Anyone venting their pellet stove into masonry chimney?

[bcarton]

I had a conversation with our building inspector today, who told me that his inspection for wood our pellet stoves is based the stove's installation manual; if the stove is installed per the manual, it's good to go.

I have a masonry chimney with a wood stove attached. It's line with clay tiles, and it's pretty small - inside dimension is 6.75" square. If I decide to go with a pellet stove, I had planned to run probably a 4" liner down the old flue to attach the stove. the flue is relatively short, about 12-13' from where the wood stove connects to the flue.

One of the stove options that I'm considering is the Eco-Choice CAB50. According to its installation manual, you can connect the stove to the masonry chimney. using 6" stovepipe off the vertical 3 to 6 Inch Offset Adapter. The manual does NOT show attaching the stove to a pipe inside an existing masonry flue.

Has anyone tried using this type of connection? I'm game to give it a try, but I'm a little concerned that the inspector might not approve if I decided to install the liner later, as it's not an option shown in the manual. I've learned not to expect reason to drive decision making.

 

[Acadian Pellets]

I have a pellet fireplace insert for 13 years now. I removed the flue door and had a metal plate made with a 4" adaptor pipe through it. Twice a year I remove the plate to clean the ash. The only thing I would do is put a chimney cap to keep the rain out. Otherwise I have no problem with the clay liner.

I did this before you had to get a permit for pellet stoves. Since then I went to town hall and had the stove inspected/permitted and it passed. I did it for insurance reasons.

All the Best