I have a home built six years ago. It has a two car attached garage. i would like to install a small pot belly coal burner. The weather side of the garage is unfinished on the interior, sheathed with 3/8 ply and vinyl siding. i wish to vent out this side. Will a dura vent thru wall ****** do the job?
install a bot belly coal burner
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RAYJAY
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I would say no. you would have to put the stove pipe out the roof over the peak so you wouldn't get coal gas problems. you would have to see what your code is for your area on this
Franz©
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Coal makes some pretty nasty combustion products, and I don't think Duravent would last long.
Abodyracer
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When I worked for one of the Home Improvement stores we stocked a class "A" stove pipe that was made out of stainless steel. the inner liner was made of 304 and the outer was made of 430 and polished to a high luster. It was rated for wood or coal.
As for venting out the side it will never work, you will need to go up. You can gou out the side but as soon as you are outside you still need to go up past the roof line.
As for venting out the side it will never work, you will need to go up. You can gou out the side but as soon as you are outside you still need to go up past the roof line.
HoosierBuddy
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This reminds me of a strange, but true story.
I pulled into a rural tree-nursery one time, but it was closed. Rather than turn right around, I kept on going and turned around in a lot behind the building adjacent to the nursery, which is a Christian book store. I looked over at the back of this building and there was a 6" flue pipe protruding from the wall, with a stack going STRAIGHT DOWN off the flue. Originally, it had run straight up the wall, but the single bracket that held it adjacent to the roof had come loose, allowing the whole thing to roate 180-degrees.
Well...I'm thinking this is a recipie for death...so I stopped my truck got out and went inside. I was 40 miles from home and had never been to this store in my life before. I walked in and was like "Hi Mable, long time no see." Because I knew the woman behind the counter. We had worked together for about 10 years, a decade before. I told her the story and she turned off the stores furnace and called the owner to come over.
I haven't been behind that building before or since. What are the odds I'd be there to save my old friend that day? Not very likely. A Christmas miracle, I'd say.
The flue should go out the roof...but if you do hook it to the wall...make sure you don't create a pivot point where one bracket is the only thing that will keep it from pointing down instead of up.
Phil
I pulled into a rural tree-nursery one time, but it was closed. Rather than turn right around, I kept on going and turned around in a lot behind the building adjacent to the nursery, which is a Christian book store. I looked over at the back of this building and there was a 6" flue pipe protruding from the wall, with a stack going STRAIGHT DOWN off the flue. Originally, it had run straight up the wall, but the single bracket that held it adjacent to the roof had come loose, allowing the whole thing to roate 180-degrees.
Well...I'm thinking this is a recipie for death...so I stopped my truck got out and went inside. I was 40 miles from home and had never been to this store in my life before. I walked in and was like "Hi Mable, long time no see." Because I knew the woman behind the counter. We had worked together for about 10 years, a decade before. I told her the story and she turned off the stores furnace and called the owner to come over.
I haven't been behind that building before or since. What are the odds I'd be there to save my old friend that day? Not very likely. A Christmas miracle, I'd say.
The flue should go out the roof...but if you do hook it to the wall...make sure you don't create a pivot point where one bracket is the only thing that will keep it from pointing down instead of up.
Phil
goodfellow
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The safest way is to get double wall, stainless insulated pipe with the proper insulating collar for the wall. It's expensive, but you can get some good deals on 6" pipe on e-Bay.
Do it right once and never worry about it again --
Do it right once and never worry about it again --
Well, after looking @ the products available, I feel a wee bit more optimistic about going out the side wall of the garage. There is a class A rated triple walled pipe that can be bought as a wall ****** and can be bought long enough to give you the necessary one foot clearance on the inside and outside where the pipe passes thru the wall. I will run the pipe up past the garage roof line. I think that I can continue the triple wall all the way up past the roof line, which makes me think that I will not need to run the outside pipe a foot away from the building. Does anyone know of this ?
RAYJAY
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Well, after looking @ the products available, I feel a wee bit more optimistic about going out the side wall of the garage. There is a class A rated triple walled pipe that can be bought as a wall ****** and can be bought long enough to give you the necessary one foot clearance on the inside and outside where the pipe passes thru the wall. I will run the pipe up past the garage roof line. I think that I can continue the triple wall all the way up past the roof line, which makes me think that I will not need to run the outside pipe a foot away from the building. Does anyone know of this ?
one problem putting any elbows in is you will have to clean the fly ash out 1 to 2 time a year depending on the quality of coal you burn straight up is your best way
Jeff
oil slick
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I burn coal in a modified barrel stove and ran a class A metalbestos stove pipe through the roof. I would avoid elbows as coal stoves run lower stack temperatures than woodstoves and are more sensitive to low draft conditions. Check out this forumhttp://www.nepadigital.com/bb/index.php it should answer any coal burning questions you should have.
6768rogues
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Straight up is the best. You can put in a small offset, still running uphill, through the sidewall but it will not have as good a draft and will be a pain to clean. Generally, you need to have it 3-feet higher than anything within 10 feet horizontally. Use something that is rated for solid fuel.