Do I need a damper for a wood furnace?

[john26]

I have a woodchuck 2900 I will be installing soon. I found the chimney pipe I need, with your guys help just need to buy it now thanks. I will be installing 16ft of double wall chimney pipe and about 3 foot of stove pipe with 2 90's between the stove and the clen out T, the stove pipe will be a bit of an angle. Do I need a damper on this setup? If so manual or barmetric? Would there be any benefit? Thanks

 

[Duetech]

It is usually a good idea. I had a wood furnace with one but ended up pulling it out. If you have a good draft you will probably find it very handy to have to keep the house from overheating in the shoulder seasons. I had draft problems and had to go to a draft booster.