Hi,
I've been around the pellet sections of the forum, and am doing my best to switch to the wood sections, which is why I'm coming here with a knotty problem...
I own an old house with some odd features; the first thing I did upon buying the place was line the chimneys, all of which had major creosote-bleeding problems. The catch: I wasn't around for the work; my then-significant other was, and his eye for detail was not what we'll call impressive. Upon my arrival, I discovered that the kitchen chimney had been lined with a 4-inch flexible stainless liner--because 1) the mason said he couldn't fit a 6, and 2) the husband wanted a pellet stove there anyway.
Fast forward several years and both husband and pellet stove are out. I want wood, but I'm trying to figure out how on earth I can get a wood stove hooked up in this 4-inch liner wreck of an old brick chimney. Is it possible to run an old (read: not air-tight) stove into this liner and still have it draw? Is the temperature rating likely to be different? I know no one can give me a green light here or a guarantee that my schemes are going to pan out, but I've spent most of the afternoon disconnecting the pellet piece of junk and trying to sort out the liner situation, and I'm at a loss. If I need to reline how is that done? Is a 5-inch liner possible? Is the worst case scenario a smoky kitchen stove? Or a melted chimney liner/fire? Help!
I've been around the pellet sections of the forum, and am doing my best to switch to the wood sections, which is why I'm coming here with a knotty problem...
I own an old house with some odd features; the first thing I did upon buying the place was line the chimneys, all of which had major creosote-bleeding problems. The catch: I wasn't around for the work; my then-significant other was, and his eye for detail was not what we'll call impressive. Upon my arrival, I discovered that the kitchen chimney had been lined with a 4-inch flexible stainless liner--because 1) the mason said he couldn't fit a 6, and 2) the husband wanted a pellet stove there anyway.
Fast forward several years and both husband and pellet stove are out. I want wood, but I'm trying to figure out how on earth I can get a wood stove hooked up in this 4-inch liner wreck of an old brick chimney. Is it possible to run an old (read: not air-tight) stove into this liner and still have it draw? Is the temperature rating likely to be different? I know no one can give me a green light here or a guarantee that my schemes are going to pan out, but I've spent most of the afternoon disconnecting the pellet piece of junk and trying to sort out the liner situation, and I'm at a loss. If I need to reline how is that done? Is a 5-inch liner possible? Is the worst case scenario a smoky kitchen stove? Or a melted chimney liner/fire? Help!
