Getting cold

[sierradmax]

I need to heat my New England garage so I'm not forced to work in multiple layers. I recently purchased a used double brick layered wood burning furnace. Now, I just need to find a way to vent the smoke. People are telling me to use insulated flue pipe as the cheapest means and If I want to cover it, I can encase it to look like its a chimney later on. What kind of codes am I looking at? How high does the smoke stack have to be above the ridge? Anyone have pictures of a similar setup?

 

[Runner94]

Insulated pipe is the cheapest way to go for garage. From my experience in Mass. you have to have so much clearance from combustible materials. You could put fire proof cement board surrounding the burner. And yes the chimney pipe has to be above the ridge. Only because any cross wind could blow the smoke back down the pipe. When I had my stove, it was in a fireplace in my living room. When I had the fireplace built the mason told me that he had to make sure that the chimney top was even with the ridge. You can secure the pipe pretty easily with metal rods. In Mass. I think this may be code. Go down to you local Fire Department HQ's and ask about the state codes. I would think they would be more than glad to give them to you or tell you where you could find them on-line. You'll probably have to have it inspected by the FD. But I don't think they require it to be professionally installed. If you do a lot around your house and garage now you shouldn't have any problems. Just follow the codes.