I have a woodstove installation in my lower level with a double-walled stainless steel modular chimney up the side of the house (legal and safe). After an addition is constructed, the existing chimney will be boxed in (legal and safe). My plan is to replace the woodstove with a pellet stove in that same spot. Due to constraints, I can't vent it right out the back wall, so it seems that the best choice is up through the existing chimney. My question - can I simply connect the pipe from the pelletstove to the chimney and leave it at that? The installation will have the appropriate clearances, so my main concern is the feasibility and workability of venting a pellet stove into a 6' ID prefab chimney pipe.
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18 years ago