ᐅ Chimney Positioning in New Construction – Tips

Hello everyone,

we are currently building a single-family house and have decided to install a chimney. We plan to have a fireplace built in our living room. At the moment, the positioning of the chimney and the placement of the fireplace are causing me some concern. As can be seen in the plans, the chimney is positioned in the living room at the corner adjacent to the kitchen. We want to install a panoramic fireplace in the living room. We chose this position for the chimney because it extends down into the basement, allowing the chimney sweep to clean out the ashes via the chimney’s cleaning door in the basement. This way, no ash dust is generated in the living room.

My question is: how is the fireplace connected to the chimney (flue connection)? As shown in the pictures, there is a gap between the fireplace and the chimney in the living room. We would like to close this gap with dry construction panels so that the flue connection to the fireplace is no longer visible. Is this possible? Do you have any other suggestions on where the fireplace and chimney could be better positioned?

We have been offered the following chimney system:
Simo Quadral DS-FB chimney system, outer dimensions 40 x 40 cm (16 x 16 inches) MR18

Desired fireplace:
Three-sided panoramic fireplace (manufacturer not yet known)

Just to clarify: By "chimney," do you really mean a masonry chimney? If so, it will most likely be designed so that the flue pipe runs inside the chimney (that is, within the masonry structure). Otherwise, we are talking about a wood stove. I’m not very familiar with those, but so far I have only seen versions where the flue pipe is exposed. I can’t say whether it is allowed to cover it up.

Best regards

K1300S

K1300S schrieb:

Just to clarify: When you say "chimney," do you really mean a built-in masonry chimney? In that case, it is usually designed so that the flue pipe runs inside the chimney structure. Otherwise, we are talking about a wood stove. I’m not very familiar with those, but so far, I’ve only seen setups where the flue pipe is exposed. Whether it is allowed to cover it, I cannot say.

Best regards

K1300S

Thanks for the clarification. We want a wood stove—that is, a factory-made stove to install—not a masonry chimney built on site....

I would increase your interior door height to 2.13 m (7 ft), it costs hardly anything more, is also a standard size, and looks much better.

Best regards,
Sabine

Isn’t a wood-burning stove like that a bit too heavy as a flashy feature in a 10m by 10m (33ft by 33ft) old town villa?

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11ant schrieb:

Isn’t a wood-burning stove like this a bit too heavy as a flashy element in a 10m by 10m (33ft by 33ft) historic townhouse?

What exactly do you mean by "heavy Bling-Bling"? There are also smaller-sized panoramic wood-burning stoves.