What Are Some Chimney Basics?
The chimney is the “engine” that drives a wood heat system. No wood burning furnace can function properly without one. A good chimney is: • The correct type for your furnace, installed with the proper options for your home • The correct size for your furnace, usually the size of the appliance outlet collar • Properly located, up through the heated space/environment of your home • Properly installed, following building codes exactly A well-designed wood furnace and chimney system produces these desired performance characteristics (hint: it’s really the chimney that’s doing the performing): • When kindling fire is lit, the smoke immediately flows up the chimney, not into room • Your kindling fire burns bright and hot very quickly • All fires are easy to light and draft builds quickly • There is no smoke spillage when you open the door to tend the fire • When no fire is burning and you open the furnace door, air flows into the furnace, not out. • There are no foul odors or cold air from t
The chimney is the “engine” that drives a wood heat system. No wood burning furnace can function properly without one. A good chimney is: • The correct type for your furnace, installed with the proper options for your home • The correct size for your furnace, usually the size of the appliance outlet collar • Properly located, up through the heated space/environment of your home • Properly installed, following building codes exactly A well-designed wood furnace and chimney system produces these desired performance characteristics (hint: it’s really the chimney that’s doing the performing): • When kindling fire is lit, the smoke immediately flows up the chimney, not into room • Your kindling fire burns bright and hot very quickly • All fires are easy to light and draft builds quickly • There is no smoke spillage when you open the door to tend the fire • When no fire is burning and you open the furnace door, air flows into the furnace, not out. • There are no foul odors or cold air from t
