My stove recommends a 15 foot chimney at sea level. I'm at 3300 feet. It's 6 inch chimney. 5 feet single wall to ceiling, 5 feet class A throught attic, class A above roof. 17 feet OK?
Chimney height for my altitude
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It may be fine. Double-wall stove pipe would help keep the flue gases hotter which would help draft a little.
The stove manual seems to recommend single wall connector pipe. In fact where it says double wall the manual says "N/A".
Your stove manual should list the recommended flue height. If it only does so at sea level, I suggest to add 1.5-2 ft to that for an elevation of 3300 ft.
If you don't have elbows or horizontal runs, 17 ft seems right then.
If you don't have elbows or horizontal runs, 17 ft seems right then.
What stove? Sometimes they don't list double-wall because they didn't test with it.
This is the stove manual. I noticed it does not say sea level. It says they require at least 15 feet.
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