Wood Stove Rear Flue Exit?

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Originally Posted by blueridge

The question for which there doesn't seem to be consensus is if the rear exit straight through the wall would have a worse draft on start-up, especially in combination with the shallow fire box. I would sure love to see into the future before I cut a hole in the wall.

That is a tough question. Our straight out the back stove pipe was from a wood cook stove which did NOT draft very well, but it's like comparing apples and oranges; cook stove to regular wood stove. One advantage I liked with the S.O.T.B. method was the clean-out of the portion of the stove pipe inside the house was very easy. You can just reach your arm all the way in from the clean out access in the T outside the yurt wall.



On our double 90º stove pipe we actually have to disassemble the interior pipe once per year in order to clean out. Very messy and a lot more work, but I *think* it drafts better. Although it does smoke a lot when we open the door to add wood.



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