If there is no building code then they could probably get away with it. Even with building codes they might get away with it if they never tell the county they installed a wood stove.
But the requirement to use chimney pipe outdoors for wood stoves exists for good reason. Outdoor stove pipe becomes cool enough to allow "creosote" (pitch from burning logs) to collect on the inside walls of the pipe. That creates the risk of a sizable chimney fire. Chimney fires can be serious, and can even result in a house fire.
There are Class A through the wall kits. Should pass inspection anywhere.
One of the more ingenious things I saw was a fellow lowering the top sash of a window, and putting in a homemade insulated metal panel with the through the wall kit. Once it warmed up in the spring, he took the stove out to the barn, removed the stovepipe and metal panel, and raised the top panel back into position.
Well this is just regular Black Stove Pipe. Runs from the Stove, Elbow, Straight pipe, Elbow, Straight above the roof, tied on with Tie Wire and Cap. Good to go.
Seen many just run sewer into nearest ditch. Run 2/12 Wire from Poll to House on top of the ground. No Foundation. Just put up a shelter.
I was looking into Colorado counties without building codes a while back. But it turns out that Colorado has statewide building codes that still have to be followed. I have no idea who enforces those codes.
For your interest, counties highlighted with black marker have no building codes.
Ok I lived in Chaffee County in the '80's and things were interesting. I seen one house literally falling down propped up with 4X4's.
As far as here there is State wide Codes but unless someone complains nothing is done. I found before we bought this place there was 4 Lagoons on this property from neighbors. One had no problem removing theirs the other 3 I sold that section of property.
Codes or no codes really isn't the point.
If you're dumb enough to run single wall stove pipe thru the wall of a trailer (no, don't try it in a house either BTW) run raw sewage in a ditch outside your house or run electric lines so you get electrocuted, then I say bring on the Darwin awards ASAP before you get the chance to share those genes with the rest of us.
Ok I was brought up running just Stove Pipe. Remember doing it as a Kid, just run Stove Pipe up through roof for Heat and Cook Stoves. I just run it out the side of the House for couple Winters then put in Triple Wall Pipe.
Ran 12/2 until ran over it and shorted out, had to do something different.
As far as Septic we used Outhouse for years then finally dug a Lagoon. But had couple neighbors just run it off in a ditch. Oh one time just moved to a place found septic was just running under the house so run it out into a field.
Many years just caught Rain Water into a Tank for our water needs.
The standard jerry rigged wood stove flue around here is a piece of heave steel pipe stood up vertically about a foot from the outside wall of the shed, with bottom anchored in the ground and top tied off at the building roof line. Then they fill a window opening with sheet metal and punch the single wall woodstove flu thru that then tie into side of the vertical pipe.
Have seen this sort of thing in a number of sheds and garages. Nobody is going to insure an install like that but they do the job, and it you don't have much of anything of value in the building, not too much to worry about. My neighbors fur skinning shed has a woodstove install like described.
Well I had to get Insurance on this place had a heck of time because it is a House Trailer with Fireplace. Finally got Insurance but can't use Wood Heat anywhere else.
Electric is all good.
Septic runs into a Lagoon which is legal here. Had 5 places running into Lagoons on this place I put a stop to that.
Knew a guy bought property from a member of this forum. He built a shack and drilled a Well then found he was on the wrong property.
I admit it - been there done that.
needed some heat in a shed for one winter.
got an old cast iron wood stove - the kind that you put wood in vertical we call a queen heater.
opened the shed window and put a piece of sheet metal over it both inside and out.
cut five inch diameter holes through and run a black stove pipe out past the eave then elbow an up a few sections, but then put a second pipe six inch diameter over the five inch just from the window on out & up (you can slip a 90-degree five inside a six). put a few spacers made from 3/4" nuts on a wire to keep the five inch kinda centred in the six.
Run that shed most of a winter and worked okay and got me through.
Had to clean the chimney a few times but was not too bad.
was it the right way - no but was it all I could manage at the time,
did it work -yes.
would I do it on a house - no.
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