Wood Stove - Nestor Martin R33 - Connect to existing Chimney- advise needed

[mellow]

How tall is your fireplace opening?

 

[Franktea]

According to the fie total height of prefab box is 42.5; opening is 20.5. Lets say that's 31 inches from bottom of prefab box to top of opening. My fireplace is raised of the floor 11 inches so 41 inches from floor to top of fireplace opening would be a safe number.

Wood stove height is 31¾”

 

[mellow]

Do you need to get a permit for this? According to this thread it is a maybe: https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/obtaining-permit-for-wood-stove-long-island-ny.72207/

 

[Franktea]

Interesting; my insurance has very simple guidelines; I check with the town, thanks for that!

 

[mellow]

If you need a permit you will need to install this to pass inspection, which will probably be a full liner top to bottom and the clearance in front of the stove.

I can say that a 90 straight out of the top of a stove usually hampers draft quite a bit.

 

[Franktea]

I have emailed the town lets see what they say; in the interim im going to buy some stove pipes and see if my simple solution will work.

 

[Franktea]

Well that ends that; a permit is needed and must be installed as recommended by stove builder

 

[mellow]

I would put that stove in the for sale section here, might be able to get your money back.

https://www.hearth.com/talk/forums/articles-for-sale-wanted-etc.10/

 

[begreen]

Back to square one here is what i am proposing; wood stove in front of fireplace; 90 degree angle pipe from top of stove to fireplace; once pipe is in fireplace 90 degree angle up current chimney and a few feet of wood stove pipe up the chimney and leave it at that.

Not a good idea. Rear vent would be better. It probably will draft poorly and spill smoke with a 90 right off the top connected to a horizontal run. As noted earlier you need a full liner.

For sure an inspector will want to see this done properly.

 

[Franktea]

The r33 manual says the stove can be connected to "a 6 inch diameter factory built chimney complying with the requirements for Type HT chimneys in the standard UL 103 and ULC S629."

How do i know if mine is this or not?

 

[begreen]

You would need the original invoice, or an inspection opening to read the pipe label, or perhaps an experienced sweep could identify the pipe by removing the cap. The surest way would be finding identifying labeling on the pipe.

 

[mellow]

I am quite sure yours will not be 6".

 

[begreen]

Correct, it is 8" according to the SE36 docs.

 

[jatoxico]

Hi FrankTea, Been following your thread and thought I would add my my 2 cents. I have no expertise in stove installation outside of what I've picked up here. On the other hand setting up a stove in my living room that can attain 600-700 F that is in any way suspect is a scary proposition. Even if you are able to determine whether your existing chimney can be used with the your stove, a temporary flue setup that might somehow be accidentally dislodged or could backup flue gases into the house if not done correctly just doesn't seem worth it. It might work for a day, a month, a year but it just takes once.

Sounds like a nice stove but I say set it up right or don't. Not a time to cut corners.

 

[bholler]

Really it should not matter at all if it is getting inspected or not it should be done right for your safety and the safety of anyone else in the house. And the way you proposed doing it is unsafe in many ways put the liner you wont regret it