dec. 17, 2007 5:59 pm

I would think you would need a centrally located cold air return. Looks like you have an awful lot of space to heat!