This is premature, but please humor me ... we've been stuck in an apartment for the past 7 months after having to leave our home in NEOhio (and PE insert in lower level of home, Napolean 1150P in kitchen level...). No woodburning overwinter, electric heat in apartment = depressed. Anyway, have offer in on new place down here in SWOhio. Home has nice brick fireplace with an older insert. If we get the place, I'll be installing a freestanding stove.
I've installed both an insert into an existing chimney (using full, flexible liner) as well as freestanding stove that was vented through the roof. Now I may be installing stove into the fireplace. The stoves I'm considering have rear vent as an option. I'd like a T out of the back of the stove for ease of chimney cleaning.
Question - would I go straight out the back of stove into the T and then connect flexible liner directly to that? Is there benefit to using rigid stove pipe through the existing chimney? Also, I know I'll want a block-off place of some form - suggestions?
The brick fireplace is on the end of the interior of the home, but is open on the other side to a garage, not directly outside.
Thanks for humoring me with suggestions
I have been watching youtube videos of different stoves burning over the winter while dealing with electric heat. This has been a poor substitute for what I had grown accustomed to.
I've installed both an insert into an existing chimney (using full, flexible liner) as well as freestanding stove that was vented through the roof. Now I may be installing stove into the fireplace. The stoves I'm considering have rear vent as an option. I'd like a T out of the back of the stove for ease of chimney cleaning.
Question - would I go straight out the back of stove into the T and then connect flexible liner directly to that? Is there benefit to using rigid stove pipe through the existing chimney? Also, I know I'll want a block-off place of some form - suggestions?
The brick fireplace is on the end of the interior of the home, but is open on the other side to a garage, not directly outside.
Thanks for humoring me with suggestions
I have been watching youtube videos of different stoves burning over the winter while dealing with electric heat. This has been a poor substitute for what I had grown accustomed to.
