Hi I'm wondering if an exterior chimney run like this is allowed/feasible/realistic. I'd like to add a wood stove to our basement (strike 1). We already have an electric fireplace in the living room as wife didn't want wood in there this time. So putting a wood stove in the same room as an electric is kinda dumb. I know I won't get a whole lot of heat upstairs but downstairs gets cold too and this should help a bit plus give us back up heat if/when the power goes out. We are currently all electric (strike 2).
The diagram is the only realistic place to run the chimney short of going straight up into the 3 season deck which I don't really want to do. Thus the ~8' diagonal. I do plan to add an outside air kit as the house is fairly new and probably fairly tight. Question is how well will the pull be if I have to run the pipe like this? I would guess the entire rise from the top of the stove would be 20+ feet. I like the idea of a 30 degree wall pass through to eliminate 90s. This would leave a 30 at the stove, 30 to start the horizontal, 30 to start the vertical. Need a cleanout or 2 in there too, right? Basement and first floor ceiling are 9 feet. Figured I'd ask here for objective answers vs "yes you can" from dealer. Thanks!
The diagram is the only realistic place to run the chimney short of going straight up into the 3 season deck which I don't really want to do. Thus the ~8' diagonal. I do plan to add an outside air kit as the house is fairly new and probably fairly tight. Question is how well will the pull be if I have to run the pipe like this? I would guess the entire rise from the top of the stove would be 20+ feet. I like the idea of a 30 degree wall pass through to eliminate 90s. This would leave a 30 at the stove, 30 to start the horizontal, 30 to start the vertical. Need a cleanout or 2 in there too, right? Basement and first floor ceiling are 9 feet. Figured I'd ask here for objective answers vs "yes you can" from dealer. Thanks!
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