bought a wood buring stove, need help installing it!!!!

[IWantATurbo]

i got an add on wood burning furnace, im going to put it in my basment then run the pipe up threw a closet, it is 6in pipe. i have never done any thing like this, any advice.

i got double wall pipe for the basment and to go threw the walls. will that work or doi need triple wall? how high out of the roof do i need to go?

any help would be great!!!

 

[Jeff C]

Turbo:

Go with the triple wall pipe, it is alot cooler to the touch within the walls etc.

I would go 2' above the peak of the roof.......Not just 2' above the roof, as the roof line might be higher than where you poke out of the roof.....

 

[coyoteman]

Turbo:

Go with the triple wall pipe, it is alot cooler to the touch within the walls etc.

I would go 2' above the peak of the roof.......Not just 2' above the roof, as the roof line might be higher than where you poke out of the roof.....

x2. definately triple wall. mine is run out through a basement window and then up. you must use insulated pipe all the way to the top, not just through the house.

 

[HillsRider]

I would also be sure to check your house insurance to make sure that they will cover it. I finally took my stove out because the insurance companies were being a huge pain in the butt. Good luck!

 

[tmk50]

"Chimney Should extend 2 feet above anything within 10 Feet or 3 feet above peak"

http://hearth.com/econtent/index.php/articles/installing_a_woodstove

 

[IWantATurbo]

no one around here goes above the peek???? if i do i will have to brace teh hell out of it bc of the wind???

iim going ot do some searching and see if i can find wyoming code.

ill call the ins. guy todday!!! did not even think about that part!!

 

[tmk50]

no one around here goes above the peek???? if i do i will have to brace teh hell out of it bc of the wind???

iim going ot do some searching and see if i can find wyoming code.

ill call the ins. guy todday!!! did not even think about that part!!

I think it is an either/or suggestion.

if you are down from the peak - just make sure you are 2' taller than the roof at 10' away. The 3' at the peak is probably for worst case snowstorm/snow load.

Our cabin has the pipe near the peak and it is probably 2.5 - 3 feet above it. The pipe is hard to see it on this winter pic but it is near the front and to the right of the peak.

You can see it better here in the summer picture

 

[IWantATurbo]

mine will be no where near the peak it will be about 1/3 the way up. i bet are code is higher than 10 feet away.

 

[tmk50]

Where are you buying your stove pipe & supplies?

If you are getting anything locally I'm sure they could set you straight?

When we did our house down here (North of Denver) we put a large wood burning stove in the basement. We had the HVAC guys do the stove pipe up to the roof and they did it all to code for here. It is not quite at the peak, and it is NOT 3' tall maybe 2' or so. It passed. (but we aren't in the mountains either - I would want it taller if we were)


tk

 

[m8magicandmystery]

use a round floor support on your basement ceiling...use double wall ub pipe(ultra black) from stove to that support(with flue adapter)..use excell (stainless triple)from that support all the way up through your house/attic..making sure you use radiation sheilds to maintain at least 2 inches clearance to combustables..if you are 5 ft above roof line you need a roof brace...they are a piece of cake to install....you need to be two feet higher then any roof line within 10ft horizontal of pipe...if your overall piping is quite high do yourself a favor and purchase a six inch ub pippe damper as well...do not rely on just the stoves..

 

[coyoteman]

here's mine. plumbed right into ductwork of the house, and runs with a thermostat upstairs.

my pipe extends above roof peak.

 

[IWantATurbo]

thats just what i bought!!!!!! just like that!!!! but i don't want to run it like that i want it to go threw the house then out the roof.

 

[highmark18]

Is that double wall or triple wall pipe?

 

[coyoteman]

Is that double wall or triple wall pipe?

it is triple wall pipe.

 

[Fosgate]

Don't know about your insurance carrier there but friends of mine bought a wood burner and had to have it professionally installled. I was also an agent for Farm Bureau a few years ago and they underwent an underwriting change on stoves. Used to be they had to be on a slab so many feet by so many feet. The stove had to be so many inches from the wall and the stove pipe was required to be a certain distance from the walll. Also had to verify the stack outside. But they changed in about 2006 and if the stove was installed after the house was built proof had to be displayed that it was professionally installed or they would not cover the house. I could not write business with a friend because even though it looked professionally done, home office had a wild hair that they would not do it without documentation.

Before you go cutting holes etc. I would call your agent or the home office and have it verified. Try to be honest as possible because if they sense your not they will be all up in your stuff. If you didn't have a wood burner in your house and you put one in it is a new exposure that you are required to inform them of and your policy usually dictates you will comply with all paperwork requests and cooperate with any way they use to evaluate the risk (visual inspection etc). Don't know your state law but here in SD if you withhold telling them about adding the stove and your house burns down because of it, they have the right to decline coverage.

 

[m8magicandmystery]

ultra black double cuts the pipe distance from 18 in to 9 ...the stainless excell is two inches to combustables...the floor support has to protude a certain distance through the floor...the stove generally has 12 inch clearence fron the back of stove ..and the sides depend...4 inches from corners if angled in corner...hearth pad protudes 18 inches in frt in Canada...i think 12in in U.S..most info is on the back of stove on a plate...and check with your local building inspector...it is all easy to install...just have good roof patch material for your roof flashing and plumb bob your pipe...dont screw your flashing down untill your pipe is all passed thru and straight and braced if needed then throw the goop and screws to it...but let it float till then...and if you need a little more clearance between pipe and roof when the pipe is run and the hole in your roof wasn;t cut big enough you can often cut it bigger with a sawzall with everything in place...remember to have a short sheid in your attic space to keep insulation from your pipe....its all easy to install...we do alot of installs and the homeowner can save alot of money and do it just as good as us so called pros

 

[highmark18]

it is triple wall pipe.

Reason I ask is because I have the double wall pipe (heat-n-glo SL pipe) and I actually had a layer of ice in between the walls of the pipe last year up on the top of the pipe. On warm days or when you fired up the fireplace, it would melt and the water would run down in the walls of the pipe onto the fireplace. Not cool!
Anyway, I am not sure if this was from all the condensation going up the pipe (put it in our new house while they were sheetrocking upstairs) or if it is a characteristic of the metal pipes... Maybe the triplewall is better?

 

[coyoteman]

I haven't ever noticed any condensation, I actually only use it only a few times a winter. I have double wall pipe on the stove in the shop and never had it happen there either, and that stove burns almost every day all winter long. If I were running my pipe through the house I would not skimp on the pipe.

 

[TIM]

don't forget to clean the chimmney every couple of years.

the reason i have been told to have the chimmney higher than the peak of the roof is for down drafts. I have been told that if the chimmney is not high enough the wind will blow down. It is kind of hard to have a good warming fire that way.

tim

 

[IWantATurbo]

again thanks for all the info keep it comming!!!