Info needed ...fireplace to wood stove conversion

[brewmaster15]

Hi all,
Looking for some info here on the best way to go about installing a wood stove to an older fireplace/chimney... I have a wood stove in the basement thats piped... and want to add one to the living room fireplace... This fireplace has cast iron Damper that really rusted out so I'll be removing it... ... The chimney itself is in fine shape.... it looks to be an 8 inch flue lined with clay/ceramic. The hearth will be adequate for me to place the woodstove into the opening....haven't really decided on what model yet...but I may wind up moving my dutchwest (it'll fit well) up there and putting a wood/coal supplimental furnace in the basement.

If I put in a woodstove in this fireplace...... How far up the Chimney should I run the vent pipe? when I do so... should I fabricate a baffle/shield around the pipe with sheet metal where that damper was?

What have you done in these situations? Would you or did you run the vent to a liner all the way up the chimney?

Any advice /experience welcome here... I've never put a wood stove into a fireplace...always used pipe...

Thanks,
al

 

[smokinj]

If I put in a woodstove in this fireplace...... How far up the Chimney should I run the vent pipe? when I do so… should I fabricate a baffle/shield around the pipe with sheet metal where that damper was?

What have you done in these situations? Would you or did you run the vent to a liner all the way up the chimney?

yes run it all the way up!

 

[begreen]

You will get better draft and a much easier to clean flue if you line it all the way to the top, especially if this is an exterior chimney.

 

[bluefrier]

brewmaster, you are on the right track.
Run a stainless steel liner to the top of the chimney and frabricate a block-off plate for the damper area.

 

[unit40]

I have a stove in the basement piped into the chimney with a thimble. But my livingroom stove is in the firplace too. I replaced the stove that was in there with a Jotul 3CB. But my stainless flex only runs up past the first tiles. I also used sheetmetal to seal around the pipe where it runs through the damper. My manual says that my pipe is OK, since I used what was already there and not really knowing much about woodstoves. I have a central chimney in my saltbox. I was wondering what the pros and cons are for having a short pipe of the stove, and how important it really is to run a liner the whole lenght. Is it worth the expense or am i OK with it?