Hey 👋 I'm new to wood stoves and the house I just bought has a vertical pipe that goes thru the house and out the roof. The problem I got is that it's too close to the basement wall to add insulation and wall. Can I put a 45 in the ceiling burn box and get it away from the wall or should I just leave 18 inches on that wall unfinished and build around it. Or what other options do I have?
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Thru vertical exhaust pipe too close to basement wall to add insulation
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Remove the single-wall stove pipe. Use double-wall stove pipe instead and it will be ok, as long as the stove clearance requirements are also within spec. Double-walled stove pipe has a 6" clearance requirement.
Will the foam board get sheetrock covered?
Will the foam board get sheetrock covered?
The plan is to put drywall up but if I put the 2x4 wall up it will be 3 inches into the round shroud that is attached to the fire box
Whitenuckler
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If you cut off 3.5 inches how much will be left of the ring? You should figure out how you are finishing the ceiling too.
The paper on the drywall becomes the nearest combustible in that case.
One option is to eliminate the insulation in that area. Another would be to replace the foam insulation with sheet micore or roxul (mineral board) insulation, then anchor cement board on top. The cement board can be painted, stuccoed, tiled, stone veneered, etc. Or cover the safe insulation with sheet metal, which can be plain, stainless, aluminum, etc.
brenndatomu
Minister of Fire
Whitenuckler
Minister of Fire
The problem with that is that it is thick. If that area could be a 4 ft section of 2x3 wall and cement board or Hardiboard he could gain space.
If that Micore 300 has insulation properties, then that would be thin. For the amount of uninsulated wall that would be left he could probably just skip that area and mount cement board right on the wall?
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