and that chimneys on exterior walls cause poor air flow. But everything I've read says never to do that. Our other option is to wait, and build a new chimney/fireplace into a one-room extension we plan to add to our two-story house. Will the chimney be a fire hazard even with insulated liner? I'm a novice at this, and am sure I've missed some details. Also, the fireplace will "stick out" into the room, so we will have to make a mantel/hearth around it that will basically eat up 1/6th of the living room. Because we cannot stick the stove "into" the wall because there is no fireplace opening, the new fireplace vent would have to bend into the chimney at some point, and we would have to cut a hole into the brick chimney for the flu. Our rough plan is to place a lightweight floor protector, rather than a stone hearth, so the floor can bear the weight.
since there is combustible material against the chimney.
#Masonry stack chimney clearance to combustibles install#
I know we will have to install an insulated chimney liner esp. The best place (to our mind) would be in the living room, which means that it would squeeze into a corner of the living room, with a doorway on either side of the hearth. We want to install a zero-clearance wood-burning fireplace. We have no idea where the original flue was, but it must have vented a wood stove because there is no structure for a fireplace. Our 83 year old house has a brick chimney covered up with drywall.
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