Wood stove pipe size VS draft

[HawkinsHollow]

I like the idea about putting single wall 6" inside the 8" chimney, because that stuff is expensive. so if you can reuse it why not.

There is a fire in my home. I would be an absolute jerk about making it right. Just my opinion.

I do agree with this comment though. I am reinstalling my wood stove in my house as we speak. And I have revisited the installation specs for my stove. I am making sure I am doing it 100% by the book. I'm even throwing a little extra margin of error in there to be on the safe side.

 

[dodge man]

Is triple wall used? When my fireplace was put in I’d swear it’s triple wall.

 

[KennyG]

I'm all for being safe but I think the current recommendations/requirements for flue pipe are a little excessive. I've got two wood stoves, one EPA and one not. They both have single wall pipe in the heated space. One goes into a masonry chimney and one goes into double wall in the enclosed attic space. I've never had an issue with creosote or draft in either one.

 

[BnRidge]

I'm all for being safe but I think the current recommendations/requirements for flue pipe are a little excessive. I've got two wood stoves, one EPA and one not. They both have single wall pipe in the heated space. One goes into a masonry chimney and one goes into double wall in the enclosed attic space. I've never had an issue with creosote or draft in either one.

I think some of the requirements stem from not average use, but "in the event of a chimney fire". Most class A insulated stainless pipe is rated at 1000f continuous, yet chimney fires can be in excess of 2000f.

After witnessing neighbors burn their places down (one has burned out two buildings and is now working on the house), and listening to relatives talk about how they operate their wood stoves and furnaces, and that cutting wood in the fall to get ready for winter is standard practice (it's dead and down so it must be dry right?), and my own parents going berserk when I said I was putting in a stove after their own experiences of chimney fires while growing up, I get the feeling there is a sort of brain dead disconnect that happens - I got to calling it reverse logic. I got a creosote log for Christmas once out of concern for my safety, that should fix what will eventually happen. The thing disappeared, not sure what happened to it, but it wasn't burned I know. Describing what I do falls on deaf ears, so I don't anymore and just listen and nod. My son in law just this fall got done splitting this winters wood. He's not a dumb guy, why would he do such a thing. Hmm.

 

[jk96]

I just finished cutting this fall for the year after next. Our fireplace is double sided so double the work to clean the glass. We'll seasoned wood keeps the glass clean so much longer.

 

[HawkinsHollow]

I have to admit I am not the greatest about keeping wood in a 2 year rotation. But my wood all gets at least spring, a blazing hot summer and all fall to dry out. I need to put the moisture meter to it. I clean my flue every year and have never had an excessive amount of creosote, so I feel pretty good about it. I definitely have friends that just finished splitting their winter wood, I just don't get it.

 

[otlski]

Is triple wall used? When my fireplace was put in I’d swear it’s triple wall.

Yes, I have triple wall stainless for the roof-breach through an A-Frame roof and the outside portion. Double wall black for the 25 foot exposed interior run.

When I was looking to buy the triple wall the stove dealer said there was no such thing as triple wall - he never saw it in his 30 years of experience. I told home that I had it in a previous stove install I did. He didn't believe me.

 

[Larry Caldwell]

I'd keep the "too big" stove and just make smaller fires or be hot. Adding some thermal mass somehow might help the hot/cold of a big stove. I had a big stove in my cabin in Oregon (years ago). It was perfect at full chooch when it was -10 outside. But you had to keep the fires small and short if you just wanted to take the chill down a knotch on a rainy morning. I put a bunch of brick around it for thermal mass. I prefer more short hot fires rather than a constant slow simmering fire. Keeps the chimney clean.

I should make a thread about my stove dilemma as not to derail the OP here.

I'm a fan of the big stove too. Just looking at it, I don't think the builder was familiar with the code. 8 inches off that wall and you could build a firewall assembly that would allow a 4" clearance to the back of that stove. It's 3 feet to combustible surfaces. Firewall assemblies are more permissive. Shortening that diagonal stack would be a plus too. Reclaim some room. Use the unnecessary bricks from the front to build a thermal mass hearth on either side of the stove.

A large firebox is really handy if you heat with wood. Large hunks will hold a fire overnight. The bigger that lump of charcoal the better.

 

[ultrarunner]

I have to admit I am not the greatest about keeping wood in a 2 year rotation. But my wood all gets at least spring, a blazing hot summer and all fall to dry out. I need to put the moisture meter to it. I clean my flue every year and have never had an excessive amount of creosote, so I feel pretty good about it. I definitely have friends that just finished splitting their winter wood, I just don't get it.

Worse are renters that took fresh cut branches and called telling me the fireplace is no good…

They also had part of a branch extending into the living room because it was too long… can’t make this stuff up.