Hello Forum Members,
Working with a fireplace, what's better –– to have a flue pipe in the room that taps through the masonry into the chimney flue above the mantel, or to have a stove set into the fireplace which runs the flue right through the fireplace box and up the chimney? Doing the second way I'm losing heat in order to have the stove take up less room, to not have an "ugly" black flue pipe in the room and to save myself the trouble of gouging a hole through the masonry wall to hook the in room flue into the chimney flue. Is it worth the hassle to get another 10% of the heat from my stove into the room? With an 80% efficient stove, twenty percent of the heat is going up the flue so shouldn't I have the flue in the room if I possibly can?
I've got a blowerless Morso insert and I am sick and tired of it. Even so, I want to have a stove without a blower if I possibly can. I just don't like the noise. I like to hear the dogs barking outside etc. That is why I'm not really looking at inserts, even though an insert with a blower would by far be the easiest solution.
I feel pretty lame about not being more decisive about this and bringing it to you all. Obviously the right thing to do is to put the g-d danged stove out in front of the fireplace and run the flue inside the room –– Right?
Thanks,
Bill
Working with a fireplace, what's better –– to have a flue pipe in the room that taps through the masonry into the chimney flue above the mantel, or to have a stove set into the fireplace which runs the flue right through the fireplace box and up the chimney? Doing the second way I'm losing heat in order to have the stove take up less room, to not have an "ugly" black flue pipe in the room and to save myself the trouble of gouging a hole through the masonry wall to hook the in room flue into the chimney flue. Is it worth the hassle to get another 10% of the heat from my stove into the room? With an 80% efficient stove, twenty percent of the heat is going up the flue so shouldn't I have the flue in the room if I possibly can?
I've got a blowerless Morso insert and I am sick and tired of it. Even so, I want to have a stove without a blower if I possibly can. I just don't like the noise. I like to hear the dogs barking outside etc. That is why I'm not really looking at inserts, even though an insert with a blower would by far be the easiest solution.
I feel pretty lame about not being more decisive about this and bringing it to you all. Obviously the right thing to do is to put the g-d danged stove out in front of the fireplace and run the flue inside the room –– Right?
Thanks,
Bill