Hello, I hope all are feeling well. This is a follow up to my other threads on the process of finding and understanding chimney and stove installation.
Husband wants to install a wood stove for emergency heating in our old smallish farm house.
Explain to me the anatomy of a wood burning stove chimney, and hear me complain a little.
I have the new chimney in place that includes the insulated flexible 316Ti liner, a double walled chimney up top with cap and all the needs to integrate into the roof. This all went through the old brick chimney. I will have double walled stove pipe installed to the thimble. The stove will sit on a piece of countertop material. I have 4 pallets of old scrape stone on the farm that I scavenged 5 years ago. The picture shows it sitting on a collection of scrapes, but I am not happy with this arrangement, and have found a large one piece of soapstone that I will have brought in to use instead if I choose. The other option is to just use the small scrape that is there, but have no margin of stone around the front or sides, for a "look". The floor is concrete and no stone is needed, really.
old chimney, looking up:
![YOjUmk+eR5aHJADoqV1h1g.jpg YOjUmk+eR5aHJADoqV1h1g.jpg](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/258/258747-a367b5d33ba49d60ee31f5edf58ad8d5.jpg)
New:
![GZWAqcUKRmCKlgVBQkKQXA.jpg GZWAqcUKRmCKlgVBQkKQXA.jpg](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/258/258753-1087943267ca7acc52f7c14d7ac278e9.jpg)
![6pgnT1zEQNKdQ+v7VVT4XA.jpg 6pgnT1zEQNKdQ+v7VVT4XA.jpg](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/258/258752-d52fafcc025d493d401b9314ebeab11b.jpg)
![nCYFl1OBSLCWmnXgAoeJtg.jpg nCYFl1OBSLCWmnXgAoeJtg.jpg](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/258/258751-61f16a24ed666600b9d9eb9e2c952833.jpg)
![bcmhZgfeRHabpo6qvzQfVg.jpg bcmhZgfeRHabpo6qvzQfVg.jpg](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/258/258749-aec1c27aa974610856bf3eced7c8bf6d.jpg)
![eDBQdL30SJC8KUzwgrhGPQ.jpg eDBQdL30SJC8KUzwgrhGPQ.jpg](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/258/258750-ab7dde22f8ad7baa8be404750dad915a.jpg)
![OaZAZ3yiShW5Szbnp8Pe2g.jpg OaZAZ3yiShW5Szbnp8Pe2g.jpg](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/258/258748-f65cceecee45e63e3319a08a4a26169e.jpg)
Pretty level in all 4 directions:
![IS4YaFdsT96xQJFdnfTSZQ.jpg IS4YaFdsT96xQJFdnfTSZQ.jpg](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/258/258754-c11c3f199dae02d4e42849acace4f401.jpg)
I can't tell you how many people (well not that many people have seen it), tell me I could have just used the chimney as it was. Then I explain that it is best to have a liner, and insulated, for the whole enclosed system. I tell them the the old brick is leaky for CO, and that the old chimney was class B, which isn't appropriate for solid fuel.
I still don't totally know the best explanation to give to others who make comments about using the old chimney as it was. Could someone provide me with a quick couple sentences that I can give to others to explain?
Husband wants to install a wood stove for emergency heating in our old smallish farm house.
Explain to me the anatomy of a wood burning stove chimney, and hear me complain a little.
I have the new chimney in place that includes the insulated flexible 316Ti liner, a double walled chimney up top with cap and all the needs to integrate into the roof. This all went through the old brick chimney. I will have double walled stove pipe installed to the thimble. The stove will sit on a piece of countertop material. I have 4 pallets of old scrape stone on the farm that I scavenged 5 years ago. The picture shows it sitting on a collection of scrapes, but I am not happy with this arrangement, and have found a large one piece of soapstone that I will have brought in to use instead if I choose. The other option is to just use the small scrape that is there, but have no margin of stone around the front or sides, for a "look". The floor is concrete and no stone is needed, really.
old chimney, looking up:
![YOjUmk+eR5aHJADoqV1h1g.jpg YOjUmk+eR5aHJADoqV1h1g.jpg](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/258/258747-a367b5d33ba49d60ee31f5edf58ad8d5.jpg)
New:
![GZWAqcUKRmCKlgVBQkKQXA.jpg GZWAqcUKRmCKlgVBQkKQXA.jpg](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/258/258753-1087943267ca7acc52f7c14d7ac278e9.jpg)
![6pgnT1zEQNKdQ+v7VVT4XA.jpg 6pgnT1zEQNKdQ+v7VVT4XA.jpg](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/258/258752-d52fafcc025d493d401b9314ebeab11b.jpg)
![nCYFl1OBSLCWmnXgAoeJtg.jpg nCYFl1OBSLCWmnXgAoeJtg.jpg](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/258/258751-61f16a24ed666600b9d9eb9e2c952833.jpg)
![bcmhZgfeRHabpo6qvzQfVg.jpg bcmhZgfeRHabpo6qvzQfVg.jpg](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/258/258749-aec1c27aa974610856bf3eced7c8bf6d.jpg)
![eDBQdL30SJC8KUzwgrhGPQ.jpg eDBQdL30SJC8KUzwgrhGPQ.jpg](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/258/258750-ab7dde22f8ad7baa8be404750dad915a.jpg)
![OaZAZ3yiShW5Szbnp8Pe2g.jpg OaZAZ3yiShW5Szbnp8Pe2g.jpg](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/258/258748-f65cceecee45e63e3319a08a4a26169e.jpg)
Pretty level in all 4 directions:
![IS4YaFdsT96xQJFdnfTSZQ.jpg IS4YaFdsT96xQJFdnfTSZQ.jpg](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/258/258754-c11c3f199dae02d4e42849acace4f401.jpg)
I can't tell you how many people (well not that many people have seen it), tell me I could have just used the chimney as it was. Then I explain that it is best to have a liner, and insulated, for the whole enclosed system. I tell them the the old brick is leaky for CO, and that the old chimney was class B, which isn't appropriate for solid fuel.
I still don't totally know the best explanation to give to others who make comments about using the old chimney as it was. Could someone provide me with a quick couple sentences that I can give to others to explain?
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