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Originally Posted by CommanderROR
The problem with the airtighness and the wood stove is that they usually suck in lots of air from the room they are in and blow it out of the chimney. In an old hose this is no problem because there are lots of leaks where fresh air from outside can replace the "missing" air. In a modern air-tight house the air is sucked out but not replaced so the fire won't burn properly and also the oxygen levels in the house will become quite low inside the house. The biggest danger however is under-pressure. If too much air get's sucked out of the house there is a pressure-vacuum that can lead to the chimney sucking exhaust air back in instead of blowing it out. Then you have poisonous fumes in the lounge...and I think nobody wants that.
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We solved the problem with a
pellet stove. It uses resawing residues compressed in tiny pellets. It exhausts through a 10cm chimney and does not have to go through a roof but directly through a wall since it works with a tiny turbine. You can also set the stove 30cm from a flammable surface, only the bottom should rest on a non flammable surface. The stove also needs an 8cm air intake so the whole system is
pressure negative. But they can be expensive.