Installing Corn Burners

Purchase a Corn Stove

You can search for pellet and corn burning stove manufacturers online and from local distributors in your yellow pages. When purchasing a corn burner, you must consider the size and BTU output required for the area you want to heat. Corn burners generally heat one level of the home or one room very well, in accordance to their given heating output. So don't buy a small burner and expect it to heat too much space. The output of a large unit, however, isn't as easily regulated as a gas furnace. A too-large unit will keep a room overly hot.

Position Your Corn Burner

Corn burners should be positioned in the center or corner of the room and against a wall. A smart option to take into factor is choosing a wall closest to the edge of your roof.

Installing the Exhaust Vent

Push the corn burner up flush against the wall you chose. Use a pencil to trace the exhaust vent hole on the back of the corn burner onto the wall. Drill a hole in the wall that is in the center of the exhaust vent hole you traced. Use a electric vertical saw to cut out the hole in the wall and siding. Connect and c-clamp a piece of vent pipe to the back of the corn burner that extends 6 inches out of the siding outside. Apply silicon caulk around the vent pipe on the inside and outside of your home. Connect and c-clamp an elbow exhaust vent pipe to the piece sticking out of the siding (preferably buy an elbow piece that has a soot/dust trap below the elbow that has a cap that can be removed and cleaned occasionally). Drill a hole and cut out a pipe pattern on the roof hangover and roof that will allow the extended exhaust pipe to protrude 5 feet above your roof. Place the vent pipe through the roof hole and connect it to the elbow. Silicon caulk around the vent pipe hole on the roof. Connect a vented exhaust cap on top of the pipe on the roof.

Resources

• Pinnacle Corn Stoves
• Tips on pellet stoves
• Fuel cost indicator