Hi everyone, first time posting here, and new user. I've done a fairly exhausting search on my specific questions and have learned a lot, but I want to get some opinions from the pros.
I want to install the wood stove in the basement of a single story (bungalow) house. I essentially have three options. Well, one of them might not be an option.
The first - drill a hole in the concrete and have the chimney run outside and along the house (you see this often).
The second - run the stovepipe/chimney into the second floor and up to the ceiling of the main floor, and then 90 degrees outside (like option one, but not in basement) and then up outside the house. The reason I'm entertaining this option is, because I can much more easily run the pipe outside the main floor wall (wood construction) versus me fighting and probably messing up drilling a hole in concrete. But is this option allowed? I can't see why not...but I think the reason people go out basement walls is to not have to have the pipe go through the house...which leads me to option 3.
The third - run the pipe into the second floor straight up, and then out the roof straight up. I would assume people will suggest this option, if I'm going to run the pipe into the main floor anyway. BUT - my roof, has a cathedral ceiling, but is not a standard cathedral celing - it's a scissor truss, which I've had low success finding what people do in this situation.
I like option 2, only because then I'm not messing with my ceiling/roof/insulation and/or scissor truss situation etc. It'll still go through the soffit and roof, but not through the insulated envelope. I don't really have the means to go through the concrete.
Anyway, what does everyone think...are there rules for going into the second story (main floor) and THEN outside, rather than through the basement wall? Thanks everyone.
I want to install the wood stove in the basement of a single story (bungalow) house. I essentially have three options. Well, one of them might not be an option.
The first - drill a hole in the concrete and have the chimney run outside and along the house (you see this often).
The second - run the stovepipe/chimney into the second floor and up to the ceiling of the main floor, and then 90 degrees outside (like option one, but not in basement) and then up outside the house. The reason I'm entertaining this option is, because I can much more easily run the pipe outside the main floor wall (wood construction) versus me fighting and probably messing up drilling a hole in concrete. But is this option allowed? I can't see why not...but I think the reason people go out basement walls is to not have to have the pipe go through the house...which leads me to option 3.
The third - run the pipe into the second floor straight up, and then out the roof straight up. I would assume people will suggest this option, if I'm going to run the pipe into the main floor anyway. BUT - my roof, has a cathedral ceiling, but is not a standard cathedral celing - it's a scissor truss, which I've had low success finding what people do in this situation.
I like option 2, only because then I'm not messing with my ceiling/roof/insulation and/or scissor truss situation etc. It'll still go through the soffit and roof, but not through the insulated envelope. I don't really have the means to go through the concrete.
Anyway, what does everyone think...are there rules for going into the second story (main floor) and THEN outside, rather than through the basement wall? Thanks everyone.
