You re looking forward to cozy winter nights with a crackling fire.
Putting in a wood burning stove pike through metal roof.
If you re installing a wood burning stove in your home one of the final stages is the chimney.
You have several options for venting a wood stove out.
A vent must be fitted which is the right size for your wood stove this will allow enough fresh air into your room and will also remove the toxic gasses from the room.
It will have to safely protrude through the attic and roof in order to ventilate your home and allow your stove to work properly.
First however you must get your wood stove set up properly.
Simply running the stovepipe out a window or through the wall could result in hazardous conditions.
See the connector pipe category for selecting pipe to go between the stove and the ceiling.
What kinds of pipe we used how to assemble the s.
This chimney kit details the pieces you would need to pass through a pitched or cathedral ceiling any attic space or truss space and terminate above your roofline.
If you re setting up a wood burning stove or pellet stove running the chimney pipe through an outside wall saves the time and costs of installing a.
If your roof is metal this can be a little bit trickier.
By sliding a section of single wall stove pipe with a level you are able to mark the where you will cut the hole through the roof.
Adding a wood stove to your unfinished garage can make it much more comfortable in cold weather but it s important to vent the stove correctly.
Wood stoves can get very very hot during use.
Because wood burning stoves are so efficient they can produce a lot of heat.
Observe your stove s clearance rating when picking a suitable spot.
A stovepipe can either be single wall or close clearance or two walls.
One of the most important parts of setting up your wood stove is connecting it to the stovepipe.
This video shows you how we installed a stove pipe for our wood burning stove that is out in our pole barn.
This heat will consume the oxygen in the room which can make breathing difficult.
Your stove clearance can depend on where you live whether your residence s.
Radiating heat from the stove can pose a hazard to nearby walls and furniture so wood stoves generally have a specified clearance a minimum safe distance between the stove and nearby floors and walls.
