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Monday, October 24th 2005

10:51 AM (1124 days, 10h, 43min ago)

Don'tcha just love before and afters?

  • Todays Project: Gloating! lol Parlor with wood stove
  • Difficulty Level: 6 - pretty straight forward
  • Stress Level: 8 - those darn joists!
  • Time Consumed: About three weeks

I especially love my own! Posting before-and-after pics means progress! Accomplishment! Percentages go up and stress levels go down! AND...yet more skills attained! So, without further ado...
During the investigation process of installing a wood stove, we discovered that a permit was needed, clearances were to be strictly adhered to, and that our 105-year-old house was sticking its tongue out at us. We originally started with plans to run the chimney through the outside wall and up the side of the house. After poking around the eave a bit, we realized that it would be wiser to go through the inside of the house due to a structural beam we didn't feel comfortable (nor experienced enough) cutting through. It would mean running the chimney through an upstairs bedroom, but it was the lesser of two evils. Or so we thought. There needs to be a two inch clearance around all sides of the chimney, but when we cut through the ceiling we discovered that the space between the floor joists was only 10". (Today's houses are built with 14" of free space, or 16" on center.) The chimney is just over 8" in diameter. Add two inches on each side...well, you can see that we had a serious problem. So, off on a research binge again! Here is what we did...
After determining the exact spot in which our chimney would penetrate the ceiling, we then removed the previous owner's fine attempt  at sistering the floor joists to alleviate some bounce in the bedroom above.  Suffice it to say, we didn't know they were sistered before cutting through the ceiling.

We then fastened two, four-foot lengths of 2x6s along the original joists with 1/2 x 5 inch bolts, complete with three sets of washers so as not to crush the wood when fastening the nuts.  This is key!
We then cut two, one-foot sections of the original joists where the chimney would pass through.  If you think we were nervous about this step, you'd be right!  You could hear the settling with the final cut.  While  I made a run to the hardware store, Brian boxed in the chimney's new home and had the kids test out the construction!

 Caleb Sarah

With ceiling support in place, we then inserted lengths of chimney pipe.  Here you can see the opening in the floor in the upstairs bedroom, two-inch clearance on all sides. 

Here you can see the added chimney with the new opening in the ceiling of the bedroom.  Since the ceiling is pitched, there is no attic space to contend with (thank Goodness!).  This opening penetrated the roof.

This is looking up at the ceiling in the bedroom where the chimney passes through the roof line.  The flashing covers the opening around the chimney, which was cemented in place.  Though I didn't take pictures of it, this was yet another project as we had a rafter in our way.  Just like making room for a window, we had to cut the rafter and frame in the opening for the chimney with a header.  Fortunately, we didn't have any distance problems with the rafters like we did with the floor joists.
So that was all pretty boring...let's get to the end results!

BEFORE
The Parlor, during our inspection one year ago.   Yup, that's wallpaper...AGAIN!
 

DURING

And finally, AFTER

There is, of course, more work to do.  Brian will be texturing the ceiling, there are some finishing touches needed with paint, a major clean-up is in order, and a chase needs to be built around the chimney upstairs (must be fully enclosed in a living space).  But I'll tell you what...we're enjoying this room just the way it is!  And that stove?  Whoa Baby!  It cranks!  Our home is approximately 2500 square feet with more twists and turns upstairs than a roller coaster, but it was 68 degrees in the farthest bedrooms on the other side of the house a few days ago!  And that was only a moderate burn!  Yes, this will be a very toasty winter indeed!  Best investment we ever made!

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