Greetings Pyros,
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I have spent the last few weeks reading up as much as I can in this great forum (thanks!).
After moving into our new 2500 sq ft home in mid-February and burning a 500 gallon tank of oil through the rest of the season I am looking to move to wood burning for cost savings and I really love the comfort of the heat.
The house is a 1930's ranch with ceiling height of 7 1/2 feet. It's an L shape with full basement. The windows are casement wood that swing in, single pane but new storm windows that were installed professionally.
We get to skip the "what should I buy" commentary as I have a new Hearthstone Manchester coming to the house.
Fireplace is at the middle of the L shape in living room. Bedrooms are farthest away at each end of L. The chimney is 25 feet tall (ground to top). I am putting in a flexible liner all the way up (of course). Chimney inspected, no cracks, up for the job. Chimney is 1/4 out of house and 3/4 within the framing of the house. You can see part of the chimney ground to top. It's on the north side of house. It has a clay lining approx 12"x12" after you get past the huge smoke chamber that is over the damper.
1. Should I expect any drafting issues?
2. Fireplace opening is 60" wide, 40" tall. I want to throw the Manchester all the way in it. I will need a serious blocker plate where the damper is. Can I squeeze flex liner in order to pass it through the damper (It's about 5"x 48". Otherwise I may need to do a round from stove to oval through damper and then back to round config up flu, is this doable as I don't want to rip apart damper and brick work?
3. If the stove sits in the fireplace completely can I put a small fan behind stove on ground? I don't want to buy the $400 one but don't want the heat sitting in fireplace cavity. Perhaps I should do the rear heat shield that is purpose built ($$$) or maybe just throw something back ($) there to reflect the heat. Thoughts?
4. Though the stove fits all the way in I probably need to do some shielding of the wood trim around fireplace that sit over stove?
5. I have a huge wood shed (3 cords capacity) , it's like a shed so it's not vented very well though but sits in the sun, should I just stack wood outside with tarp?
6. How close can I stack some indoor wood next to stove? Like right next to it or does it go by stove clearances?
If I hadn't read as much as I did I would have 500 questions! I can't really find a good thread on what is ideal for chimney height details to know about drafting issues.
BTW, all 3 chimneys (6 flus total) and caps and all plumbing vents on roof are all connected to metal spikes sitting atop roof and are grounded for lightning.
Thanks for any input
![Many a question for a new install! Many a question for a new install!](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/136/136892-8757475c2a2a2f8aef06e0e94f704c96.jpg)
I have spent the last few weeks reading up as much as I can in this great forum (thanks!).
After moving into our new 2500 sq ft home in mid-February and burning a 500 gallon tank of oil through the rest of the season I am looking to move to wood burning for cost savings and I really love the comfort of the heat.
The house is a 1930's ranch with ceiling height of 7 1/2 feet. It's an L shape with full basement. The windows are casement wood that swing in, single pane but new storm windows that were installed professionally.
We get to skip the "what should I buy" commentary as I have a new Hearthstone Manchester coming to the house.
Fireplace is at the middle of the L shape in living room. Bedrooms are farthest away at each end of L. The chimney is 25 feet tall (ground to top). I am putting in a flexible liner all the way up (of course). Chimney inspected, no cracks, up for the job. Chimney is 1/4 out of house and 3/4 within the framing of the house. You can see part of the chimney ground to top. It's on the north side of house. It has a clay lining approx 12"x12" after you get past the huge smoke chamber that is over the damper.
1. Should I expect any drafting issues?
2. Fireplace opening is 60" wide, 40" tall. I want to throw the Manchester all the way in it. I will need a serious blocker plate where the damper is. Can I squeeze flex liner in order to pass it through the damper (It's about 5"x 48". Otherwise I may need to do a round from stove to oval through damper and then back to round config up flu, is this doable as I don't want to rip apart damper and brick work?
3. If the stove sits in the fireplace completely can I put a small fan behind stove on ground? I don't want to buy the $400 one but don't want the heat sitting in fireplace cavity. Perhaps I should do the rear heat shield that is purpose built ($$$) or maybe just throw something back ($) there to reflect the heat. Thoughts?
4. Though the stove fits all the way in I probably need to do some shielding of the wood trim around fireplace that sit over stove?
5. I have a huge wood shed (3 cords capacity) , it's like a shed so it's not vented very well though but sits in the sun, should I just stack wood outside with tarp?
6. How close can I stack some indoor wood next to stove? Like right next to it or does it go by stove clearances?
If I hadn't read as much as I did I would have 500 questions! I can't really find a good thread on what is ideal for chimney height details to know about drafting issues.
BTW, all 3 chimneys (6 flus total) and caps and all plumbing vents on roof are all connected to metal spikes sitting atop roof and are grounded for lightning.
Thanks for any input