Hello,
I've just finished building a very small cabin (16x16) with a mono-pitch, shed-style roof. The whole time I was building the cabin, I had planned to install a wood stove in the back corner of the cabin, with the chimney going straight up through the roof. This would put the chimney on the very low end of this shed-style roof.
Of course, when I got around to buying the stovepipe I realized that this is inadvisable, because of the risk of snow avalanche knocking the chimney off. Unfortunately, moving the stove to the front end of the house would drastically change the floor plan. It's doable, but it would mean that a stovepipe would go straight up through the loft where the bedroom is supposed to be, taking up a sizeable chunk of the only standing room available in this very small loft.
I am now in an argument with my boyfriend about the placement of the stove. He thinks we should move it to the opposite end, close to the peak. I think that we should install it at the low end, with a strong brace and a large metal snow diverter directly above it.
What would you guys do?
Has anyone installed a snow diverter that failed to protect the chimney? Or do they tend to work alright?
I'm in Maine in a pretty high snow load area, although it's coastal so it's not quite in the "snow belt." But storms are definitely a possibility.
It's a 4/12 pitch metal roof.
Any advice would be appreciated! I feel silly for not thinking of this in the planning stage, but I've lived in apartments most of my life so I haven't given roofs much thought before this.
I've just finished building a very small cabin (16x16) with a mono-pitch, shed-style roof. The whole time I was building the cabin, I had planned to install a wood stove in the back corner of the cabin, with the chimney going straight up through the roof. This would put the chimney on the very low end of this shed-style roof.
Of course, when I got around to buying the stovepipe I realized that this is inadvisable, because of the risk of snow avalanche knocking the chimney off. Unfortunately, moving the stove to the front end of the house would drastically change the floor plan. It's doable, but it would mean that a stovepipe would go straight up through the loft where the bedroom is supposed to be, taking up a sizeable chunk of the only standing room available in this very small loft.
I am now in an argument with my boyfriend about the placement of the stove. He thinks we should move it to the opposite end, close to the peak. I think that we should install it at the low end, with a strong brace and a large metal snow diverter directly above it.
What would you guys do?
Has anyone installed a snow diverter that failed to protect the chimney? Or do they tend to work alright?
I'm in Maine in a pretty high snow load area, although it's coastal so it's not quite in the "snow belt." But storms are definitely a possibility.
It's a 4/12 pitch metal roof.
Any advice would be appreciated! I feel silly for not thinking of this in the planning stage, but I've lived in apartments most of my life so I haven't given roofs much thought before this.
