New Stove Old House

[Idaho_renovation]

I am looking for advice on a smaller wood stove that with the right shielding has low clarences to tall and furniture.

We are remodeling and 1896 home. You can see in the picture where an old stive used to be. I'll be removing all that brick to make a chase for a new double walled pipe. That said, the first floor is 1000 soft and this room is 12x14' .

We'd like to get a smaller stove with low clearances so we can. Have furniture and not over heat the space. Our local hardware store has hearthstone and morso. I've done a lot of web searches too but hoping this group may have a few ideas to help focus my search.

The hearthstone Lincoln with side and rear heat shield options seems pretty good.

Thanks!

 

[begreen]

This needs it's own thread, different issues here.

What is the plan for venting the stove? The current chimney is not a good setup with a wood support just inches below the thimble.

 

[Idaho_renovation]

This needs it's own thread, different issues here.

What is the plan for venting the stove? The current chimney is not a good setup with a wood support just inches below the thimble.

I'll be removing the old chimney and use the space as the chase for a double wall pipe. I'm open to adding some steel shielding to the wall or other options to create a protected surface behind the stove location.

 

[begreen]

Great, that's a good plan. There are some close clearance stoves that will not require rear shielding. Unless the manual specifies the clearance reduction and shielding type, it's unnecessary. How tall will the final chimney be? Is there a possibility of going straight up through the ceiling and out the roof?

Tell us a bit more about the home. How open is this room to the rest of the house? Is it closed off by standard doorways or open to other areas like the dining room or kitchen? Is the upstairs stairwell in this area? How well insulated is the home?

The Lincoln is a new stove model. It's too early to know how it performs, especially in the long term. How will the stove be used? 24/7 primary heating or more occasionally, like nights and weekends? Take a look at the Blaze King Ashford as an alternative. It's a good looking cat stove with great support. It's thermostatically operated so it won't overheat the area. There's a dealer in Lewiston. There are also Kuma hybrid stoves made in Idaho. They make a quality steel hybrid stove and offer good service.

 

[stoveliker]

The Blaze King (even a 20 model) is not a physically small stove imo, so that might not work.

Regardless I suggest to get some cardboard and make outlines of stove sizes and clearance distances on the floor (painters tape is also possible ). If you can do 3D box of cardboard, that shows even more what their presence in the room will be.
In my view, knowing distances is one thing. Seeing mock ups is much more illuminating.

Also, in a chase one should not use double wall (stove) pipe but class A (which is always double wall - and don't get triple wall chimney pipe).
But Maybe that's what you were planning already, and names got confused only.
Basically stove pipe in the stove room but once you go through a wall or ceiling it should be class A.

 

[Idaho_renovation]

Thanks for these suggestions and clarifications. I am in the very early planning stages so anything goes right now.
The first picture is the floor layout of the first flow where the stove will be. It will be on the outer wall of the bottom left room labeld "15x13". As you move to the right in the picture, there is a smaller room 'in front' of the stove we call the study with a larger entryway (about 5 feet across and 7 feet high). Then an open walkway to a dinning room. The stove will be supplemental heat to the house. We have a heat pump with mini splits in the study and in the dining room. The up stairs will have another few mini-split heads for room heating.
The second picture is from 1904 from a funeral of someone in our house. Ours is the middle house with levels. The wall facing the camera with four windows and the chimney at the peak of the roof is the wall where our stove will be placed on the first floor. The chimney is internal through the second floor and attic to the roof. It needs to be removed and then pipe/class A in its place. The current chimney's brick is only 4"x6" internal dimensions and hasnt been used for 60 years or so. the grout is basically sand at this point.

 

[begreen]

What a great picture and history! There used to be more choices in the small stove range, but they have diminished in the past 4 yrs. Based on the needs, take a look at the Pacific Energy Alderlea T4 LE2. It has classic styling that goes with the house.