Installation of a pellet stove
Duroflame
All about installing a pellet stove
When you buy a pellet stove, you are not just buying the stove itself: you are choosing to install a heating appliance in your home. A pellet stove cannot function properly without expert installation.
But what should you actually pay attention to, when buying and installing a pellet stove?
1. Choose your stove & installation
If you choose a pellet stove from Duroflame, you should preferably have it installed by a certified installer. They have all safety certificates and work according to the latest fire safety standards.
You can have your pellet stove installed directly by Duroflame. Our installers are selected based on quality and craftsmanship and only work according to the latest NEN standards and codes of practice.
Are you curious about how a pellet stove will be installed in your home and what the costs will be? Determine your installation costs yourself online in just 2 minutes in our price calculator.
2. A good flue prevents nuisance
A pellet stove generates flue gases. However clean the combustion in our optimised combustion chambers, these gases should absolutely not enter your living room. A flue offers the flue gases a way out.
Flue pipes must be installed according to the rules in the building regulations. The flue must discharge above the ridge of the roof to prevent nuisance for local residents.
3. Choose a stove with the right output
Not unimportant is the power your new pellet stove can output. Our advice is to choose a pellet stove that produces just a little less power than you need. After all, a stove burns cleaner and more efficiently when it is running at full power. Then it is nice if it is not immediately 24 degrees in the living room.
So it is best to choose a pellet stove that produces slightly less power than the heat required. If the occasional need for additional heating arises, you always have a central heating system. A specialist can advise you on how much power is required in your situation.
4. Choose a good, convenient spot
So, that’s an open door! But what is a convenient place for a pellet stove? After all, you want to be able to feel the cosy warmth, but also enjoy the flames at the same time. What you like is of course completely personal, but there are nevertheless a few rules of thumb that can get you started:
- Keep well away from combustible materials such as furniture and carpets. The distance from combustible materials is different for each stove, you will find this information in the user manual and installation instructions.
- Keep the pellets themselves well away from the pellet stove, at least 150 cm away. After all, they are highly flammable.
- Always keep some distance from the wall. How much distance you should keep depends on the type of stove you are installing.
- Depending on your living situation and the selected output, the heat from the pellet stove heats up comfortably up to a few metres away. So you can comfortably place the stove 2 or 3 metres away from an armchair or sofa and still enjoy the comfort of a pellet stove.
- You need a stable, fire-resistant surface. So an unstable wooden floor or nice high-pile carpet do not lend themselves to the installation of a pellet stove. By the way, steel and glass base plates are available that can shield the surface.
5. Power on the stove
Electricity? But my pellet stove uses wood pellets, right?
Absolutely right! All pellet stoves do require a (small amount of) electricity. So our pellet stoves are equipped with a control unit, smart electronics that continuously monitor and adjust the combustion process for optimum efficiency. The flue fan, which ensures that there is draft in the flue, also runs on electricity, of course. This keeps combustion efficient and clean.
But even when your stove is not on, the electronics work. For instance, you can make use of the weekly schedule, which starts the stove at preset times.