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[B n H]

My wife and I are thinking about buying an owb. We chickened out last year, and I've regretted it since. One reason we backed out was that our township requires the stack to reach 3 feet higher than any roof ridgeline within 150 feet. This means our stack will have to reach 23 feet off the ground. If a typical stove is 5 or 6 feet high, that means a 17 or 18 foot stack, assuming it vents from the top (haven't decided on which unit to buy yet). I'm concerned about a few things: creosote build up, support of the chimney (I don't like the idea of guy wires all over my lawn), and materials - what kind of chimney will I need? Should be the fancy double-walled insulated type?
Lots of questions, sorry. Feel free to pick one.
Thanks for the help! I'm learning a lot on this site.
 

[lawrencep]

theres a guy by me has a pipe sunk in the gtound with a 90* elbow from his owb to the pipe then he has a cleanout at the bottom of the pipe it looks good and is damn tall

[RSI]

I sold some insulated pex to a guy that was having to move his boiler because of trouble with the neighbors. He said he was putting a 60' chimney on it. He had a telephone pole put in next to it to support it. I never heard from him again so I have no idea if it worked out.

[MattyNH]

 My stack is 19 feet up.. I have 4 12 guage wires with 4 turn buckles to keep the wire tight.. The wires are attached to the OWB and the stack..Close  to the top of the stack I have a "Universal Collar Adjustment".. Which is bolted or clamped  around the stove pipe.. I installed 3 eye hooks to the Collar and 4 eye hooks to the OWB.. Turn buckle is hooked to the eye hook at OWB..then the wire from turn buckle to the collar up above..  Stacked has never moved.. Since its been though some hefty wind storms..Yes it should be the fancy pipe..reg wood stove pipe will rot quickly..I tried that one yr lol.. Far as plugging up...Def clean it on the off season...I didnt do it last yr..So I think mine it somewhat plugged..Hope this helps!

[Scratch]

What kind of area do you live in?  I have a friend who lives in a neighborhood with houses about 50 feet apart.  He checked with the city and they told him yes, he could use an OWB as long as the stack met the requirements.  He bought and installed the stove, had a huge stack off the top with guy wires coming down to hold it up, and it was above the required height.  He burned only dried split wood trying to keep the smoke at bay.

After one season the city made him stop burning because of all the neighbor complaints about the smoke.

I know it sucks, but the power of the people can be pretty hard to battle sometime.

Now this guy had multiple close neighbors, hopefully you don't.

[R W Ohio]

My wife and I are thinking about buying an owb. We chickened out last year, and I've regretted it since. One reason we backed out was that our township requires the stack to reach 3 feet higher than any roof ridgeline within 150 feet. This means our stack will have to reach 23 feet off the ground. If a typical stove is 5 or 6 feet high, that means a 17 or 18 foot stack, assuming it vents from the top (haven't decided on which unit to buy yet). I'm concerned about a few things: creosote build up, support of the chimney (I don't like the idea of guy wires all over my lawn), and materials - what kind of chimney will I need? Should be the fancy double-walled insulated type?
Lots of questions, sorry. Feel free to pick one.
Thanks for the help! I'm learning a lot on this site.

[R W Ohio]

My wife and I are thinking about buying an owb. We chickened out last year, and I've regretted it since. One reason we backed out was that our township requires the stack to reach 3 feet higher than any roof ridgeline within 150 feet. This means our stack will have to reach 23 feet off the ground. If a typical stove is 5 or 6 feet high, that means a 17 or 18 foot stack, assuming it vents from the top (haven't decided on which unit to buy yet). I'm concerned about a few things: creosote build up, support of the chimney (I don't like the idea of guy wires all over my lawn), and materials - what kind of chimney will I need? Should be the fancy double-walled insulated type?
Lots of questions, sorry. Feel free to pick one.
Thanks for the help! I'm learning a lot on this site.

I saw one the other day that they used an old tv tower,installed next to the OWB and used it to support the extened chimney pipe.They had it all painted up and it looked good.Also they could climb up the tower to inspect or clean the pipe.It looked like a good option to me,and there are a lot of old towers around free for the taking with most people going to cable tv.