Help with Schrader wood stove

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985speed

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Nov 7, 2017
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Sacramento, CA
Hello All.

Found this site and this forum is great. So much good info!

Looking for a bit of help with an old Schrader wood stove I have. It has a rectangle 4" x 12" chimney vent instead of a standard round pipe. This sq.in. area is 48" whereas an 8" circle has 50 sq.in. I am installing this stove in my shop and have questions about what I size chimney piping I should be using. Right now I have a piece of 6" pipe welded to the back of it but this round has a sq.in of only 28". It burns good and hot now but it's only got a few feet of chimney on it. Once properly installed, I am going to have about 12' of vertical pipe inside before I cut through the side and add a stack. With this much vertical right off the back of the stove, do you think I should run 6" or 8" chimney?

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Thanks!
JB
 
8"
 
Agree on 8", and I would not make the transition like that. Too restrictive.