installing a wood stove....

[~SwampRAT~]

im getting a custom made wood stove for my garage. as long as the guy still has it when i go to get it atleast. anyways, its made with 2 55 gallon drums and has the conversion kit to make it all one and so on. my question is, ive never installed one, i know i need to fireproof the walls and make sure i have atleast 5 feet from any wall. what do i need to fire proof the walls with and what is the legal way to run the chimney. i dont have a lot of carpentry experience and what i do have, im not good with so i might be intrested in paying someone to do this for me. thanks for any information....

Tony

[blazentrout]

you can't put one in a garage code wise. your insureance may not cover you if have one in the garage. now with that said here is how we done our's. 5/8ths dry wall 8' each way(all ours are corner installs) and on the celing above the stove. black single wall pipe to a adapter calor(sp) at the celing double wall stainless from the celing through the roof to the cap. you will want to be at least a foot above the peak for good drafting. 6" min for pipe,but you might want 8". my burn box is 24"x24"x36"dp and I need every bit of the 8" pipe for flow. keep your bends to a min and line the bottem of the stove with fire brick and get a temp gage for the chimney so you dont overfire the stove. my stove is set at a 45 deg angle to the 2 walls with the back 18" from the walls . ive been running it this way for 8 years. hope this helps.

[RIP_K52007]

the way my friends uncle did it was built a lil shed 6 ft from his garage, insulated the hell outa it put the wood stove in there, n had a blower that sent the heat into the garage.

[extricator1]

i believe your penetration through the roof has to be triple wall pipe!not double wall! and a min. of 6" clearance from any combustible ! hope this helps

[catfish]

never hurd about the triple walll thing might want to look in to that. but i agree with blazen trout if you go with 5/8 dry wall and stay at least 16" away from the walls you sue be all right . i would deftly go  with 8" pipe i got 6" on my house wich is only 12"x16"x24" fire box and 6" semmes to just right

[Hammerlane]

im getting a custom made wood stove for my garage.


I don't understand why you want a stove made of wood in the first place 

[Brad & Mookie]

Hey Tony, I used to have one of those 50 gal. stoves. It was a BEAST. IF you need help i'll give u a hand. Just let me know when.

[Squirell]

i got mine in a corner 12" off each wall with 1/2 dryall, and Big Daddy is right you need triple wall to through the ceiling and keep everything 6" from that triple wall

[blazentrout]

i have to ask, where are you bying this triple wall pipe at. menard's does not carry it and the place i by parts for my heatalator at has never heard of it. link may be.

[~SwampRAT~]

well im not getting a 55 gallon wood BURNING stove anymore (funny hammerlane, lol). the guy ended up getting rid of it before i got a chance to go get it. now im just looking for a wood burning stove that can heat approx 800 sq ft with no problem. if you guys got anything let me know, thanks.

[Squirell]

the one 84chevy has should do it. well i think he is the one who had it

[betterbeaters]

84 chevy does have one that will work!!! and if you need pipe I can get all the pipe you need and yes you need triple wall!

[J.C.]

code says you need triple wall. tsc sells all the stuff you need. the reason why everyone puts in single wall is that a 2 foot piece of triple wall is like 80 bucks. cost ya like 1000 to do it right. i got a small stove in my house, and i used single wall. like stated before check with the insurance company

[dixiemudder77]

my neighbor just bought a 55gal drum and made his own woodstove. it took him about 25 min to build it and i think he said he paid a total of like $70 for the drum and the conversion kit.... check out your local scrap yard for cheap drums, deerfield charged him $5 for one... and i see them on the side of the road all the time for like 150, 175....