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Anyone ever installed a wood stove?
Posted on 1/16/26 at 8:09 am
Posted on 1/16/26 at 8:09 am
Have a half exposed basement and thinking about sticking one down there. Tried looking for a little advice on Reddit and of course half the comments are
“Wood stoves are likely/should be illegal” and stuff like that.
Obviously want to not kill myself but I do tons of major home renovation and follow codes for a living so just looking for some real world experience before I dig in and do more research.
Basement currently has no heat other than a heater on one side that has now been enclosed into a room we built downstairs to be a home theater.
ETA: I 100% do not live anywhere where it is illegal.
“Wood stoves are likely/should be illegal” and stuff like that.
Obviously want to not kill myself but I do tons of major home renovation and follow codes for a living so just looking for some real world experience before I dig in and do more research.
Basement currently has no heat other than a heater on one side that has now been enclosed into a room we built downstairs to be a home theater.
ETA: I 100% do not live anywhere where it is illegal.
This post was edited on 1/16/26 at 8:09 am
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Posted on 1/16/26 at 8:49 am to jlovel7
I have an antique pot bellied stove in my covered and semi enclosed carport that I plan to refurb and permanently install. I did fire it up when I got it and it does pump out some heat, and the chassis gets very hot.
So I plan to set it on a fire brick pad and build a fire retardant backstop behind it. On the flue, since you’ll be inside, I think I’d have a pro do that…on mine I just need to punch out a gable end and they make fire retardant sleeves for that
So I plan to set it on a fire brick pad and build a fire retardant backstop behind it. On the flue, since you’ll be inside, I think I’d have a pro do that…on mine I just need to punch out a gable end and they make fire retardant sleeves for that
Posted on 1/16/26 at 11:55 am to jlovel7
it's not too difficult but you'll need to build a spot for it with something non-combustible like bricks, stone, or tile to sit on and around the walls it's near and a way to run your pipe above your roof line. I've done one on the ground level of a one level home and went through the roof with the pipe but we almost bought a house recently that had a partially below grade basement and planned to setup something like in the photo below.
you mentioned "half exposed basement" - does that mean part of the basement is above ground? So something like this:
you mentioned "half exposed basement" - does that mean part of the basement is above ground? So something like this:
This post was edited on 1/16/26 at 11:57 am
Posted on 1/16/26 at 12:09 pm to jlovel7
Yea, done a few.
Make sure you have lots of vertical run in the pipe and all of it at least as big as the stoves pipe jack.
Make sure you have lots of vertical run in the pipe and all of it at least as big as the stoves pipe jack.
Posted on 1/16/26 at 1:44 pm to Don Quixote
Yup that’s exactly what I was thinking.
ETA: someone on Reddit literally said you’d die if you had a 90 degree elbow in your pipe
ETA: someone on Reddit literally said you’d die if you had a 90 degree elbow in your pipe
This post was edited on 1/16/26 at 1:45 pm
Posted on 1/16/26 at 5:55 pm to jlovel7
Why are they illegal or hated on Reddit? They burn wood? Does Reddit/ Libs hate wood now?
My aunt had one in her basement and it worked too well, you had to have a tiny fire in there or it would burn you out of the basement because it got too hot.
I remember she had a dragon tea pot she put on top and when the water was hot it blew steam out its nose.
My aunt had one in her basement and it worked too well, you had to have a tiny fire in there or it would burn you out of the basement because it got too hot.
I remember she had a dragon tea pot she put on top and when the water was hot it blew steam out its nose.
Posted on 1/16/26 at 6:39 pm to jlovel7
I’d also look to see what it will do to your insurance.
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