Bought a woodburning stove from ebay. i have no chimney so pipe has to go thru wall and up side of house?

Question

how easy is it to fix together all the pipe ie. do i need fire cement, rope etc???

Answer 1

You'll have got the general message, my friend, you really do need a professional to do the installation for you for your own sake.  It's not simply a matter of sticking a pipe through a wall, there's a lot more to it.  The construction of modern houses means, amongst other things, that provision of correct ventilation is necessary to ensure proper combustion and avoid carbon monoxide, for example. Unless, of course, you live in a draughty backwoods cabin . . .  

Answer 2

its really easy to do.  all you have to do is pick up the fone and call in a professional, an incorrectly installed wood burner and flue can quite easily gas and kill the people in the building.

Answer 3

You'll need a proper twin wall chimney, it works out at £1 per 10mm length; very expensive. It's a self lock bayonet fitting, so no cement or rope. If you use uninsulated chimney it will just rot through with the dew from combustion.

Here's a link for you:- http://www.firesonline.co.uk/acatalog/12...

Answer 4

Easiest and safest way is to call in a professional. You will also need to get permits and have it inspected after the job is complete. If it is not inspected, and the house does burn, or the job does cause damage, your insurance will probably not cover it. Oh, and another thing, update your house insurance once it is installed. Your rate will go up a bit, but, you will be covered.

Do the right thing, get a professional. Don't forget to clean the chimney every year as well...

Answer 5

i think you are supposed t have a registered person install even coal fires nowadays as you can get carbon momoxide poisioning if the vent is not ggod enough

Answer 6

you need fire cement to seal the flue at gable wall , knock through the wall then point with fire cement then you are away with your ladders , problems  : 1) flue needs to be extended above eaves so no gases get in loft 2 ) cover over flue with a  guard so nobody touches it outside up to about five or six feet  3) any plasterboard on wall you are taking the flue through may need to be removed as it is flammable 4) the joints on the pipe ( flue ) ought to have a specification for jointing .  see solid fuel advisory for further  advice , there ought to be a standard drawing and specification . oh the hearth needs to be a given dimension in front and side of fire .

Answer 7

It may be just as easy and safe to put a hole in the roof.  Get a book form yuor library to tell you how to do it properly.  You have to consiter space from the stove to the wall, you have to install fire proof brick under the stove, you have to allow space around the chimney for heat, and expansion, you have to make sure the chimney top is above the roof peak

Answer 8

Fire needs to draw. Going through the wall and then bending the pipe to go up the side of the wall could be a real problem. The heat needs  an unrestricted rise. The suction as the hot air rises draws oxygen containing air into the fire. If the rising hot air has to go round a bend it may restrict this and the smoke may leak back down into the room. Plus the wood would burn very slowly and therefore be very smoky and give off very little heat. Apart from the danger to yourself and your family.

Answer 9

If you're even thinking about using rope on a project like that, you need to get a professional to do the job for you.

It's not a simple task - you need to consider the effects of heat and fumes, among other things.  If you don't you don't know what you're doing (and the rope idea strongly suggests that you don't), you can end up burning down your house and/or asphyxiating yourself.

Answer 10

Had our woodburner for 4 years and had the same situation,had to go through the wall.Got our double skinned flue from a reclaimation yard,cost more than the burner,had to hire a scaffold tower and got a local blacksmith to make the brackets (which actually worked out cheaper than buying off the shelf ones).Took it through the wall with 2X 135 degree bends with a length of flue between bends,our walls are 2 ft thick.We`ve got ours going up the centre of the gable end so it was easy to take the flue up past the top of the roof. Ours works fine,but if you intend to use it right through the winter you`ll be surprised how many logs you`ll need.good luck.

Answer 11

Best thing to do is sell it.

Answer 12

pretty easy, go to your nearest store like true value or such and tell them what you got and what ur doing and they will give you exactly what you need to do the job but explain to them exactly what you are doing so they can give you all the right parts you need. And if you paint your piping... be sure to only use HIGH HEAT PAINT and don't use it around anything flammible while spraying it.  Or you will heat up.LOL  Hope this helps

Answer 13

Another thing: if someone dies from an improperly installed woodburning stove, you can be charged with manslaughter. Is fifteen years in jail really worth saving a few bucks to do it on the cheapy-cheapy?

There's a huge difference between thrift and cheapness. Cheapness is virtually always morally and legally wrong. Do the right thing and expend some money now to save both money and your freedom in the long run.