Followup to design/location of stove within new kitchen addition

[ecfinn]

Hi again all,

Been away working on the design/plans/budget for my new addition I'm planning. I previously posted my questions in January in this thread.

https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/33632/

Since then we've redesigned the kitchen so the new stove/chimney are much more centrally located and less problematic from a location standpoint. The redesign also helped us in a number of other areas so it wasn't just done for the stove. I think this is the design we're going to go with but I wanted some input on the new design and whether or not this would be a more suitable location for the stove and for the chimney?

Thanks,

Eric Finn

 

[begreen]

That's a bit better. I'd be a little concerned about the proximity of the barstool in front of the stove. That is where maximum radiant energy occurs in many stoves. Also, no stove is going to go directly against the wall. Be sure to know what stove is going there and give the architect the actual stove and hearth dimensions and clearance requirements. Did you play with the idea of creating an alcove with a wall bump out at the stove location? That would increase clearances from nearby seats. Otherwise I would stick with convector stoves with low steady output like the smaller Woodstock soapstones.