Do Pellet Stoves Need To Be Vented? Waste air from a pellet stove must be vented to the outside of a home using a suitable form of flue, either within a masonry chimney, internally within a home or externally up an outside wall. Pellet stoves do not typically always require a direct vent for fresh air intake.

Do you have to vent a pellet stove outside?

Clearances from exterior fixtures and walls vary depending on local building codes, but all pellet stoves must vent to a location where materials such as leaves wont plug the opening and the pipe should be at least 3 feet away from the air intake for forced air appliances and gas meters.

Can you vent a pellet stove through the wall?

For instance, wood-burning stoves will always be vented through the roof of your house, but pellet-burning stoves can be vented vertically through the roof, or horizontally through the wall to the outdoors. Same with gas stoves - venting can be routed in either direction - vertically or horizontally.

Do pellet stoves need an exhaust pipe?

A pellet stove requires outdoor venting through a pipe. This can be chimney pipe as long as it meets certain requirements. The pipe must be double-walled, with an inner lining of stainless steel. It must also be sealed at the joints so that carbon monoxide and other exhaust cannot leak into the home.

Can a pellet stove be vented out a window?

The rule is that a pellet stove must not terminate within four feet to the side or below opening windows or doors. This can be reduced to 18 inches if the stove uses an external air source for combustion. Above windows and doors the clearance is reduced to twelve inches, nine inches with an outside air supply.

How much does a ton of pellets cost?

The cost of wood pellet fuel is usually given in dollars per ton; the average price of the fuel is typically around $250 per ton. The cost of a cord of wood, the fuel burned by a conventional wood stove, is around $200. The average home uses about 7.3 tons of pellet fuel or 6.5 cords of wood per season.