stove pipe install

[alfrehner]

Hi, I have a question about putting a wood stove in my basement. I have a masonry chimney that has two different flues, one for my insert upstairs and this other one that goes down to the basement. It has a 6 inch hole coming into the basement from the flue through the concrete wall that will fit a single wall 6 inch pipe. My problem is that the top of the hole is only 6-7 inches from the finished ceiling, and I think you have to have 18 inches on single wall right? Any suggestions on what I might use to make this work. Thanks.

 

[begreen]

Welcome. Now why on earth did they do that? One option would be to seal up that hole and set another one at 2 ft below the ceiling. Or maybe you could connect it with double wall pipe and put a ceiling shield up over the entire length of the pipe?

 

[fossil]

That's kind of a toughie. How much pipe would have to be right up there parallel to the ceiling? I wonder if there's a way you could come right out of that thimble with a 45 or a 90 and get the pipe headed down away from the ceiling? Won't really solve the whole problem, though. H-m-m-m. Could you post a pic of the existing penetration into the chimney in the basement that we're talking about? Rick

 

[alfrehner]

thanks for the input thus far. I thought about the double wall pipe, but I wasn't sure about the clearances for it, and if it connects to the single wall pipe. I don't think I will have to have much pipe sticking out as I will be putting the stove right within a few inches of the concrete wall. I don't think I want to cut another hole into the wall, but thanks for the suggestion. I think the reason the holw was put there was because it originally serviced a gas furnace when the house was built 30 years ago, but since it has been added onto and the furnace was put in a more central location, and this hole was stuffed with rags and a finishing wall was put up over it.

 

[LLigetfa]

As suggested, use doublewall, a 45, and a heat shield.