redoing pipe/hearth this fall.

So the past few months have been kinda busy chimney wise for me. I torn down an old ratty chimney chase that was attached to the exterior of the house. reused the block base to build a small storage shed for hand tools. My long term plan is to redo the pipe layout. I was going up with single wall, elbowing to a wall thimble, then to a T and up thru the old chase. This fall I plan to go straight up thru the roof. I know I'll need new single wall from the stove to the ceiling and then a box for the ceiling, then reusing the straight HT pipe I had.

Now this is where I'm running into an issue. I redoing my stove and hearth over the next couple seasons. I plan to do the pipe this fall, then next fall, the stove, and then the hearth. I'm unsure of where to put the hole in the ceiling so I can just plug and play the new stove and also account for any height adjustments that a new stove and hearth will create. I that I had seen an adjustable single wall from the stove up so that problem could be solved if thats actually what I did see.

I want to make sure I'm not having to make another hole in my ceiling a foot to the left or back 8 inches where I have to deal with drywall and texturing because fellas, I. HATE. DRYWALL. I seriously would rather get kicked in the bean bag by a peg leg pirate that have to fix, replace, repair, or in ANY way mess with drywall.

So there is my novel. I will try and post up some pics so you can see what I'm speaking of and maybe that can help paint a better picture. Thank you in advance for your assistance in planning out my dream hearth.

begreen said:

Do you know what the replacement stove will be? If so, locate the support box center for the new stove. Note that if single-wall stove pipe is used it will need at least 18" clearance from the wall regardless of stove choice. Double-wall stove pipe is 6".

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Thank you for the reply. I THINK/HOPE/WANT the next stove we have to be the absolute steel hybrid but I'm waiting for the shaker version with the longer legs to come out this summer. If it isn't that then I assume it will be an absolute steel hybrid that is currently sold. Thats not set in stone of course but the quality price and looks of that line of stoves seems like a good fit for us.

I always used single wall to get more heat from the exhaust but with these newer (new to me anyways) stoves being so efficient, do I need to do that? Either 18 or 6" won't be a problem with our new set up.

double-d said:

They do make a couple different length sizes of adjustable single wall pipes, along with adjustable elbows, so being off is not the end of the world, but the straighter the run the better the draft will be. Check the ceiling/attic for your rafter placement, you don't want to be directly under them.

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Yes, the rafter location does play a roll in this. I think my planning would be easier if I had the ceiling box in hand. it's towards the edge of my hip roof which is a 4/12 pitch so I won't be going through too much roof at all. I kinda like the black square boxing I assume id just cut the top of it to match the pitch and go all the way to the underside of the roof decking to keep the insulation back, correct? My pipe that I plan to resume it metal fab. Thanks for the reply!