Hey guys,
This is my first post on here, so thanks in advance for any help you guys give me. I currently have a wood burning stove in my home, but due to the age of the house and changes to the floor plan, it's now located in the kitchen rather than in the living room, where I would prefer it.
Luckily enough, it's just two feet off the adjoining living room wall, and I think it should be simple enough to pull that wall down and build a new one around it, enclosing it in the living room. I think I should be okay with that, the house being an open floor plan. I guess I should ask if anyone thinks I would have a problem with that first.
The main reason I'm posting this thread, though, is that there's a doorway on the living room side of that wall. There's absolutely no space between the edge of the doorway and the wall, so if I simply turn the stove around, part of it will inevitably end up in the doorway. Besides problems that it would create for any doors that are used there, I'm also concerned about having a hot stove so close to the doorway. I don't have kids now, but they're in the future... I think about kids running around the house, rounding the corner too fast, serious burn hazard.
So, logically, I want to set it back a few feet from the door. The only way I could do this, however is by either altering the pipe so that there's an angled section allowing the stove to be relocated, or relocating the entire pipe all the way through to the roof. I'd like to avoid the latter, but again I'm worried about the potential for heat buildup in one or all of the bends in the pipe, causing a fire hazard.
Does anyone know if this is going to be a problem for me, or can I create a pipe with bends in it? Also, anything else that I'm not considering would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
John
This is my first post on here, so thanks in advance for any help you guys give me. I currently have a wood burning stove in my home, but due to the age of the house and changes to the floor plan, it's now located in the kitchen rather than in the living room, where I would prefer it.
Luckily enough, it's just two feet off the adjoining living room wall, and I think it should be simple enough to pull that wall down and build a new one around it, enclosing it in the living room. I think I should be okay with that, the house being an open floor plan. I guess I should ask if anyone thinks I would have a problem with that first.
The main reason I'm posting this thread, though, is that there's a doorway on the living room side of that wall. There's absolutely no space between the edge of the doorway and the wall, so if I simply turn the stove around, part of it will inevitably end up in the doorway. Besides problems that it would create for any doors that are used there, I'm also concerned about having a hot stove so close to the doorway. I don't have kids now, but they're in the future... I think about kids running around the house, rounding the corner too fast, serious burn hazard.
So, logically, I want to set it back a few feet from the door. The only way I could do this, however is by either altering the pipe so that there's an angled section allowing the stove to be relocated, or relocating the entire pipe all the way through to the roof. I'd like to avoid the latter, but again I'm worried about the potential for heat buildup in one or all of the bends in the pipe, causing a fire hazard.
Does anyone know if this is going to be a problem for me, or can I create a pipe with bends in it? Also, anything else that I'm not considering would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
John