Help making a decision please.

[1870farmhouse]

That's good news. Ideally, it would be better to elevate the new woodstove liner end to 12" above the basement flue. This will help prevent back-siphoning of smoke down the basement flue, which can happen due to negative pressure in the basement.

I mentioned I am covering the covering the basement flue(blocking) with sheet metal or something similar maybe copper. Then the flush mounted chimney cap over both flues. The basement flue is currently stuffed with rockwool insulation at the opening in the basement.

what do you think of the register/closure plate mated into the multi fuel adapter the English guy had going on?

And a photo of the Lopi Sheffield I just got into the house 20 minutes ago roughed into the firebox.

 

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I mentioned I am covering the covering the basement flue(blocking) with sheet metal or something similar maybe copper. Then the flush mounted chimney cap over both flues. The basement flue is currently stuffed with rockwool insulation at the opening in the basement.

A 22ga stainless steel plate could be glued to the top with a good quality adhesive like GE Sililcone II. Or just get a blank stainless top cap.

what do you think of the register/closure plate mated into the multi fuel adapter the English guy had going on?

That's an option.

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And a photo of the Lopi Sheffield I just got into the house 20 minutes ago roughed into the firebox.

Nice, you must be getting excited. Do you have well seasoned firewood for the stove?

 

[1870farmhouse]

A 22ga stainless steel plate could be glued to the top with a good quality adhesive like GE Sililcone II. Or just get a blank stainless top cap.

That's an option.

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Nice, you must be getting excited. Do you have well seasoned firewood for the stove?

Lucky in Pennsylvania(Penn’s Woods) have great variety of hard and soft woods.
In my area hardwoods are black walnut, black cherry, pin oak, white oak, sycamore, tulip popular,
maples, hickory, American beech, American hornbeam.
Personally I like oak, walnut, hickory and maple.

Currently have 2 cords of walnut I purchased at a great rate, $300 for 2 cords delivered in May.
I have a 27 ton country line splitter that does horizontal and vertical splitting.
This summer I took down a huge ash, a pin oak and a red maple that based on a 8x4x4 dimension I got 2.5 cords.
In my township brush/sticks/leaf burning is not allowed so all tree debris must be taken to the township dump. So there are many bucked trees that dump the rounds there, it’s a nature dump only plant matter allowed and each week they use their industrial chipper and excavator to load and break up big pieces.
But now I go through there the day before they chip on Tuesday’s to grab any rounds of hardwood I want so I’ll grab like 6-10 pieces in a couple minutes and dump them at my splitter. I think the 2 cords I bought in May may be the last wood I buy for a long time. I broadly had 3/4 cord of mixed oak/walnut from last winter when the $300 2 cord special was delivered and i havent burned anything yet as my fireplace is currently occupied by the stove and the feedback on how clean my flue clay liner is made me decide not not do any traditional firebox fires as it’s for looks and produces no heat no make it worth making the flue dirty.

I hope the is enough room in the firebox around the stove. I know the firebox is lined with brick and backed by block. Just hope I’m not stuffing it in too tight. I plan on either getting those heat activated fans that sit on the stove top or maybe an electric blower down the road depending on how the heat flows through the house.

Red box is where the stove goes. Each floor is 635sf. The living room is 12x17 and the green mark is where I plan to make the new kitchen door opening as you currently have to walk through the dining room to get to the kitchen. And that will improve air movement/heat to the kitchen.

Yes I am getting excited, probably be ready by Christmas as I have a chimney guy willing to help me at $40/hr and he may get the insulated liner if he gets a better price but I’ve been holding off cause I was under the impression both flues were 6.75x11 and need an oval but now that I confirmed the flue is 11x11” the 6” insulated will fit easily.

So on my shopping list is a
-20’ 6” insulated liner
-block off plate for the basement flue
-6” multi fuel adapter
-blocking plate for the firebox damper
-masonry adhesive silicone
-3” metal corrugated venting for fresh air intake brought in from firebox ash trap to outside air.

 

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This should be a very straight forward install. If the chimney guy has an account with Copperfield or other professional supplier and can get you a medium or heavy weight liner then that can be a good option. Just avoid the sales talk for lightweight 2-ply liners.

Also, watch terminology or you may end up getting something you don't need. The basement flue just needs a top cap or plate to seal it off. The liner for the Sheffield should have a damper area sealing block-off plate.

 

[1870farmhouse]

This should be a very straight forward install. If the chimney guy has an account with Copperfield or other professional supplier and can get you a medium or heavy weight liner then that can be a good option. Just avoid the sales talk for lightweight 2-ply liners.

Also, watch terminology or you may end up getting something you don't need. The basement flue just needs a top cap or plate to seal it off. The liner for the Sheffield should have a damper area sealing block-off plate.

I didn’t understand “The liner for the Sheffield should have a damper area sealing block-off plate.”

 

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A block off plate, up in the fireplace's damper area, will stop the heat from the stove just heading up the chimney and heating the outdoors. The purpose is for the heat to stay in the room. If this was an interior chimney then it would be less important.

Why damper seal is needed, block off plate install

Should fireplace inserts and hearth stoves have a metal sealing plate installed at the damper area? Here is the simple answer. It is almost impossible to correctly seal most insert panels to the fireplace front. A lot of air can get through them - this works both ways.....hurts the draft when...

www.hearth.com

 

[1870farmhouse]

A block off plate, up in the fireplace's damper area, will stop the heat from the stove just heading up the chimney and heating the outdoors. The purpose is for the heat to stay in the room. If this was an interior chimney then it would be less important.

Why damper seal is needed, block off plate install

Should fireplace inserts and hearth stoves have a metal sealing plate installed at the damper area? Here is the simple answer. It is almost impossible to correctly seal most insert panels to the fireplace front. A lot of air can get through them - this works both ways.....hurts the draft when...

www.hearth.com

Great. But the link in that post goes to instructions where the images don’t show. Can you help fix that at all.