Hello everyone,
I just moved into my house a few months ago and the first thing I wanted to improve was the old wood stove. The house was built in 1936 and the last owner installed a new stove in 1986. I bought a new EPA stove last week. My question is: the single walled black pipe coming out of the wall is about 3 to 4 inches from the wall. This worried me when I first moved in but now that I am installing a new stove I'm worried that this stove will burn hotter causing a issue to arise. The wall has some sort of fake brick on it and the sheet rock behind it is gray. I was considering switching to double walled piping but that is recommended to 6 inches and I know I don't have that to work with.
Thank you all in advance for what ever suggestions you can give.
I just moved into my house a few months ago and the first thing I wanted to improve was the old wood stove. The house was built in 1936 and the last owner installed a new stove in 1986. I bought a new EPA stove last week. My question is: the single walled black pipe coming out of the wall is about 3 to 4 inches from the wall. This worried me when I first moved in but now that I am installing a new stove I'm worried that this stove will burn hotter causing a issue to arise. The wall has some sort of fake brick on it and the sheet rock behind it is gray. I was considering switching to double walled piping but that is recommended to 6 inches and I know I don't have that to work with.
Thank you all in advance for what ever suggestions you can give.