Stuff like this gives me anxiety and is why I paid top dollar for stove/install by a certified professional. I know we all have a budget but man I guess I'm just paranoid about live fire running in my house 24/7.
I had a professional installer and they told me they were installing double wall stove pipe and didn't and then didn't put all the screws in (thanks for the info on that Squisher!). They also did not meet code in the attic. There is supposed to be 2" of clearance between the chimney and anything flammable and the box they mounted it in has only 1.5" of clearance on one side. They also didn't put anything on it to keep the insulation off the pipe, which isn't required where I live, but damn, who wouldn't do that if they knew about it? I had to dig the insulation out of the box so I could sleep at night.
I am currently trying to figure out who to report them to in canada.
Do you have an actual chimney though or is it just some stove pipe like the origonal poster?I have this stove on my sailboat. The way we run these on boats is basically with all the chimney inside the boat and a DP cap outside. I have never seen that problem on a boat and I am guessing the fact that we have pretty much no setup exposed to the elements outside is partly responsible for this. The other part of the answer is that when the winter comes, we're not on the boats and don't use the stove.
I would try to install the chimney inside your house and exit through the roof. Dickinson makes a fitting that will deal with the transition on your roof.
Sure! We havent done a share with the larger tiny house community yet but have showed the house off at the Edmonton Home and Garden show.
We did share some of our story designing and building the house at Edmontontiny.wordpress.com but we havent written on there in a while. Lifes been busy!
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Do you have an actual chimney though or is it just some stove pipe like the origonal poster?
And why is that? What clearances do they have?its just 304 SS single wall pipe bought from dickinson marine. To my knowledge, except for very large units on ships, none of the marine stove uses a true chimney systems.
And why is that? What clearances do they have?
I find this issue incredibly interesting. Why is it considered safe on a boat to use a different set of standards on a boat than on a land home? Does fire burn differently on boats? Are out of control fires less danger/concern on the water than on land? Is this reason that a different person decided the standards on land than the person that decided land code? If it is because a different person decided, common sense says one of the two are wrong or overstepping/under stepping what really should be done.its just 304 SS single wall pipe bought from dickinson marine. To my knowledge, except for very large units on ships, none of the marine stove uses a true chimney systems.
I find this issue incredibly interesting. Why is it considered safe on a boat to use a different set of standards on a boat than on a land home? Does fire burn differently on boats? Are out of control fires less danger/concern on the water than on land? Is this reason that a different person decided the standards on land than the person that decided land code? If it is because a different person decided, common sense says one of the two are wrong or overstepping/under stepping what really should be done.
I thank my lucky stars every day that there is no single person deciding what is good and right for us everywhere we go and live, be it air, land or sea. I can't imagine what kind of dysopian nightmare that would be. Please, don't give anyone any ideas.
Maybe if you Googled "leading causes of boat fires" you'd see why nobody seems to be concerned about it. I can't find a reference to wood stoves once. The closest is alcohol stoves and according to the link below that's about 1%. 87% is caused exactly how you'd think they would be caused on a boat - electrical, engine and fuel.
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How is what i said not true? I said that house fires caused by chimneys were far from the leading cause. And it is behind cooking appliances space heaters electrical intentional and smoking materials. To me that is pretty far from the leading cause.Not true. Heating fires cause 16% of all home fires and chimneys/fireplaces make up 1/3 of that. Thats over 5% of all house fires compared to some small fraction of 1% on boats.
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You also have to take into account the percentage of boats out there that are heated with wood stoves. I dont know the percentage but i would bet it is pretty low.I thank my lucky stars every day that there is no single person deciding what is good and right for us everywhere we go and live, be it air, land or sea. I can't imagine what kind of dysopian nightmare that would be. Please, don't give anyone any ideas.
Maybe if you Googled "leading causes of boat fires" you'd see why nobody seems to be concerned about it. I can't find a reference to wood stoves once. The closest is alcohol stoves and according to the link below that's about 1%. 87% is caused exactly how you'd think they would be caused on a boat - electrical, engine and fuel.
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How is what i said not true? I said that house fires caused by chimneys were far from the leading cause. And it is behind cooking appliances space heaters electrical intentional and smoking materials. To me that is pretty far from the leading cause.
You also have to take into account the percentage of boats out there that are heated with wood stoves. I dont know the percentage but i would bet it is pretty low.
I did not mean to imply that at all. I was just saying that a potential fire hazard is a potential firehazard no matter how rarely it causes a fire in other situations does not mean the hazard should be overlooked.True enough, but you also seemed to be implying that it was as small a number as boat fires. Otherwise I don't see why you would have brought it up.
What about if that stove is installed by a professional. Dont you think they should have some standard to go by. Or are you ok with them making it up as they go along?Which is exactly my point and why we don't need an army of regulators brought in to get these people under control.
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