help in installation of wood burning stove

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i would like to install a wood burning stove in our home as a main heat source. the quotes i am getting is 900.00 plus stove. there must be a way we can do it. how hard is it. where can i go for information and instruction. my main concern is safety.

i also want to build a small chicken house, i have plans for a large one. does anyone build for just 6 to 8 yard chickens?

i get and love countryside mag.

-- lyn liss (lisx@hctc.net), November 01, 1999

Answers

We installed our stove ourselves. It can be safely done if you get a copy of your county's building code for installation (if they have one). If they don't have one, search the net and you'll find lots of info on what is safe and what isn't. Although we installed ours ourselves, the chimney kit (double-wall pipe) cost us $700.00 in materials.

You might want to look into the cost of materials in your area. If they only charge $900.00 for materials plus installation that might be a good deal considering that since they probably know what they are doing it will be a good safe installation.

-- PK (non@this-time.com), November 02, 1999.


we installed our own wood burning stove but we already had an exsisting chimney which is half the battle . We recently built a chicken tractor for 5 hens and 1 rooster from plans found in this lovely mag. We have seen a chicken coop in the style of an out house for only a few birds

-- becky rosen (Joel681@webtv.net), November 02, 1999.

We installed a wood cook stove fairly simply. The dealer where we bought the chimney pipe pretty much told us what to do step by step. If you buy locally, dealers should know the codes. Don't forget to check with your insurance company too. We found ours to be more restrictive than either local codes or manufacturers installation guidelines!

-- David C (fleece@eritter.net), November 02, 1999.

Look in the archives. I described the solution to this problem for someone else.

-- Nick (nikoda@pdqnet.com), November 03, 1999.

I have installed 3 stainless steel chimneys in our house. Check at home building supply stores for triple wall stainless steel chimney. They should have literature which shows the corresct way to install. You can go through either the roof, or wall then up. They have wall thimbles, vented roof flashings, hangers, etc. Everything you need. Although it is quite expensive, I feel this is a great alternative to a masonry chimney.

-- stan (nitestar@penn.com), November 04, 1999.


we have installed two wood stoves, we used Dura Plus double wall and got the pipe ect. from a local wood stove dealer all of the instructions come with the pipe with all different types of instlation instructions, and the wood stove dealer asked questions to make sure we were getting what we needed. Ours only cost 350.00 as we put the stove close to the roof pitch and only needed 2 sections of 3' pipe. Cindy

-- cynthia hale (hale@ria.net), November 05, 1999.

A few eeks ago i was going to put up a chimney for a stove in my shop, I called around for a chimney block to use for a through the wall thimble but no one in this srea even has them, (south west OR.) but, I was able to get a pilaster block. I am not recomending my system for a house tho i have used it. I use a 20' section of 8" culvet, the bottom set in concrete and the top braced off to the house with air space for heat disapation. I cut a 6" hole in the side and use 6" well or gas casing for a lateral, 6" stove pipe fits inside. The lateral is concreted in the chimney block, later I cut a clean out door and concrete it in using a form, the whole project takes a few hours to a day. It's not for every one, I also have a wood stove in a studio that has 18 joints of 8" tripple wall pipe ($$) and one in the house is in an old brick chimney, for my money the corrugated metal pipe is as good as any, I have built 3 of them and the first one was 7 years ago, still working fine.

-- Bob Henderson (redgate@echoweb.net), November 05, 1999.

I WAS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS HERE IN SPRINGFIELD MO AS TO WHAT RESTRICTIONS AND PRECAUTIONS I NEEDED TO TAKE IN INSTALLING A STOVE THAT I AM BUYING FROM A FRIEND. THE LOCAL HARDWARE/BUILDING MATERIALS STORE SEEMED ONLY INTERESTED IN SELLING ME A COMPLETE UNIT. I WANT, OR COURSE, A SAFE UNIT BUT I HAVEN'T A CLUE ON WHAT TO PUT DOWN ON MY FLOOR. DO I NEED A FIRE BREAK AND WILL THE STOVE BE SUPPORTED ON MY EXISTING FLOORING. I DON'T WANT TO BREAK ANY LAWS BUT I ALSO WANT BACK-UP HEAT FOR Y2K AND TO GET THE LOCAL UTILITIES BUREACRATS OFF MY BACK FINANCIALLY. I LIVE IN A VERY SMALL HOUSE OF NOT MORE THAN 1000 SQ FT. MY OTHER PROBLEMS WITH THE HOUSE IS THERE IS NO INSULATION IN THE WALLS AND IT GETS QUITE COLD. ANY SUGGESTIONS WOULD BE GREAT. ABOUT YOUR MAGAZINE--I HAVE READ THIS MAGAZINE FOR OVER 2 YEARS AND I MUST SAY IF ONLY THE WORLD OPERATED AT THE SAME LEVEL OF FAMILY DECENCY, SIMPLICITY, AND SHARING OF OUR COMMON SKILLS OR TALENTS THERE WOULD NOT BE ANYTHING TO WORRY ABOUT Y2K. I AM GLAD I WAS FOREWARNED BY YOUR PEOPLE TO PREPARE, AND PREPARE, AND TO PREPARE. I HAVE SPENT MY SPRING AND SUMMER GARDENING, SAVING SEED, CANNING, AND LEARNING. WE CANNOT HAVE ENOUGH KNOWLEDGE ANY MORE THAN WE CANNOT HAVE ENOUGH HUMANITY. I PRAY FOR EVERYONE'S SAFETY IN THE COMING MONTHS AND I THANK-YOU FOR A TRULY WONDERFUL MAGAZINE. CIAO

-- dorice lester calocci (doriceshouse@hotmail.com), November 05, 1999.

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