I have a Woodstock Keystone wood stove in my insulated finished basement that is currently against an exterior wall. I'd like to move it to the middle of the space to more evenly heat the home and am wondering about the best way to bring in fresh air ducting. I can't run anything through the existing floor slab since I don't want to chisel out a large channel in the slab and it would be too low to the ground on the exterior anyway.
Has anyone brought in fresh air from above? I'm considering bringing in a duct through a floor joist channel from the rim joist to above the stove and then ducting down parallel with the chimney pipe to the floor where I can direct connect to the stove. Another option would be to not direct connect but simply terminate the duct with a hole at the ceiling and install a cape backdraft damper at the exterior wall/rim joist (works as low as 4 pascals) to prevent air leakage.
Any insights or experience of others would be most helpful!
Has anyone brought in fresh air from above? I'm considering bringing in a duct through a floor joist channel from the rim joist to above the stove and then ducting down parallel with the chimney pipe to the floor where I can direct connect to the stove. Another option would be to not direct connect but simply terminate the duct with a hole at the ceiling and install a cape backdraft damper at the exterior wall/rim joist (works as low as 4 pascals) to prevent air leakage.
Any insights or experience of others would be most helpful!
