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Venting Question

Npowers
Npowers Member Posts: 2
in THE MAIN WALL
Hello,
I was wondering if it would affect the draft if i tied into the chimney for a woodstove exhaust pipe right above my boiler's exhaust pipe?

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  • Jack
    Jack Member Posts: 1,049
    No, and it is against NFPA 211 to tie any other combustion device into a wood stove chimney.
    Solid_Fuel_ManNpowers
  • Solid_Fuel_Man
    Solid_Fuel_Man Member Posts: 2,644
    A separate flue is required for a woodstove. Air let in from barometric dampers, or draught hoods will not only cool the flue potentially causing creosote, they will feed combustion air to a chimney fire.
    Serving Northern Maine HVAC & Controls. I burn wood, it smells good!
    Npowers
  • Npowers
    Npowers Member Posts: 2
    Perfect. Thanks guys. Would tying into a fireplace chimney be acceptable?
  • Jamie Hall
    Jamie Hall Member Posts: 25,728
    Npowers said:

    Perfect. Thanks guys. Would tying into a fireplace chimney be acceptable?

    You can, at least in some areas, legally tie a woodstove into a fireplace chimney. Is it a good idea? No, for the same reasons @Solid_Fuel_Man listed, with the fireplace taking the place of the draught hood or barometrics.
    Br. Jamie, osb
    Building superintendent/caretaker, 7200 sq. ft. historic house museum with dependencies in New England

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