[woodducksys]

Greetings

I have been wondering if a 'tent' woodstove, you know the barrel/rectangle kind designed for heating a tent could be safely vented thru a fireplace chimney by putting the stove chimney up the fireplace?

If so, this seems to be an easy way to add heat during power failures. My fireplace includes a brick hearth that would hold the stove.

 

[swamppapa]

yes I heated a small cabin with a sheepherder stove doing this to further increase the heat retention and to keep smoke out I used sheet metal around the sides to block up the fireplace opening around the stove the stove fit into the fireplace. I put a section of stove pipe on the stove inside the chimney (no flue) to improve the draw.

 

[gearheadon44s]

If you look around you should be able to find an adapter to get from the three inch tent stove up to the six or eight of the chimney, I see pellet stoves done that way all the time. They only have a three inch pipe.

 

[gearheadon44s]

Why not build a fire in the fireplace? If your talking about just sticking the pipe up the chimney make sure its far enough up that It will draft right.

 

[swamppapa]

the reason I did it was that the fireplace was a very deep narrow design and did not radiate well it drew almost everything up the chimney, it was so bad lighting a decent fire caused an uncomfortable breeze in the room.

and a stove radiates heat more efficiently.

 

[gearheadon44s]

Unless you plug the hole I think it will still suck the warm air out, you will probably have to find or make an adapter.

 

[pastornator]

Plug the hole and vent away. Once the big hole is gone it is just another chimney. My pellet stove does very nicely and I am one of the fortunate ones who has a dual chimney built in, so I have an outlet for a wood stove in the basement as well (or if SHTF a cook stove in the kitchen!).

Fireplaces are NOTORIOUS for NOT producing usable heat. While they feel nice and cozy in the room where they burn, they send all the hot air from the home up the chimney unless they are some modern controlled source version (which are essentially wood stoves with glass doors).

BTW, I am heating my home with just the pellet stove right now, so it does well. Also crafting a backup source of electricity to keep it going if grid is down. Next year I will purchase pellets in bulk using a farm gravity box wagon.

 

[woodducksys]

love the fireplace for the ambiance of the fire, but if we loose the furnace a wood stove produces lots more heat. Also the top of the stove can be used for cooking.

 

[ElevenBravo29th]

Fireplace: pretty, but all the heat goes up the chimney
Wood Stove: Not pretty, but MOST of the heat stays in the ROOM.

That was for the previous poster... Fireplaces does extremely little to keep a room warm, COMPARED to a wood stove.

I would plumb the stove pipe at least 3 feet up the flue, get a good draft going and then start the fire.. Draw should keep any smoke from coming back.


GL,
EB

 

[Colt]

I have one of these venting out of a window. Works great. I've also seen plenty vented out of chimneys. They make fireplace inserts though that are designed for it. My lady has one at her old place.

 

[arleigh]

When I run the stove pipe through the chimney I make a cover for the fire place so that heat isn't drawn out there.
If I had to I'd knock the legs off(unbolt) the stove so it set low and set it on brick securely.
Giving me all the room possible to plumb the stove pipe correctly.

 

[charliemeyer007]

+1 arleigh A say 10 gauge steel plate is cut to fit over the fire place opening. You can the cut the leg shortened sheepherder into the plate. With a section of stove pipe that will fit up the flue and a 90 degree at the plate, pivot the assembly in place. Glue on stove door gasket around the plate fireplace junction will help.

There are fireplace inserts of various design, and a real handy person could build a custom one to exactly work. Thin sheet metal sheepherder stoves will not last many years of use unless made of stainless.

 

[Greeneal]

Mom/s basement family room had a fireplace and we piped a woodstove into it and ran the pipe up through the open damper. I then cut some cement board to cover the fireplace opening. I cut out a hole for the stove pipe then cut the cement board in two vertically centered on the stovepipe hole. The hearth was deep enough to set the stove on but closer to the floor would have been nice. To finish it off somewhat I covered the cement board with decorative brick, Z-Brick maybe. The red brick I chose contrasted nicely with the limestone hearth and wall that the fireplace was in.

When mom became too old to work the wood stove properly we removed it and covered the fireplace front with plywood. We had to completely remove any wood heat since mom nearly burned the house down a couple of times. The scariest was when mom crammed the stove full of small diameter wood and lit it then left the firebox door open. The 10 foot column of flame from the resulting chimney fire was pretty impressive but fortunately the chimney was fine and the house didn't catch fire because the chimney was in a masonry wall and actually outside the house. The fire chief and our insurance company strongly suggested that mom no longer be allowed to have a wood stove and we agreed.

 

[ForestBeekeeper]

I would recommend that you consider installing a liner in the chimney.

Otherwise, this is a great idea. Go for it

 

[pastornator]

I would recommend that you consider installing a liner in the chimney.

Otherwise, this is a great idea. Go for it

Only if it is in bad condition... Otherwise, it is designed for, well, wood fire and the resultant smoke. :thumb:

 

[woodducksys]

Thanks, I don't want to do anything permanent to my existing fireplace, this is an idea for a loss of power event that might last more then a few days. (couple of years ago we were without power for 9 days, thankfully it was during warm weather.)

 

[nickleanddimeu2]

Depends if the brick chimney is lines or just brick. Also have to watch for crack in the brick or missing pieces. Around here we get alot of chimney fires from people hooking woodburners into the old chimney from a fuel oil or gas heater and catching their house on fire. I understand the reason to save money,. but in the long run just installing some insulated stove pipe might save your house and your life.

 

[Steverino]

Good video series on how liner installs..

 

[rover]

I would recommend that you consider installing a liner in the chimney.

Otherwise, this is a great idea. Go for it

Only if it is in bad condition... Otherwise, it is designed for, well, wood fire and the resultant smoke. :thumb:

It will draft better, and there may be insurance issues.
And you can use Bvent on a pellet stove, not a good idea for wood though.

 

[HarrySachs]

i vent my wood stove through an old chimney in my house.

Of course i really only use it for emergency purposes only.