Need Help With Venting of Oil Hot Air Furnace.

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Post by Nevercold » Thu. Dec. 11, 2014 8:45 pm

The preamble:
As you may have previously read,
I have been heating my home with a DVC 500 for the past roughly 10 years.

My modular home has hot water baseboard stubbed to the basement.
Radiant heat is installed in the basement slab.
My oil fired boiler sits in it's shipping crate for more than the last 10 years.

It's about time I finish the house.
Since the boiler will be located in the basement, (where there is presently no heat source),
I bought a hot air furnace to install as temporary heat.
This will make it warm so that I can finish the install in comfort, and work on my cars also. :D

The Question:
I need to choose/buy a direct vent for this purpose.
I have no chimney, and plan to go direct vent for the hot air furnace installation.
A short distance, maybe 10 -15 feet total.
After completion of the boiler system,
the direct vent system will be used/transferred to the oil fired boiler.
I am considering SWG and Tjernlund products. I have limited knowledge in this area.
I am still doing my homework, but could use help/advise, from those more knowledgeable than I.
All help/suggestions would be appreciated.

 
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Post by Nevercold » Tue. Dec. 16, 2014 8:54 pm

If anyone is running an SWG direct vent on your coal stove/stoker,
Your experience would be appreciated!
Thanks.

 
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Post by WNY » Wed. Dec. 17, 2014 6:18 am

I;m running the Direct Vent on my keystoker, not sure what brand Keystoker uses. but it just had a 3" exhaust. You only thing you have to make sure is the pipe is sealed good, since the direct vent mounts directly on the appliance and the pipe is pressurized. It's probably 12 years old.

 
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Post by waldo lemieux » Wed. Dec. 17, 2014 8:20 am

I have never used one of these devices , but I think I would check with the maker of the boiler or the boiler control as one or the other may already have some accommodations on board. Most mfg's have a tech support lines to answer questions such as this. Or you could have a plumber come and do it, and if the guy you call looks at it and says "well gee I don't know" ,call the next guy on the list. You might get a recommendation from the place you got the boiler. Thats all I got

waldo out......


 
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Post by blrman07 » Wed. Dec. 17, 2014 8:36 am

I think what your describing doing is installing a Power Vent, not a direct vent. The power vent mounts through the wall and has the motor outside. It sucks the products of combustion from the flue and stove/furnace/boiler. A power vent is mounted close to or on a stove/furnace/boiler and pushes the products of combustion through the flue.

SWG has a good system. They are sized according to the BTU input of the boiler/stove/furnace. They have models for oil, gas, and solid fuel. Some are stainless (cha ching) and some are not (much better $ wise.)

Here is a link to the SWG site that can get you to the manuals and such. Lots of reading material here.

 
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Post by Nevercold » Wed. Dec. 17, 2014 4:46 pm

Power vent would be correct, and what I meant to say.
Sorry for the error. :oops:
I'm still doing my research......

 
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Post by blrman07 » Thu. Dec. 18, 2014 6:17 am

If your handy check out Craig's list once you get your research done. A used model off CL would run about a hundred less. Clean it good, oil the bearings good and it should last you.

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