Wood Burning Fireplace Chimney Installation

Rule 1 every wood stove must have a chimney this means either a sound masonry chimney more on these later or a ul approved stainless steel class a insulated chimney.

Wood burning fireplace chimney installation.

One of the bonuses of a traditional fireplace is that no masonry support is needed under the firebox. It can be less hassle to install a wood stove in an existing fireplace because there s already a passageway to vent waste smoke and gases from your home. We had the owner and his son at our home to give us an estimate to install convert our fireplace into a wood burning stove. Installing a wood burning stove means you will need stovepipe.

How to install a chimney liner and damper 1. Installation depends on the route used for the vent pipes. Stovepipe differs from chimney systems. The chimney is insulated and has a flue lining damper and roof flashing.

Spread canvas drop cloths on the floor in front of the fireplace. Use an electric chipping hammer to remove some brick from the rear wall of the fireplace. Vertical horizontal or a combination of both. The cost to install a wood burning fireplace ranges from 1 200 to 4 500 which is prefabricated and includes a 9 24 9 chimney.

With their advice knowledge and guidance we decided to just replace are damper clean our chimneys and install a stainless steel chimney cap. A wood burning stove doesn t require a chimney to be installed or operated but will still need a way to exhaust the smoke and gases released by the fire in the form of a flue. The first thing we have to do is to forget about the woodstove and concentrate on the most important part of an installation the chimney.