I'm looking at making a wood burner for the garage out of an old 55 gallon oil drum. Plenty of plans and ideas on the Intergoogles. I'm currently thinking of having it horizontal with the door at one end so I can just chuck in logs 2 or 3 feet long to save sawing stuff into shorter lengths. The biggest issue is the flue and knocking a hole in the wall to get that outside. Is there any reason why I can't just stick a length of 5" diameter pipe up out of the back of the drum and then horizontally through the wall to outside and leave it like that with no vertical chimney going up above the roof line? I'm not bothered about smoke or where it goes. The garage is far enough away from the house and I live in the back of beyond with no near neighbours so emissions are not an issue nor are any stupid regulations that might otherwise prevent me doing something I want to. I just want the cheapest easiest way to vent the oil drum.
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9 years ago