How to fit a stove in a corner of a room

BnA

We want to fit a stove in the living area of our house. It doesn't have to be particularly big as it will only be used to heat that room itself. Just something that if you come in on a winters evening you can light it up to give the room a blast of heat.

We are finding it very hard to find a suitable place to put it in the room.

It has to be on an external wall so that we can get the flue out through it. The room has 2 external walls. One which is to the front of the house and one which is to the side. We don't want to put the flue out the front as it owuld look ugly so that just leaves us with the side wall. But on that side wall, there is a double door and a large double window, so there isn't really much room for it.

So we are now thinking that the best place for it might be in the corner.

My question is, is it possible to put a stove in the corner, facing out at a 45 degree angle but with the flue coming out to one side. Any stove's I have seen have the flue straight out the back. Can we just put a 45 degree turn on this and then go straight out through the side wall. I know they're not keen about putting too many turns in them.

Ideally I'd like a wood burning stove as we have loads of wood available to us. But I would look at other options too.

Thanks in advance. I hope my (ahem) expert diagram below shows what I am trying to achieve.

Carlow52

I must say your attitude is quite blase [eg: know they're not keen ...] in relation to something which, if done wrong, can kill.
In addition failure to comply with regs will make your house difficult to sell.

For any solid fuel type stove you will need a chimney to provide enough natural draft: looking at about 4m vertical height min, depends on house.

Horizontal runs are limited in length to the pipe diameter.

Read the regs
http://www.documentj.co.uk/ for uk rules: diagrams very good
Irish regs similiar

also see http://www.specflue.com/index.cfm

BnA

Carlow52 wrote: »

I must say your attitude is quite blase [eg: know they're not keen ...] in relation to something which, if done wrong, can kill.
In addition failure to comply with regs will make your house difficult to sell.

For any solid fuel type stove you will need a chimney to provide enough natural draft: looking at about 4m vertical height min, depends on house.

Horizontal runs are limited in length to the pipe diameter.

Read the regs
http://www.documentj.co.uk/ for uk rules: diagrams very good
Irish regs similiar

also see http://www.specflue.com/index.cfm

I can see how it'd come accross like that as I am fairly laid back in general, which comes accross in my language. But I am most certainly not laid back about this. I have a wife and 3 young kids and my primary concern is that this is safe. I am well aware of the dangers of a poorly designed flue/chimney. If I wasn't I would have just fregged a stove in there. I suppose what I am asking in essence is, is there a way of fitting a solid fuel stove as I want that is 100% safe.

Although re-saleablilty isn't an issue. There's only 2 ways I'll ever be leaving this house. I'll be carried out or I'll be thrown out.

Thanks for the links. There is a very good document on the specflue.com one that gives me a lot of ideas.

sooty_soupy

Hi BnA,

did you get the stove yet?

I would be glad to help if not, but more importantly I would be very interested to know what way the stove performs if you have already completed the installation, as everything your post listed would send alarm bells ringing from a flue technicians point of view.

Best regards

David