I see, so there's no need to get the whole thing out. Looks like my ghetto setup was an accident waiting to happen as well. There's a lot of buildup in the chimney.
Just Made A Huge Blunder With Measurements
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Well I cut clean through one side of the damper plate and noticed a lot of wiggle room. I removed two bricks from each side of the chimney and was able to remove the whole damper frame. YESSS! Makes things a lot easier. Now I'll do the fixed 45 degree elbow that BB mentioned.
Babaganoosh
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I don't blame her. That woodwork had quite a bit more value than that englander stove.
Emm, why are you shaking your head? Did I say something stupid?
I don't believe it. It was multiple pieces of thin wood nailed together. The decorative woodwork was individual pieces nailed into plain wood. I could see a high value on something that was one piece which means it was all carved in.
That's the way I built my mantel (now gone). It was mostly stock pieces and molding stacked to achieve a nice colonial look.
Yeah I felt bad about destroying it until I saw it was individual pieces. Plus, my wife has now come to like the look of the red brick fireplace! There's two 2x4 pieces running vertically on the sides of the chimney from the floor to the wall. Then there's smaller wood panels hammered into the 2x4s horizontally with plaster I think over it all. It's probably safe but I don't like the wooden 2x4s against the chimney so I may remove them all to show the whole brick chimney.
If you had a choice, would go with with the stove in the fireplace or slight out with the exhaust/stove pipe doing a 90 degree bend into the chimney? Only way I could do the 15 or 30 degree bend is if I use the offset adapter thing. If it's only 3" high, I would think that would be major exhaust restriction right?
You put the elbow on the liner before you move the stove into the fireplace and then fit it into the flue collar of the stove after you move it in. Any smoke chamber is large enough for that unless we are talking about a pre-fab fireplace here.
There is no way I would make an immediate 90 degree turn coming out of the flue collar of a stove. I don't like a house full of smoke.
There is no way I would make an immediate 90 degree turn coming out of the flue collar of a stove. I don't like a house full of smoke.
My lintel (or whatever you call it) isn't high enough for that. There's about 6" or so from the exhaust opening to the lintel. I'll have to use the offset adapter if I use the blower.
I was talking about the usual collar, stove pipe, 90 degree elbow, stove pipe, then another 90 degree setup. Just not sure which install method would be easier to do, keep clean, monitor temps, etc.
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