Why not double wall out of curiosity? I'd always been recommending that if it is an option over a flexy liner with insulation wrap, a lot easier to install and my ~22' drafts like crazy.
Venting into masonry chimney
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It depends what you mean by double wall. The kind I was recommending against is the 2ply smoothwall liners. If you are talking about preinsulated flex liner that has an outer metal layer or the preinsulated rigid liner duraliner. Those are good options. I personally prefer feild wrapping over pre insulated in most cases. Mainly because we use heavy wall flex liner which isn't available preinsulated.
Switching gears a little and this could possibly need to be in a different thread. If I do go forward with this I will be limited to which stoves I can use due to mantle clearances, I think. I have 48” from my hearth to my mantle. The Jøtul f100 and hearthstone craftsbury are two stoves I have found that will meet these clearances. Any thoughts on these stoves or recommendations for others that could work in this space?
Ahh gotcha, yeah the multi-ply flexy liners have that nasty habit of delaminating inside (not sure if thats the right word). I assumed by double wall we were talking about Duraliner, etc, which worked out well for me.
Stihlk... that's a pretty low mantle, I'll let others make suggestions for stoves since I am not familiar with small ones. I had similar problems when I put in my first stove (insert) I just removed the mantle. I couldn't go any smaller on the stove and expect it to be worth while for heating so I just removed the mantle, I wasn't going to let a 3x10 (or whatever size it was) board dictate what I could use for heating, figured I'd build up the brick perches a little higher and remount it but I never did. But mine wasn't super decorative, no big deal to remove.
Thanks. Mine is a 6x10 piece of red oak I hued by hand myself. The tree once stood where my kitchen sits now. I’m kinda attached to it. [emoji16]
Yes dura liner is a good product. I still find flex easier to install personally but to each their own.
Could you add a deflector on the bottom of the mantel to help with the clearances?
Yes, but I don’t believe I would care for the look of the finished product in this case.
Easy Livin’ 3000
Minister of Fire
You could make one out of sheet metal that you wouldn't even notice.
You definitely do want to keep it, it's part of the soul of the house, being it's from where it's from, and you hand hewed it.
Easy Livin’ 3000
Minister of Fire
That is awesome!
You can definitely put a sheet metal shield under it that will melt into the background (metaphorically speaking).
SpaceBus
Minister of Fire
Your windows are amazing. Our house needs a surprise renovation, and I think I'll be using some arched windows.
Thank you, I’ll have to credit those to my wife. She drew them on a piece of paper to match the front door, the carpenter figured out the radius’s to match to scale.
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