Wood heater/chimney

[Kezza]

Hi all, am hoping for some opinions. Looking at purchasing a home that was built approx 1980, it was originally built with open fire in loungeroom and some kind of wood burner stove in kitchen both back to back connecting to brick chimney. At present it has just the alcove in kitchen after Reno's and a electric oven there, in loungeroom there was a free standing wood heater ,possibly around or just prior to 2017, inserted to where open fire was. Two story home. Brick chimney on roof has four pieces sticking out one I believe is the flu for the current wood heater and the other three are from previous, I don't believe any checks etc have been done for years. On second story in a closet brick chimney is there with missing bricks. On level one at wood heater I stuck my phone in to try to get photo of set up and it appears to have asbestos I reckon sectioning off the chimney with the flu pipe going up through it to the roof, it's broken hanging down and it looks like like have a white laminated stick of chipboard standing from top of wood heater to asbestos supporting the asbestos from falling down, it's disturbing to say the least Even the door of wood heater appears to have no rope seal in bottom half of glass in door. But I'm more concerned about the set up. Looking at the top of chimney from outside the home the size of the top of the flue is much smaller in circumference to to actual flue pipe that starts at top of wood heater, have they connected half way up a smaller flue pipe to the larger one? I was just hoping for some opinions , I am planning to get a pro out to do a complete check and report but just wondering how dodged this all is looking , thankyou so much for your time

 

[Whitenuckler]

Yes, you need to get a qualified inspector out there. You could get an insert (wood or pellet). That wood stove could be used elsewhere
if it can pass inspection.

 

[begreen]

Might just be an optical illusion. 6" stove liner looks small from a distance when compared to a massive chimney. Getting pro eyes on the scene to check it out is a good plan. If the goal is to heat with wood, the stove will need dry, fully seasoned firewood.