How Many Inches Floor to Flue

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Post by Cap » Sat. Sep. 06, 2008 10:47 pm

I have two flues in my home. A 8" basement flue 60" off of the cement floor thru cinder block. Very easy to work with any unit. The second is a 6" flue in the one side on my living area set up to burn a small stove either wood of coal. There is a 2x6 framed decked area for stove placement with the synthetic material used around stoves.
But the flue for this area is a mere 25" off of the deck. This limits which stoves I can use. I believe the po's built this area to seat a Harman Mark I although they had a Mark III in place when I purchased. I picked up a Godin Oval in excellent condition but the outlet of the Godin is almost 32". I need to pipe into 24". No room for elbows. I put myself in a jam buying this stove. But it looks great.

How many inches floor to flue is typical in a living room setting?

 
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Post by LsFarm » Sat. Sep. 06, 2008 11:17 pm

hi Cap, Put in a new thimble into the 6" chimney at the height that will work with your new stove. It's not a big job.

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Post by Cap » Sun. Sep. 07, 2008 5:41 pm

Thanks Greg but that would require tearing apart an interior wall with imitation brick on it, chiseling into the block chimney and clay flue and patching it all back together. I might be better off waiting for the right stove to come around.

 
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Post by BIG BEAM » Sun. Sep. 07, 2008 8:40 pm

I'm with Greg on this one.It's not as hard as it sounds.But maybe go a little higher than 32" so if you or someone else gets a different stove it will also fit.
DON

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