p575
ArboristSite Member
I bought a house and I'm trying to get the woodstove installed...its getting cold now...
I'll post up some pictures, but here is what I have. The house has a fireplace in the basement. The stove will sit on the floor, a foot or so from the front of the fireplace. The stove has the chimney exit on the rear of it. I plan on running a piece of black stove pipe from the stove, to the fireplace opening. Question is, how do I seal the front of the fireplace opening off? Easiest thing would be a sheet of plywood with a hole cut in it, but I guess that wouldn't be a very smart idea. I had thought about bricking up the hole, all but enough of a spot the insert the pipe, but that seems very permanent and would make cleaning out the chimney and servicing the damper pretty hard if it ever needed to be done. I feel like i've seen this done before with something similar to plywood, but obviously a non-flammable substitute...
Thanks for any help.
I'll post up some pictures, but here is what I have. The house has a fireplace in the basement. The stove will sit on the floor, a foot or so from the front of the fireplace. The stove has the chimney exit on the rear of it. I plan on running a piece of black stove pipe from the stove, to the fireplace opening. Question is, how do I seal the front of the fireplace opening off? Easiest thing would be a sheet of plywood with a hole cut in it, but I guess that wouldn't be a very smart idea. I had thought about bricking up the hole, all but enough of a spot the insert the pipe, but that seems very permanent and would make cleaning out the chimney and servicing the damper pretty hard if it ever needed to be done. I feel like i've seen this done before with something similar to plywood, but obviously a non-flammable substitute...
Thanks for any help.