One More Wood Stove Post

 I promise this is the last wood stove post until after the guys give us some info. They're coming Monday and I don't know if they will give us an estimate then or later.

I showed Vince the AI generated photo of the wood stove and he likes it in the corner BUT he said he thinks he remembers the wood stove guy said up through the roof. I know I've seen black chimney pipe on the outside of houses before but . . I could be wrong on so many levels. If Vince is correct, the only place the wood stove can go is in front of the fireplace. I think our current "fireplace" is a good bit deeper than the ones that are made now so I'm wondering IF it has to go in front, could we take out the current hearth and have a larger one built - half the wood stove would be in the fireplace opening and half would be out on the hearth.

Otherwise, see the placement of the stove in the corner . . our pipe would have to go on the small wall between the edge of the window and the corner. One problem that we may not be able to overcome is that the radon "chimney" is there. This entire house - front, back, left side, right side . . and the radon pipe is in that one spot we would need for the wood stove. 

In the picture above you can see the "chimney" with the two metal vents, which if I didn't know better I would think they were wasp habitat because all summer, we fight the wasps in those. There's a vent for the upstairs and downstairs gas inserts. Then the windows to the left of the chimney, that space to the left of the windows is where the pipe would have to go if I wanted a wood stove in the corner. See the big white pipe in the way - radon vent pipe! Can't get rid of that!

I'm overworking my brain thinking about all this. I'm not going to think about it again . . we'll get all the info we need on Monday.