Just wanted to introduce myself, been lurking around for a long while now, thanks for all the help. I purchased a Hearthstone Homestead last week, the dealer is holding it for me until I get some work done. It's going in a well insulated basement in a 12x16 room, I hope to leave the basement door open and get some heat upstairs, I'll see how it goes, if it doesn't heat as much as needed upstairs I've got an open fireplace on the main floor I'll do something with. I'm new to wood burning so I'm sure I'll have lot's more questions as time goes on but for now I'm wondering about opinions on the liner. I've got a new masonry chimney with a never used 8x12 flue, 8" thimble for the stove, interior chimney 35 ft. tall. this is a tight well insulated log home. I'd like your opinions on the following:
Should I insulate the 6" flex liner or possibly use spacers instead? I do have a 45 degree offset in the flue, I don't know what that may do to insulation as I pull it through. Do you think I'll need a damper in the stovepipe with a chimney this tall? Is anyone familiar with the Flex King Pro liner, it's more expensive than most, do you think it's worth the money? My thimble isn't centered in the chimney, to center my stove I need to put a 45 in my stovepipe, can this affect stove performance. (the thimble is 4 ft off the floor, it will be a short run) Does the stovepipe collar need to form a tight seal on the clay thimble or does it just sit against it. I built my home from scratch over a 10 year period and my marriage even survived so I feel pretty comfortable doing this myself, the price for stove delivery and installation was about 4-500 dollars so I can't imagine what someone would charge for the liner installation on a 12/12 pitch cedar shake roof. ( 38 squares of shake put on by myself, I wouldn't do it again) I leaned towards a Jotul stove for a long time but really liked the idea of soapstone, I hope I don't regret it. Thanks in advance for the help, this is a great site, I don't know anywhere else that has this much knowledge in one place. I'll post some pictures when I'm up and running, wish me luck!
Linehand
Should I insulate the 6" flex liner or possibly use spacers instead? I do have a 45 degree offset in the flue, I don't know what that may do to insulation as I pull it through. Do you think I'll need a damper in the stovepipe with a chimney this tall? Is anyone familiar with the Flex King Pro liner, it's more expensive than most, do you think it's worth the money? My thimble isn't centered in the chimney, to center my stove I need to put a 45 in my stovepipe, can this affect stove performance. (the thimble is 4 ft off the floor, it will be a short run) Does the stovepipe collar need to form a tight seal on the clay thimble or does it just sit against it. I built my home from scratch over a 10 year period and my marriage even survived so I feel pretty comfortable doing this myself, the price for stove delivery and installation was about 4-500 dollars so I can't imagine what someone would charge for the liner installation on a 12/12 pitch cedar shake roof. ( 38 squares of shake put on by myself, I wouldn't do it again) I leaned towards a Jotul stove for a long time but really liked the idea of soapstone, I hope I don't regret it. Thanks in advance for the help, this is a great site, I don't know anywhere else that has this much knowledge in one place. I'll post some pictures when I'm up and running, wish me luck!
Linehand
