Hi, I'm just building a small house with a 14:12 pitch gable roof. The floor layout is pretty much fixed at this point, with the woodstove going in a corner of the house. To get my two feet above a ridgeline within 10 feet, I'm going to have to extend the stove pipe 2 feet above the actual house ridge line. There is a half-story / living space loft above the woodstove with a sloping ceiling...ie there is no attic space.
Would it be best to...
1) Run the pipe straight up from the stove? This leaves me with an awkward, long stack of something like fifteen feet above the roof. Might be hard to guy and support, and it's also going to be cold which could cause creosote / poor draft etc..
2) run the pipe straight up to the loft space and then angle it below the insulated ceiling to exit closer to the ridge line? this keeps the pipe warm and gives a less tottering stack outside..but now i've got two bends in the pipe, will they be a real nuisance to clean or restrict the draft too much?
thanks for any thoughts
Would it be best to...
1) Run the pipe straight up from the stove? This leaves me with an awkward, long stack of something like fifteen feet above the roof. Might be hard to guy and support, and it's also going to be cold which could cause creosote / poor draft etc..
2) run the pipe straight up to the loft space and then angle it below the insulated ceiling to exit closer to the ridge line? this keeps the pipe warm and gives a less tottering stack outside..but now i've got two bends in the pipe, will they be a real nuisance to clean or restrict the draft too much?
thanks for any thoughts