Hi Everyone,
My wife and I just bought a used wood stove that is in excellent condition and we live in a house that seems to already be equipped with a stove pipe into the chimney; however I'm a little baffled as the setup doesn't seem to be 'up to code', at least not from what I've heard. I am attaching some photos so that you can see exactly what I'm talking about. My questions are:
1. My understanding is that even with double-walled pipe, I should not have any combustible material within 12" of the cross pipe. Is this correct? It looks to me like the previous owner of our house had wood paneling right up to the pipe, not to mention the wooden light fixture cover directly above the pipe. Am I going to have to rip all of that out and replace it with brick? Are there any other options? What about the windows? Both are right within the 12" range.
2. The crosspipe is clay, I believe. I had a chimney sweep come out and look at the chimney, which they said was okay, but they said that "you need heat shielding for your crosspipe". What exactly do they mean by heat shielding? Where do I get it and how do I install it? A couple of the pictures show how the crosspipe is mortared in. Does it look like that has been correctly done?
Any advice or help would be greatly appreciated.
Also, any help in identifying the make or the model of stove would also be great.
Thanks!
Corey
My wife and I just bought a used wood stove that is in excellent condition and we live in a house that seems to already be equipped with a stove pipe into the chimney; however I'm a little baffled as the setup doesn't seem to be 'up to code', at least not from what I've heard. I am attaching some photos so that you can see exactly what I'm talking about. My questions are:
1. My understanding is that even with double-walled pipe, I should not have any combustible material within 12" of the cross pipe. Is this correct? It looks to me like the previous owner of our house had wood paneling right up to the pipe, not to mention the wooden light fixture cover directly above the pipe. Am I going to have to rip all of that out and replace it with brick? Are there any other options? What about the windows? Both are right within the 12" range.
2. The crosspipe is clay, I believe. I had a chimney sweep come out and look at the chimney, which they said was okay, but they said that "you need heat shielding for your crosspipe". What exactly do they mean by heat shielding? Where do I get it and how do I install it? A couple of the pictures show how the crosspipe is mortared in. Does it look like that has been correctly done?
Any advice or help would be greatly appreciated.
Also, any help in identifying the make or the model of stove would also be great.
Thanks!
Corey