Chimney question

[jjstarbuckle]

I got an englander 13 and my ss chimney is just at 14ft the man says 15ft min. Was wondering if the extra foot would make that big of a diff I can't add three feet it would be 10ft sticking out of the roof. But if the one foot will make a diff I can add 18in on what you think? Thx

 

[bholler]

is that 14 feet of chimney or 14 feet from the stove?

 

[jjstarbuckle]

Sorry 14ft of chimney my bad

 

[BrotherBart]

It needs to be fifteen feet, from the floor the stove is sitting on to the sky. If you have fourteen feet of chimney pipe you are good to go.

 

[begreen]

Might be all right if the chimney portion is 14 ft. How is the stove connected? How much pipe and how many elbows?

 

[jjstarbuckle]

BB it's 14ft from the floor. The man says 15ft from the floor to top of chimney. The stove is little over 2ft tall so I got around 11-12 ft of actual pipe I'd say. And it's straight out the ceiling no elbows

 

[BrotherBart]

Not good. But it is what it is. I would burn in it as is and see how it goes and add the 18" if you have a draft problem. Chimneys aren't an exact science. That is just what they were tested with.

Now if you are on top of a mountain in "West By God" then you are gonna have a problem because of altitude.

 

[jjstarbuckle]

Haha I am in west by god virginia but not on a mountain or anything I'm in the western part by parkersburg wv. Is there anything to improve draft?

 

[BrotherBart]

Only thing that drives draft is pipe size and height. Burn a few in it and see how it goes. If it doesn't draft well then add the piece of pipe. I am big on not solving problems you don't have yet.

 

[jjstarbuckle]

I'm with you on not fixing if not need be. I had a little fire the other night it was 46 out side and I burnt some pallet wood and when shut the door the fire died down some but it wasn't a big fire when it gets cold like that again I'll try it but go bigger see what happens