Venting Stoker Into Fireplace
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I am looking at a large home that has a propane insert in the fireplace. I am looking into putting a stoker rice stove there. How can I vent a bottom flue stoker into this? Do I need to line the chimney? The chimney is probably 3 stories or so.
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This is a pretty vague question. We would at least need to know the specifics of the fireplace and the chimney.
Does the fireplace have a hearth big enough to put the stove on?
Is the fireplace big enough to slide the stove in?
Basically, you need to set the stove in front of, on or inside the fireplace. Then put a plate over the flue or the face of the fireplace with a hole for the stove pipe.
You will need to put a barometric dampener in the stove pipe between the stove and the plate. Otherwise the chimney will suck all the heat out of the stove. You should also run a few feet of stove pipe up into the chimney to promote draft.
No, you don't need to put in a chimney liner. As long as it's some kind of masonry chimney, it will be fine and it will last a lot longer than a liner would.
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Does the fireplace have a hearth big enough to put the stove on?
Is the fireplace big enough to slide the stove in?
Basically, you need to set the stove in front of, on or inside the fireplace. Then put a plate over the flue or the face of the fireplace with a hole for the stove pipe.
You will need to put a barometric dampener in the stove pipe between the stove and the plate. Otherwise the chimney will suck all the heat out of the stove. You should also run a few feet of stove pipe up into the chimney to promote draft.
No, you don't need to put in a chimney liner. As long as it's some kind of masonry chimney, it will be fine and it will last a lot longer than a liner would.
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A clay tile liner sticking 4+ inches out of the top of your chimney does not mean that that liner goes all the way to the bottom of the chimney. Many rooftop re-built chimneys have a single piece of liner installed in them when they are re-built from the roofline up. You need to be able to look down the chimney from the top to insure the liner is continuous, or look up with a mirror from the bottom of the clean-out door to insure a continuous clay tile liner is in the whole length of the chimney.
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OK it has a propane insert in it right now. I don't see any clay insert on the top. I am assuming it is unlined and just the original brick. So venting into a chimney is a no go without a liner?
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A three story chimney needs nothing as long as it is sound.