Stovepipe can usually be trimmed to size with a tin shears or other cutting or grinding tool — see:. Heavier gauge pipe can be more difficult to cut, so these pipes use adjustable slip joints, which eliminate the need for trimming. When assembling your stove pipe use black furnace cement to seal between each piece. In addition, use three sheet metal screws at each joint in the pipe. This is a double wall stovepipe with a stainless steel inner wall and a black painted outer wall.
Do not confuse this double-wall interior piping with the Class A Chimney described in the beginning of this document—this stuff is for interior use only! Ask your Hearth Dealer for more information about this type of Stove pipe. My first experience with lack of proper floor protection came when I was homesteading in West Virginia. Our house had no central heating, but there was a fireplace ready to serve our heating needs. That night, we lit a roaring fire and settled in for a peaceful winter eve.
Suddenly, we smelled something burning! After a frantic search we discovered that the floor underneath the fireplace hearth was smoldering. Different stoves have different requirements, but all woodstoves need to have a non-combustible base underneath. This base should extend a minimum of 8 inches around all sides of the stove and 18 inches in front of any loading doors. In addition, the stove board should extend underneath and horizontal run of the stovepipe connection to the chimney.
All stoves must be installed a safe distance from combustible walls. This distance can be reduced by one or both of the following methods:. Check your owners manual or local building codes to determine the size of the wall protection needed. Check with your Hearth Retailer to see if a rear heat shield is available for the stove of your choice.
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Search titles only. Search Advanced search…. Everywhere This blog. Search Advanced…. But if you cannot install the chimney correctly it fails to remove the smoke and leave your room a Smokey and gloomy mess. You need to set up a well-insulated chimney which is made from the non-inflammable element. Today, you will find a chimney for your wood stove that is made from a particular material such as stainless steel piping. If you want to fix the stove to the chimney, you may apply a stovepipe.
But you should remember that your stovepipe should be thin and poorly insulated. It is better to use a chimney that is straighter and taller. Finally, you can hire an expert who can install and inspect your wood stove successfully. Installing a wood stove successfully and adequately is a boon for your existing home. The improper installation of your wood stove can be dangerous for your house. If you find any problem during installation, then enlist it and take the help of a professional.
Also after installation, if you find any doubts about the safety of the stove, immediately inform a professional and repair it. Installing a wood-burning stove in an existing home is an environmentally friendly process to generate heat in the cold season. It is also a cost-effective system as well. But it is highly important to know how you need to install a wood stove in your house. I hope after reading this, you will get all the necessary information that you need for installing a stove in your home.
So follow these tips and install a wood-burning stove successfully. Floor pads are especially crucial in the case of houses with wood or carpet floors directly adjacent to the stove. Certain laws dictate the use of floor pads - in the United States and Canada, the floor pad must stretch at least 18 inches 45 cm in front of the stove door and 8 inches 20 cm from the other sides. Add a heat shield to protect combustible walls. Installing heat shielding on the walls around the site of your stove can further reduce the risk of damage or fire.
Heat shields are often made of sheet metal, which is relatively simple to lay over existing walls. Check your local building codes to find out whether any special permission is needed to mount the shield as well as any other related clearance requirements. Note that the installation of a heat shield can reduce the clearance requirements of your stove. Carefully move the stove into position. If you haven't hired professional movers to help you get your stove into position, you'll need to move it yourself.
Wood stoves are made from metal and can be incredibly heavy, so be sure to take any and all measures necessary to protect yourself as you move the stove. A sturdy dolly or hand truck that's rated above the weight of your stove is a great way to get the stove to its position without hurting yourself.
Minor adjustments to the stove's positioning at the site of installation may need to be done by hand, in which case you should enlist the help of a friend or family member so that you don't have to bear the full weight of the stove yourself. You may also want to try rolling the stove into position on lengths of sturdy PVC pipe. Install a chimney and connect it to your stove, if necessary.
A well-functioning chimney is absolutely crucial for getting the most out of your wood stove. Your chimney should carry smoke and sediment safely outside your house - a poorly-installed chimney may not effectively remove the smoke, leaving your living room a gloomy, smokey mess.
Chimneys can be an existing part of the house's construction or can be installed along with the stove, but in either case, the chimney must be well insulated and made of a non-combustible material. New chimneys installed for wood stoves are often made of a special kind of insulated stainless steel piping. You may need to use a length of stovepipe to connect your wood stove to the chimney.
This is fine, but remember that stovepipe is relatively thin and poorly-insulated, so by no means can stovepipe be used as a substitute for an actual insulated chimney. Generally, the taller and straighter a chimney is, the better. The greater distance that smoke must travel horizontally through curved sections of stovepipe, for instance , the less effective the chimney will be at removing smoke from the stove.
Consider hiring certified professionals to install and inspect your stove. Installed properly, wood stoves can be a tremendous boon for your house, but installed improperly, they can be a hassle and even a serious danger. If you encounter any problems while installing your wood stove or you are unsure of how to proceed safely, enlist the help of a professional. Similarly, if, after installation, you have even the slightest doubts about the safety of your stove, schedule an inspection with an expert.
The safety of your home and family is well worth the minor expense of hiring outside help. Yes, but you can obtain a copy of the manual by contacting the manufacturer online. Most stoves will either have a name on them or a metal plate somewhere with its information. They should be able to provide you with a copy of the manual. Not Helpful 0 Helpful It might be due to heat. Make sure that aside from using high-temperature tolerant tiles, you're also using high-temperature cement to fix them near the stove.
Normal cement usually cracks and crumbles due to heat. Not Helpful 6 Helpful Every stove is different, check in your owner's manual or on the tag on the back of your wood stove. In the US, however, NFPA requires at least 36 inches of clearance from combustible materials to the side or rear of a wood stove, unless something less is specified in the owner's manual or there is an engineered "shield" on the walls.
Not Helpful 8 Helpful Too much air to the stove could do it. Close down the damper or air flow valve to fix this. Not Helpful 7 Helpful There might be too much positive air pressure in the chimney. Before you light the fire, light a piece of rolled-up newspaper, and let it burn directly under the flue in the fireplace.
This will warm the air and begin the updraft process. Your chimney might also need some sweeping; you should hire a certified chimney sweep to do an inspection and clean the chimney for you.
Not Helpful 11 Helpful What if a house has a large central area, and all bedrooms and other rooms are separated from the main area by only a door? Do those rooms still get enough heat if their doors are closed, with the house heated only by a wood stove?
The rooms will stay warmer, but not like with a central heating unit. Any room that is shut off from the wood burning stove heat, even by a door, will be colder than if left open.
Not Helpful 10 Helpful No less than a couple of inches, no more than a foot - relative to the size of your stove. Not Helpful 7 Helpful 9. A draft does not come down a chimney. Due to Bernouli's principle, a draft goes up the chimney. Not Helpful 11 Helpful 9. Upnorth Here. Generally, at least 36 inches. Some stoves are designed to permit less clearance, as described in the stove's owner manual. Not Helpful 1 Helpful 0. Under NFPA , a wood stove must be 36 inches from any combustible structures, including wooden studs inside a fire-rated wall.
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