Finally got in touch with Gordo who lives up the road from me. I'm actually glad I had my original ideas shot down because it's made me rethink the project quite a bit. He pointed out the township has a website where you can ask code questions and apply for a permit. Nothing like the new information age. Actually as a professional computer geek, I'm a bit embarassed to say I didn't think of checking there first. I probably owe him a beer.
The previous plan was go go straight up from the living room (putting the stove dead center in the house) which would also run the chimney up through a bedroom. Frankly I think there's an argument for doing this because of the draft, but the argument against it is that (god forbid) we have a chimney fire or a leak or similar and fill the kids room up with smoke or CO or fire.
The current plan is to put the stove in the same room (the living room) but in a corner. The stovepipe would run through a thimble into the garage, where it would turn into class A for the remainder of the install. The advantages here are simplicity and ease-of-use. Plus the garage has all fireproof drywall so it's one more safety between me and burning down the house.
Questions:
1) T Cleaning joints - any special considerations for these or will any one do? If it's in the garage I will care much less about the mess since I open the bottom, tape a trash bag to it and feed the brush in through the stove.
2) Horizontal limit - is there any special math for "so much vertical for so much horizonal" to keep the draft going? I need about two feet to make it go, I've heard three feet is the max. Is there a reason for this? Any considerations for the horizonal run I should be aware of?
3) How atomic do I need to be for stove placement? Should I be anal and go for dead center of the house? The living room is the biggest room on the first floor, will it make a difference between one corner of the room or another?
The previous plan was go go straight up from the living room (putting the stove dead center in the house) which would also run the chimney up through a bedroom. Frankly I think there's an argument for doing this because of the draft, but the argument against it is that (god forbid) we have a chimney fire or a leak or similar and fill the kids room up with smoke or CO or fire.
The current plan is to put the stove in the same room (the living room) but in a corner. The stovepipe would run through a thimble into the garage, where it would turn into class A for the remainder of the install. The advantages here are simplicity and ease-of-use. Plus the garage has all fireproof drywall so it's one more safety between me and burning down the house.
Questions:
1) T Cleaning joints - any special considerations for these or will any one do? If it's in the garage I will care much less about the mess since I open the bottom, tape a trash bag to it and feed the brush in through the stove.
2) Horizontal limit - is there any special math for "so much vertical for so much horizonal" to keep the draft going? I need about two feet to make it go, I've heard three feet is the max. Is there a reason for this? Any considerations for the horizonal run I should be aware of?
3) How atomic do I need to be for stove placement? Should I be anal and go for dead center of the house? The living room is the biggest room on the first floor, will it make a difference between one corner of the room or another?