Posted by MeAnthony on November 19, 2010 at 17:53:39 from (208.100.202.77):
I use a wood stove for heat(have furnace but propane is largely out of my budget); house is 26 x 74 on a full basement.
The wood stove works ok to heat the middle(located centrally, on north side of house) of the house but both ends are chilly.
I have a much larger wood furnace in the basement. However, I can"t afford $500 or so to put up another chimney.
I would prefer to use the basement wood furnace for main heat. This would eliminate pipes freezing(currently no heat in basement), house floors would be much warmer and I can plumb the blower to the existing furnace ducting, allowing me to more evenly distribute the heat.
Here"s the question: can I extend my existing 6" chimney down to the basement and run both stoves off it?
Existing chimney is 6". My thought is to adapt up to 8"(to allow more volume of airflow) at the ceiling, add a T adapter(and reduce back to 6") to attach to main floor wood stove. Remainder of chimney to basement would also be 8". I realize the adapter to 6" at the ceiling would be a choke point, but I can"t afford to buy all new stuff to replace it with 8" right now.
Total rise from basement through roof is about 20".
I expect that the smaller wood stove on the main floor of the house would only be used if we get extremely cold weather(located in south central MI). So most of the time, only 1 stove would be using the chimney.
I certainly don"t want to create a hazardous system. But unfortunately I"m on a very tight(read single parent, working class dog) budget. And it bugs the dickens outta me to hear my kids saying how cold their bedrooms are, so I gotta do something.
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