I don't know if chimney height would be an issue. I have almost 15ft of stove pipe inside the living room alone, then thru the attic about 6ft or more and then the chimney outside is about 5' more. The brand is a Dutchwest and it looks to be the Vermont Castings??? I've printed out a lay out of the stove and a guy's recommendation to drill 3 more holes in the inlet air manifold. I'm not jumping the gun. I need to do more looking and make sure this is something that won't screw up things further.
Nacho is right. Back in the old days, the fire place was the most important part of the house. It was heat, but mainly used for cooking. Drive thru old communities and you can see old chimneys still standing, but the house has been gone for 50 years
My house is about the same way. When dad had it built, extra work went into the fireplace. The footer alone for the chimney is dug and poured like 2' deeper than the house. The blocks for the chimney are all filled with concrete, and the stone wall inside is real stone that dad had brought in special from somewhere. He also said the entire wall is a solid pour (all block voids filled).
You can get a rip roarin fire going in this thing and let the stone heat up for radiant heat. If you see the vents on either side of the fireplace, there is actually a blower installed to blow hot air off of the stone
The one time we used it to capacity was the Christmas of '89 when we had the massive freeze and rolling blackouts here. everyone grabbed sleeping bags and piled in our downstairs
that's a beauty, your ol man knew what was important and when you needed to invest some money for the long run.
I have one and don't even use it. That's my best advice! lol
