ᐅ Does an external chimney need to extend all the way down to the basement?

Hello everyone,

I have a quick but very important question for us:

We want a tiled stove on the exterior wall of the ground floor (building on a slope). The architect plans to extend the external stainless steel chimney all the way down to the basement or lower ground level. However, this limits us a lot – an entire balcony door would have to be removed because of this.

My question is: Is it necessary for the chimney to go all the way down, or can it start directly at the fireplace on the ground floor?

Thank you very much for your answers. I would like to have the right arguments ready when I speak with the architect tomorrow.

The cleaning access through the inspection hatch should be ensured without making it a balancing act for the chimney sweep. I imagine that is the reasoning behind it.

Best regards, Yvonne

You need to clarify this with the local chimney sweep—not with the architect.

For solid fuels, a damper is usually installed both at the fireplace and at the top of the chimney—although this might be different for stainless steel flue pipes.

By doing this, we avoided installing a chimney draught into the basement, saving about 400 euros.

Hello

As a rule, it is usually not necessary to extend the chimney down to the basement level. However, if possible, I would try to avoid using a stainless steel chimney and avoid locating it outside the building for technical and aesthetic reasons.

Olli

Hello Olli

wrobel schrieb:

If possible, I would try not to have the chimney made of stainless steel and not placed outside the building, for technical and aesthetic reasons.

Could you please explain why?

Regards, Bauexperte

At least visually, I can understand it – there is (subjectively) hardly anything more unattractive for a new build than this silver stove pipe.