I have an attached two car garage in which I want to install a wood furnace. I purchased a new Hearth Century wood stove today. I realize you are not supposed to install a wood stove in a garage, but my plan is to turn the garage into a game room or something like that. The garage walls are constructed of cement blocks. My plans are to sit the stove on the opposite side of the two entry doors. I want to run the flu through the block wall and up. I estimated the distance from the top of the stove to the roof line is about 12 feet or so. I found a diagram of a complete wood stove chimney on this forum but couldn't get it to enlarge or print off correctly. My question is this. What will I need, single or double walled pipe? I dont think I have the money to have a regular chimney built so I am hoping this will work out. My next plan is to cut holes for a register in each room to heat that side of the house. I have attached a photo of the garage in hopes this helps. Oh, by the way. The garage will be cleaned and the bass boat moved out. The stove will be sitting to the left of the refrigerator which will be moved as well.
Chimney help
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jtp10181
Minister of Fire
Talk to the local inspector and see what they would want done to approve the furnace in the garage. That's the only way it will be legal.
You will need single or double wall connector pipe inside the structure and double or triple wall Class A HT on the outside.
You will need single or double wall connector pipe inside the structure and double or triple wall Class A HT on the outside.
jpl1nh
Minister of Fire
Well ya do need to move the fridge..about 5-6' more to the right so the stove doesn't make it work too hard keepin those beers the proper temp. :cheese:dsil said:
We have no local inspectors and no building permit is required. Whats next? Anyone know of a site where I can get a diagram of the flu setup so I know what connectors, ect. that I will need?
Thanks,
Bryan
Thanks,
Bryan
Getting flammables like gas out of the garage is the first priority. If you don't have the money to do it right, wait and save some up. This is your home and not a place for corner cutting. If this is strictly no longer a garage, then it will need single/double wall until the pipe meets the ceiling support box, then class A chimney from that point up and out of the roof. It will need to follow the 3-2-10 rule as far as height. Try to get at least 14 ft of flue on the stove for proper drafting.
Bryan,
First, I gotta' second what BeGreen said...your first priority should be keeping the fire "in the box". Do it right the first time, and you'll sleep better at night.
Second, if you want to see diagrams of flue setups, just about all of the major chimney manufacturers have their install manuals available online. Try google-ing Duravent, ICC, and Metalbestos. There are others, but if you are looking for diagrams, the install manuals have them!
There's a side benefit to this, and that is you will learn how to safely install it.
Good Luck!
-jason
First, I gotta' second what BeGreen said...your first priority should be keeping the fire "in the box". Do it right the first time, and you'll sleep better at night.
Second, if you want to see diagrams of flue setups, just about all of the major chimney manufacturers have their install manuals available online. Try google-ing Duravent, ICC, and Metalbestos. There are others, but if you are looking for diagrams, the install manuals have them!
There's a side benefit to this, and that is you will learn how to safely install it.
Good Luck!
-jason
berlin
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why not just build a clay tile and block chimney, start it right on the garage floor and go up, top of the roof line is only 15' so about 19' chimney ought to do and could be built fairly inexpensively, safely, and be done in a weekend and ready to go.
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