Wood Stove Question

[TSYORK]

I'm going to install a wood-burning stove to reduce my expenses this year; money is extremely tight now and I just learned yesterday that I don't know how secure my job is, so I've got to do all I can to save some dough.

Here's the question. My furnace is hooked into my chimey in the basement. The woodstove would be located on ground floor in the living quarters. I'm not going to be using my furnace while I'm using the woodstove. My plans are to use the furnace until the dead of winter gets here, then crank up the wood stove until Spring comes. Is there a problem using the same chimney for both, if they are not being used at the same time. If the chimney was a multi-tiled one, I could hook up the furnace to one, and the stove to another tile, but it's only a one-tile. I'm going to have the chimney cleaned out professionally, and the stove installed and inspected.

I was going to put in a side shooter exhuast for my furnace, but the cheapest I could get out was around $1,500.00, which I cannot do right now.

Any thoughts?

[stanb999]

Originally Posted by TSYORK

I'm going to install a wood-burning stove to reduce my expenses this year; money is extremely tight now and I just learned yesterday that I don't know how secure my job is, so I've got to do all I can to save some dough.

Here's the question. My furnace is hooked into my chimey in the basement. The woodstove would be located on ground floor in the living quarters. I'm not going to be using my furnace while I'm using the woodstove. My plans are to use the furnace until the dead of winter gets here, then crank up the wood stove until Spring comes. Is there a problem using the same chimney for both, if they are not being used at the same time. If the chimney was a multi-tiled one, I could hook up the furnace to one, and the stove to another tile, but it's only a one-tile. I'm going to have the chimney cleaned out professionally, and the stove installed and inspected.

You can't do this...I'm going to have the chimney cleaned out professionally, and the stove installed and inspected.

and this using the same chimney for both,



The additional reason I'd not want to do it is because of the very different requirements of wood. I'd greatly prefer an insulated double wall chimney made from stainless. it's much easier to clean and they stay cleaner too.


If your handy at all you can do the install your self and do it right.....
Get chimney pipe at the lowes or depot, get the connector pieces for the roof or wall kit, buy a good englands stove works stove and the total will be around $2000 for the setup. Unless you have a 3 story house or something like that. What kind of house do you have? If it's a ranch style a chimney can be had for 2-300 bucks.

[Ross]

Certainly illegal here in Ontario. Used chimney is usually pretty cheap for an oil furnace, just be sure the existing one its using is rated for wood so it can go to the stove !

[Harry Chickpea]

What you are planning to do is almost universally considered a bad idea. The issues are creosote, fire in the chimney with two possible sources of air, condition of flue tiles, carbon monoxide leaks, etc..

If you are needing to save money, the problem is moot anyway. It takes at LEAST a couple of years to amortize the expenses of anything more than the most rudimentary wood burning setup. Now is not the time to be putting money into something you could have to leave. Even more so if the property is yours, since it would REDUCE resale value.

Think instead of closing off rooms and using a space heater.

[ronbre]

agree with stan and above..stainless is your best..it is expensive but man it is wonderful..we heated with wood for going on 39 years now and i love the new stainless double and triple wall chimneys..trust me..my husband had to go up and clean out the poorer chimneys we had in the past..about every week..gotta have a good chimney