Wood stove in timber frame house

I’ve seen a house fire from a badly installed stove in a timber framed house

the owner only noticed when the landing smoke detector activated. The fire tracked into the attic between the timber frame and outside walls

i certainly wouldn’t install one in my house if it were timber framed

Sure you can put a stove in a tent so you can easily do this in a house

Plenty of flus go out through the roof, again this is timber

Log cabins etc all with stoves

You just have a fitting that holds the flue as it goes through the wall, keeps it away from combustibles

I have a timber frame house, no block, only timber. I have a fairly big wood stove that does all the heating (hot water, radiators). I used a firebreak called "Ignis protect" from Schiedel.

The flue and firebreak system were specified by an engineer specialising in this.

There are set distances required from combustible material to the flue but it's totally doable. It's also totally standard practice in Europe to have a stove in a timber frame house or log cabin.

Morning, yes is the answer however with caveats.

I built an extension onto my restored cottage 10 years ago. The structure was a steel frame set into a 2ft deep solid foundation.

Built around this was a 100% timber frame, to include Marine ply, external heat treated timber cladding, insulation and plasterboard, no brick work.

The solution for the stove was a Twin Lined flue with a frame to minimise excessive heat around the area where flue when through wall to exterior.

Twin flue is supposed to minimise flue getting extremely hot but I learned this not sufficient and on occasions it can actually get red hot so careful planning is required.

I'm not an expert but got professional advice, it's all about protecting the timber frame, insulation from catching fire. My stove was also set a little further away from interior wall and decorate stone built up behind for extra protection.

OP has the extra challenge of block work outside, this actually a good thing as the flue can rest on this, I had to have flue braced away from external wall as it is timber cladding.

My extension is single story and back then the twin line flue alone cost €700, its not cheap but a lot less expensive than building an external chimney.

Good luck but get professional advice

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Thank you, the only mistake I made was the stove was an after thought, it may have been easier if I had planned it into original design 😉