wood stove on 2nd floor of house

[szumbrun]

Is it possible to have a stove on the second floor of a house, given that, for proper draft, a chimney needs to be around 14' tall min.?
It would look so goofy having this obscenely long chimney shooting out of the top of the roof.

 

[rustynut]

sz,
Thats not really that tall when you stack off the stove.
Mine is 14, and 5 or 6 off the stove with 2-4 foot sections thru the roof from there.
2,4 - 10 rule with a shallow roof and i'm only about 5 ft tall.
rn

 

[szumbrun]

So 14' includes the stove pipe? I guess I assumed that The 14' was in addition to the stove pipe for some reason.
Thanks.
S

 

[Backwoods Savage]

Yes, you got let off the hook a bit there huh. lol Measure from the stove but if there are any elbows, you need to add from 2-4' onto the height of the chimney. That said, you sometimes can get along with less. Mine is not 13' and we get along just fine.

 

[firefighterjake]

Hehheh . . . you're right . . . it would look goofy having a 14 foot chimney sticking off a house . . . as mentioned the measurement starts once you leave the stove outlet.