Raising thimble?

[tomcon95]

I just bought this house a few months back and the previous owner took the wood stove with him. I decided i want to heat the house with just wood from here on out so i bought a ht2000 which brings me to a "little" issue my thimble is lower than my stove and need to raise it. The chimney was put in after the house was built and is just a pipe in a plywood box. Im guessing a triple insulated pipe with a T at the bottom. I would like to raise the thimble 1', maybe 1.5'. How can i go about this withlut spending thousands?

 

[sprawlnstall]

It looks like you may need to raise it more than a 1.5 feet. Maybe someone knows the exact specs but 2.5-3 feet is usually needed from the stove to the wall thimble/chimney. Your wall thimble and stove look to be nearly equal in height. What type of stove did the previous owner have?

 

[tomcon95]

Honestly im not sure. We bought the house from brokers who bought it at auction from foreclosure so we never met the owners and they sold a good amount of things. I have no problem raising it that much.

 

[bholler]

I agree i would raise it a few feet. Raisi g it could be done by climbing down in from the top. But it will probably be easier to open up the chase to get access

 

[begreen]

Looks like you are already in the chase in order to take pictures. How long are the chimney lengths in the chase? Can you just remove a length and accept that as the height of the thimble? That would be the least expensive route.

 

[tomcon95]

Im not too sure to be honest. Ive been too vusy the last few night to mess with it. I got the pictures from the small hole above the t connection. If i had to guess the bottom pipe goe to almost the ceiling. Maybe just a little lower. If i raised it that tall then would i have to add something to the ceiling to help block the heat?

 

[begreen]

bholler's right, you'll need to get into the chase to make changes. Then you should be able to raise the chimney up 2-3 ft., then rebrace, and lower the storm collar back down to the top of the flashing.