Putting In A Wood Burning Stove

Installing a wood stove in your home will make your heating much more environmentally friendly however it s important to be aware of the building codes for wood stoves so you can protect your health while keeping yourself warm.

Putting in a wood burning stove.

Installing a wood stove pipe into an existing chimney. A stove you can choose a wood burning stove or a multi fuel stove. Metal chimneys are the most recommended for wood stoves because they are insulated. Wood stoves are much more efficient than an open fire and can quite easily consume all of the oxygen in a room.

For this reason it is better to have a new chimney put in with a new stove rather than use an existing chimney. Installing a wood burning stove into your home is a great way adding character to your property who doesn t love the idea of watching logs burn on a chilly winter s night. Here is a general guide to installing a wood burner without a chimney what you will need. My parent s chimneys needed to be lined with stainless steel flue liners before the wood stoves could be installed.

Check if you live in a smoke control area as you will need a defra approved stove if you do. Wood burning stoves get incredibly hot with interior temperatures reaching over 1000 degrees fahrenheit 540 degrees celsius source. We haven t made it this far on our wood stove yet but will be installing these items shortly. The aw3200e p wood stove meets the stringent requirements of the epa step 2 in.

If they are not installed correctly they can also. Before installing wood burning stoves in our existing fireplaces we had to consider how the chimney for the fireplace would be utilized. Be sure you follow all codes to make your wood burning stove legal to prevent fires and not have any issue with obtaining home owner s insurance with a wood stove. Also make note of the flue size for when you choose your stove pipe.

This wood burning stove features a large pedestal base with integrated ash pan and a large arched glass door with brushed nickel door handle. Walker if you want to forgo hiring professionals here are some basic steps for installing a wood burning stove. It s also a much more even distribution of warmth than central heating and potentially much more cost effective and building up energy bills. Many times people will put tile under their wood stove and hearty backer behind it.

The aw3200e p model replaces the previous vogelzang tr007 wood burning stove.