Ok so I just bought a home built in 1954. The home was designed with a masonry chimney with a concrete? (Feels like molded concrete) someone may know more about materials used at that time to update this I've had a chimney inspection and i have 1 small 2in area that needs to be patched on inside but that will be completed professionally. I just bought a used haughs wood stove I believe they were sold at sears but it says mfg in Canada on 08/90. But it is EPA certified with the clearances listed on back. This is my questions...
1) so far we have not found a clean out (assuming they used the thimble access for this) But if we run stove pipe into the chimney it has to end and be sealed with sheet metal & cement at the bottom of flue which is about 1.5 feet above thimble. How would we do this without cutting into side of chimney to gain access? Is there something specific all made for this? Surely there is since I see this being an issue for everyone.
2) If there is no way to cement that at the bottom of the flue since I have a masonary chimney that is ran thru the wall/ ceiling and not on the exterior, and is almost at the highest point of roof so it only has about 2-3 feet above roof and has 6 inches of masonary on each wall and is also lined with a clay liner would it be safe/possible to continue single wall stove pipe to top of chimney or even double wall stove pipe?
3. We are putting this in a corner that was designed for stove in our hallway we plan to put the sheet metal with brick covering it (so we can reduce clearance) does anyone know what the clearances of single & double wall stove pipe with this protection is?
4. I have heard conflicting information on this. The clearances on my stove without protection are as low as 14.5 inches in back and 22 sides because it has a built in heat shield on back. The wall protection I'm using gives me a 67% reduction which puts it at 4.83" in back and 7.33" sides. A) I heard that wall protection reduces clearance by 67% to a minimum clearance of 12". Is there really a minimum clearance or can I just go by original clearance reduced by 67%? B) Are these clearances to the protection or to the combustible wall behind it?
I'm sorry I have so many questions every contracted I have contacted told me that he would figure everything up when they started the job but they cannot tell me how I can do it (understandable). We just bought this house when the heat went out and we are pretty much broke and need to do this as cheap as we can while following codes/safety precautions and paying someone $1000s to do something we can do if I can just figure these things out is just not possible.
1) so far we have not found a clean out (assuming they used the thimble access for this) But if we run stove pipe into the chimney it has to end and be sealed with sheet metal & cement at the bottom of flue which is about 1.5 feet above thimble. How would we do this without cutting into side of chimney to gain access? Is there something specific all made for this? Surely there is since I see this being an issue for everyone.
2) If there is no way to cement that at the bottom of the flue since I have a masonary chimney that is ran thru the wall/ ceiling and not on the exterior, and is almost at the highest point of roof so it only has about 2-3 feet above roof and has 6 inches of masonary on each wall and is also lined with a clay liner would it be safe/possible to continue single wall stove pipe to top of chimney or even double wall stove pipe?
3. We are putting this in a corner that was designed for stove in our hallway we plan to put the sheet metal with brick covering it (so we can reduce clearance) does anyone know what the clearances of single & double wall stove pipe with this protection is?
4. I have heard conflicting information on this. The clearances on my stove without protection are as low as 14.5 inches in back and 22 sides because it has a built in heat shield on back. The wall protection I'm using gives me a 67% reduction which puts it at 4.83" in back and 7.33" sides. A) I heard that wall protection reduces clearance by 67% to a minimum clearance of 12". Is there really a minimum clearance or can I just go by original clearance reduced by 67%? B) Are these clearances to the protection or to the combustible wall behind it?
I'm sorry I have so many questions every contracted I have contacted told me that he would figure everything up when they started the job but they cannot tell me how I can do it (understandable). We just bought this house when the heat went out and we are pretty much broke and need to do this as cheap as we can while following codes/safety precautions and paying someone $1000s to do something we can do if I can just figure these things out is just not possible.
