Hi everyone, I've spent dozens of hours reading on the site and have been blessed by your knowledge.
My question: I want to install a woodstove on the first floor and am forced to do a 'through the wall' installation. (The reason is that the main living room is directly above the rec room I'm hoping to install the stove in. The only way I can keep the chimney indoors is to go 'through the wall' into an attached garage -building a chase- and then up through a closet -building another chase- into the attic and through the roof. Either installation requires a 90 degree elbow.) If I run up the outside wall, the chimney will go 21 feet on the gable end and offset around a soffit that extends out 9 inches. Rather than notch the soffit, I'd like to use an offset around it. I know some brands of stainless steel chimney forbid this. Do any allow it? It seems that my local inspector requires me to follow the instructions on whatever product I'm installing. I would like to use the least expensive class A chimney I can. Thanks for your help.
My question: I want to install a woodstove on the first floor and am forced to do a 'through the wall' installation. (The reason is that the main living room is directly above the rec room I'm hoping to install the stove in. The only way I can keep the chimney indoors is to go 'through the wall' into an attached garage -building a chase- and then up through a closet -building another chase- into the attic and through the roof. Either installation requires a 90 degree elbow.) If I run up the outside wall, the chimney will go 21 feet on the gable end and offset around a soffit that extends out 9 inches. Rather than notch the soffit, I'd like to use an offset around it. I know some brands of stainless steel chimney forbid this. Do any allow it? It seems that my local inspector requires me to follow the instructions on whatever product I'm installing. I would like to use the least expensive class A chimney I can. Thanks for your help.