Awkward install - What are my options?

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[Hearth.com] Awkward install - What are my options? [Hearth.com] Awkward install - What are my options?

Hey Everyone, im new to the forum. Im looking at getting a Dropet HT3000 and installing it as well as a few Floor registers in my basement. Im currently doing up a room app 800sq ft with a stairwell that leads to the main level which is 1800sqft .I plan to put 1 or 2 floor registers over my stove to draw down cool air and hopefully let the heat rise up the stair well. The issue is that I want the stove in this corner pictured, but it makes for an extremely awkward chimney on the outside. The window you see in both pictures is the same window, and where I want the flue to break though the foundation is right around where that hose bib is to. I Cannot get the flu over far enough to get up the left side of that window where the hose bib is, it would almost come out under the window.

Would I be able to put the transition out under the window and then make a couple of 45's so I could go up the left side of the window? or would I just be better off coming out between the upper and lower window and going straight up from there? I don't like the idea of that as much because id like to have the stove in the corner facing the rest of the room, but you've got to do what you have to do. Any ideas on this guys? I am also concerned if I make a 45 on the outside it would be difficult to sweep. I am new to stoves but work in construction, I would be able to do all necessary work myself.

Thanks
 
I vote for placing the stove where it would perform the best, in between the basement and 1st floor windows. Also, go thru the soffit and not around it.
 
On 2nd look, you may still be able to put stove in the corner with the 45s in the interior stove pipe.
 
It's good to be open minded and explore all options at this stage. Is there any location where the chimney pipe can go straight up through the house?

Any registers over the stove will likely vent upward into upstairs. For cold air return use the stairwell or place the cold returns on the outside walls of the rooms a the opposite end of the house if the basement is an open space. Get fusible-link, fire dampers for each floor hole.
 
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Looking at the pics, you should be able to put the stove in the corner(or close to it), run the flue out mid point between basement window and spigot. I would use a couple 30 degree sections and run it to the left of the upstairs window so it lines up with the peak of the roof. A sooteater should have no issues with those slight bends for cleaning.
With a tee at the bottom, cleaning would be a breeze.
 
Looking at the pics, you should be able to put the stove in the corner(or close to it), run the flue out mid point between basement window and spigot. I would use a couple 30 degree sections and run it to the left of the upstairs window so it lines up with the peak of the roof. A sooteater should have no issues with those slight bends for cleaning.
With a tee at the bottom, cleaning would be a breeze.
Thanks! I am a little bit confused as to where the clean out would go/how close it would be to the ground, is there a way to get it up from the ground? I am unfamiliar with the parts involved as of right now as I am only trying to make a plan/in the early stages of putting this all together. I thought the T would have to be right outside the hole i will drill in the foundation?
 
Correct, it would be right outside. The transition from horizontal to vertical. Looks like the ground slopes up to the house? Are you able to dig out the area to make room?
 
If the T is that close to the ground your going to want to dig out the area, install a basement well cover and fill the bottom with stone so you have access to pop off the T cap. The soffit could be cut with a saw for the class A pipe to go through, and you'll need clearance from the electrical service mast to work around the cap (serviceable item) so give yourself a minimum of 3ft, but go as far as you can with that. Also a chimney brace should be used since you'll need to be 3ft higher then anything in a 10ft radius of the chimney
 
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It's good to be open minded and explore all options at this stage. Is there any location where the chimney pipe can go straight up through the house?
This is a great suggestion.