Hey everyone! My family and I moved to a new house 2 years ago. In the basement of the new house there is a wood boiler that is in disrepair. My plan is to take this boiler apart and remove it and install a Wood stove. I bought a used All nighter mid moe. Ive always loved the look of them, i talked to the building inspector in town and i described the situation i.e. unfinished basement no combustibles. He told me sounds like a straight forward install. just watch my clearances to the floor joists above. Homeowners ins. wants it to be installed by a professional. whatever that means and they want a copy of the receipt. I have a relative that is a contractor. So I plan on complying with all that as I want to be safe. Now here's where I'm hoping for some help from you guys, I plan on dropping a liner in this existing masonry chimney. its an 8" round clay tile flue. I need to get a 6" flexible smooth wall liner down it, which doesn't sound too bad. but when I research liners some say I need to insulate the liner with a 1/2" blanket. some dont mention insulation at all. Is the insulation required or is a it a nice to have? and if it is required after I wrap it around this 6" liner will it fit down my 8" round flue tile I get a little worried with it being a tight clearance all it would take would be one of the clay joints to have a little mortar squeeze out to hold me up? If any of you have any experience with this your help would be greatly appreciated!!
i should mention its a straight run in an exterior chimney on the gable end of my ranch. it extends into the basement and about 4 ft below where the stove would plug in theres a cleanout door. talking about 25 or so feet of run. i think i may need to size down to 5.5" liner?
i should mention its a straight run in an exterior chimney on the gable end of my ranch. it extends into the basement and about 4 ft below where the stove would plug in theres a cleanout door. talking about 25 or so feet of run. i think i may need to size down to 5.5" liner?
