I have one chimney but 2 fireplaces, one of which is in the basement. I want to attach a wood stove to the one

Question

in the basement. Will i still be able to use the one above it to burn a fire or will it be unusable with the wood stove being used? the house was built in 1950.

Answer 1

You can do this and use them both.  You have one chimney but it contains 2 or 3 flues; they're all separate.  My home was built in 1956.  It has a basement flue for the water heater and two separate flues on the first floor for two separate fireplaces.

Answer 2

Hello,,it depends on how airtight they are. you should be able to use the one, but remember the heat build up in the chimney is going to get high. do you have a ceramic liner? You want to have it checked out really good, I had a attic fire one time because the mortar was missing in an out of sight place. Gotta get some kind of liner/stove pipe.

Answer 3

You will still be able to use the fireplace on the upper level. there will be no problem using the upper one.

Answer 4

Fireplaces are never interconnected to the same flue, as the draught would be variable, with the possibility of smoke entering the room of the one above, or with a temperature inversion, the smoke from the upper one may enter the basement.

I would suggest that you do a " dry " run, by lighting a fire of newspapers and green grass to ascertain which one is which,

One of the flues may be bricked up.