Suggestions for chimney

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Not allowed here to encase steel chimney pipes except in a brick chimney. Codes. Else they almost always have to go outside or in non-used areas like attics. So you have to usually build a chimney around the steel in living areas, so it is simpler to just install a ceramic one. Unless the upper part of the steel goes through a non living space. Which is what I could do. See below.

Inside:

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In the attic:

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Both chimneys:

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Here they need to be enclosed by code