Vertical (Up & Out or Out & Up) Rise vs. Horizontal Venting -- Questions Answered Here

[sydney1963]

So, I have a question. On another thread I was told that my vertical rise was not long enough to take care of smoke back during power outages. After many hours of reading on this forum before installation I thought what we did was the best option. We decided to go Up 4 ft and then Out as I thought a warm vent pipe had the best natural draft during an outage. Is this correct?

Thanks All

 

[wilbilt]

I think you are correct.

When I installed my stove, I could not find a 45* elbow locally (it's in a corner). To get it going, I just went straight out with a 2' vent pipe and a hood.

So far, no soot on the outside of the house, but it will smoke inside the house if it loses power (until I hook up the battery).

Eventually, I want to turn it 45* in the corner and go up and out rather than out and up. I figure I'll gain a bit of heat inside from the vertical pipe and still achieve some draft.

I'll have to patch the existing hole either way, so it's no big deal.