8 inch exhaust

Was thinking of adding another stove in our house, i have a 6 inch s.s. chimney will it marry up to a non epa 8 inch stove? thanks

here are some answers that i got to that question a while ago...

http://www.hearth.com/econtent/index.php/forums/viewthread/69829/


what about going the other way? could you go from 6 inch up to 8 without a problem? anybody know?

Nate.

Code doesn't allow it and the stove manufactures specs won't either. The flue will always be required to be at least the same size (area) as the stove outlet. Will it work? Depends on a lot of variables in the system. Some of the old stoves, if connected to a S/S liner of the same size as the outlet on the stove will go ballistic.....to much draft. I know of at least two situations where a new S/S liner was installed that was smaller than the 8 in. stove outlet and they worked just fine. No way to know for sure.

I have a 7" outlet on my stove into a 6" SS liner. It works fine but occasionally will get smoke spillage into the room when opening the door, but that could also be from burning semi-seasoned wood and the cap gets a little blocked up.

That is a pretty common effect of reducing the outlet size.....the stove burns fine with the doors shut, but tries to smoke a bit when reloading.

Pen, I think I have seen that stated for a lot of the older stoves. Needed the 8 in. for the big open hole when burned like a fireplace.