Along with a fire blanket in your kitchen area and a small fire extinguisher ideally located in the middle zone of your tiny home you should also make sure that you install a smoke and carbon monoxide alarm. They are a reasonably inexpensive bit of kit that could possibly save your life, so it is a no brainer not to buy one. Right, with the serious bit sorted we can focus in on the exciting prospect of realising the dream of cosy nights tucked up in your tiny home watching the warm glow of a fire inside your tiny stove.
It is easy to conjure the image but there are several important areas to give consideration when planning where and how you are going to install your stove. Alan, Nigel and Gill take a well earned tea break between making our small stove, The Hobbit. In the picture opposite you can see that we use the tiny home we made as a place to go and unwind a little from the rigours of work. The space is designed accordingly and is specific to our needs.
This is the first thing to think about when considering installing a stove in your tiny home. What do you want it to do other than the obvious. Do you also want it to cook on? Visit the little blog we put together showing how our tiny home space came together.
Your tiny stove even though small will take up more space than just the footprint of the stove itself. You will also need to shield the adjacent combustible materials with insulating or vermiculite board. These could then either be painted to match the rest of the decor or the area could be made more of a feature by incorporating tiles or stainless steel for example.
An image sent to me of our tiny stove installed in a caravan in Switzerland is so far the most individual embellishment I have seen. To see the artwork visit the post on my Facebook page. If your tiny home is going to be fairly air tight then you may well want to consider choosing a wood stove that has a direct air system.
The best systems allow you not only to control the burn rate but also allow independent control of both the primary and secondary air. Systems that just allow unregulated air into the fire box and then use a baffle in the flue are much more susceptible to potentially dangerous CO issues if the flue became blocked.
I would suggest that it is a key factor worth considering. Deficient air flow through the cabin and no direct air feed will only result in an inefficient poor draw. The poor flue engine will then result in poor stove performance. Here is one that has a direct air system. Your stove as indeed your flue will need to be well secured for when your tiny home is in transit.
For this reason you must choose a stove that has the ability to be easily bolted down. This can be done to the chassis or minimum to the hearth that the stove needs to sit on. A very helpful and instructional pdf on how to bolt down a Hobbit stove can be downloaded here. Each leg on the Hobbit stove has a small area cast inside and behind each leg where the securing bolt can be fixed. The same system is used on the optional log stand.
You can obviously spend a little less by salvaging material such as insulate board which when painted would be as good as new. Or an old sheet of metal or tin sign that you could sit the stove on would save you from buying new. If the stove you choose has not been certificated how will you know how close it can be to shielded materials and how much heat output it provides? Shielding — buy some shielding for your stove install or Concrete board. The stove parameters for this would have been calculated during the independent certification of the stove.
You and your stove require air to work! The stove manufacturer should also provide guidance in the installation manual. The chimney is the most important portion of the wood burning system. A properly installed, safe chimney is important because it is where most wood stove fires occur. Picking the location of the chimney will limit the type of chimney to use.
In an existing home, a masonry chimney could generally only be added on an outside wall. A masonry chimney is made of a flue inner-liner constructed of clay or glazed tile.
Then a layer of block surrounds the flue for stability. The exterior is comprised of brick or stone for a finished look and seals the chimney from the elements.
Topping off the masonry chimney is a crown that seals the top from the weather. A wood burner can be connected to an existing masonry chimney if the size of the flue meets the requirements of the stove. A chimney insert may be an option, but in either case, the chimney should be inspected by a chimney professional. A double-wall or triple-wall chimney system is an option if the chimney will be installed straight up and through the roof.
Both systems require a ceiling support box when installing the system through the ceiling. A single wall pipe connects the stove to the ceiling. From the ceiling to the roof requires double or triple wall pipe. Roof flashing has to be used to shed water of the roof.
Then the chimney pipe should extend at least three feet above the peak of the roof. A cap need to be installed on the top to keep birds out of the warm chimney and sparks from leaving the chimney when burning.
Purchase these parts and pieces as required. Just plan ahead and have what is needed when installing. The route of the chimney should be thoughtfully planned out. The proper clearance to any combustible surfaces should be followed. Selecting the location of the outdoor stove is probably the most important piece of a smooth installation. Here are the factors to consider.
Since you will be burning a much larger amount of wood, place the stove near the location of your wood supply. Moving and stacking wood two or three times can be tedious and back-breaking unless it is done with a front loader. You will also be lading the stove times a day. Think this one through carefully! The supply and return water lines will need to be buried. You do not want to cross: septic system pipes, power lines, water supply lines, or drain lines.
All these should be avoided if possible or moved if necessary. The supply and return lines will generally be connected to a heating exchanger that will be installed in your existing furnace.
The furnace will then be used as an air handler. This passes cool air return over the heat exchanger providing warm air to be distributed to the home.
Make sure the location of the pathway for the supply and return water pipes has open run to the existing furnace. Some homes have existing hot water heat that the system can be connected to. This would be a more efficient system but would also require significant planning in the run of piping from the stove to the existing water pipe system.
Before you install a wood burning stove, there are many things to consider. Some of these items were touched on in the article but really need a separate line to make sure you have spent some time thinking about. These are items I have learned over time from practical experience and mistakes I have made. What is your wood supply? Do you have a long term supply of wood such as your own woods or family with a woods. The drawback and this has happened to me is it may not last forever.
That woods could be sold or turned into farmland. Make sure you have options. Close down the damper or air flow valve to fix this. Not Helpful 7 Helpful There might be too much positive air pressure in the chimney. Before you light the fire, light a piece of rolled-up newspaper, and let it burn directly under the flue in the fireplace.
This will warm the air and begin the updraft process. Your chimney might also need some sweeping; you should hire a certified chimney sweep to do an inspection and clean the chimney for you. Not Helpful 11 Helpful What if a house has a large central area, and all bedrooms and other rooms are separated from the main area by only a door?
Do those rooms still get enough heat if their doors are closed, with the house heated only by a wood stove? The rooms will stay warmer, but not like with a central heating unit. Any room that is shut off from the wood burning stove heat, even by a door, will be colder than if left open.
Not Helpful 10 Helpful No less than a couple of inches, no more than a foot - relative to the size of your stove. Not Helpful 7 Helpful 9. A draft does not come down a chimney.
Due to Bernouli's principle, a draft goes up the chimney. Not Helpful 11 Helpful 9. Upnorth Here. Generally, at least 36 inches. Some stoves are designed to permit less clearance, as described in the stove's owner manual. Not Helpful 1 Helpful 0. Under NFPA , a wood stove must be 36 inches from any combustible structures, including wooden studs inside a fire-rated wall.
Your stove may have been engineered with its own internal shields that allow it to be installed closer than that, if permitted in the manual. You may also shield the walls to reduce the clearance to as little as 9 inches in some situations. Not Helpful 0 Helpful 3.
Include your email address to get a message when this question is answered. Install a smoke detector and carbon monoxide detector required by law in the UK to be alerted to smoke or a carbon monoxide leak from improper or malfunctioning ventilation in a stovepipe or chimney. Carbon monoxide cannot be detected by smell.
Helpful 1 Not Helpful 0. Clean ash from your stove regularly. Put the ash outside your house in a noncombustible container. Burn seasoned wood in your stove. The wood should sound hollow when you knock 1 log against another. It should ideally have been dried outdoors for 6 months or more.
Helpful 0 Not Helpful 0. Helpful 0 Not Helpful 1. Have a certified chimney sweep clean and maintain your chimney yearly. Try finding a qualified chimney sweep through the Chimney Safety Institute of America. Submit a Tip All tip submissions are carefully reviewed before being published. Do not let a fire smolder in your stove. Helpful 33 Not Helpful Helpful 34 Not Helpful Never burn logs that have been painted, treated with chemicals, or made for open fireplaces in your stove.
Logs for fireplaces have compressed sawdust and wax in them. Helpful 31 Not Helpful Do not keep wood for the stove, chemicals, or flammable items within the stove's clearance area. Helpful 28 Not Helpful Be careful not to create a larger fire than necessary in your stove. It can also weaken your stove's parts, leading to extra maintenance expenses. Helpful 24 Not Helpful Never use fire-starting chemicals such as lighter fluid or kerosene to make a fire in your stove.
Helpful 25 Not Helpful You Might Also Like How to. How to. Co-authors: Updated: September 15, Categories: Heating Systems. Article Summary X Before you install a wood stove, check the clearance rating on the model you've chosen so you know how far away from walls and furniture it has to be for safety reasons.
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