Was wondering if placing a woodstove in the basement wood supply. 78 yo house, 2 ft thick uninsulated masonry walls, full daylight basement with walkin on north side (bummer), massive concrete foundation with basement stairs, laundry room floor, and two porches all poured along with the foundation If you are getting smoke in the house or you stove just don’t seem to be burning like should
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Check the door seal and latch for a tight fit
Check the ash pan for shut tight and latched if all doors seals are good and latched
Most pellet stove are negative air (inside of the firebox is. The advantages of having an interior chimney are many Look at the house of yore when people didn't have central heating
You won't find many exterior chimneys there Better draft, less cooling of flue gas equalling less creosote, far less heat loss to outdoors and most of it instead radiated to the interior of the house and less deterioration due to weather. Anyone watch homestead rescue raneys ranch on discovery channel I was watching it last night and the fathers house had a bit of a chimney fire that got out of hand and they completely lost their cabin on the homestead they have been working on for most of the show for the last few years
Last year, i installed a propane furnace in my shop, which is about 180 to 200 feet from the house propane tank
I finished up the season with a couple 100# propane cylinders that i was renting from my last house (i have since returned them) I was planning on installing a small 129 gallon or. Personally, our small stone house retains enough moisture from cooking, washing and breathing that winter humidity is never an issue The ovens keep humidity at a good level
But it becomes a significant issue in the summer, as the house is too humid from cooking, washing and breathing, and we have to vent the house The part of the house with the non accessible crawl space has no plumbing or wiring under the floor So what if i just pumped those areas full of foam My worry would be trapping moisture where i dont want it causing rot and mold, which i hear is a major concern
Hmm, my first thought is that sounds like a lot of foam, and expensive.
Hello, i am new to the forum Lurking for a while now I joined to ask if, in a through the wall installation, should i run my stove pipe up as high as possible before going through the wall If i terminated at the minimum distance, i would have over 15' of chimney up the side of my house and.
You can try bracing it to the house by attaching steel brackets of some sort to the chimney and structure of the house to buy you a year, maybe, but even then i wouldnt want a couple 2x4's to hold up thousands of pounds of brick and masonry Is there just that one flue in the chimney?
