Rednadnerb wrote:

If you have a woodburning stove then need to have a stainless steel
flexible flue flue of the correct diameter to go with it (I guess this
is what you mean by lining) otherwise it will not draw properly. I
think the question should be: do you need to re-build the stack or is
there a cheaper way of venting the fumes?


I've been following this thread with interest,
as I am thinking of installing a wood stove in a Victorian cottage,
which surprisingly has a chimney stack in the middle of the main room.
(The cottage was originally the wash-house for a neighbouring orphanage.)

Would I have to line the existing chimney up to the roof?
Surely it should not get very hot except close to the stove,
or the heat-loss would be very large?

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