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Woodstove clearance question

 
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Hey all! I'm in a mad rush to install my new woodstove before the winter.

This is going in my unfinished basement, and you'll see in the attached photo that there are some soft mini split/heat pump tubes and cords strung across the top of the wall directly above the wood stove.

I'm having someone in for the final inspection in a weeks time so that I can safely burn, but it's $350 for the inspection so I really don't want to fial and have to book another one.

Does anyone think those tubes would be a problem? Additionally, are there any other glaring problems you guys can see around the stove that I'm blind to? (Except for the fact that the stove isn't hooked up to the chimney of course, lol)
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In my opinion, it looks ok.
But I know nothing about Canadian regulations.
The wires and tubing are plenty far from the stove.
Perhaps box them in?
Also, I would cover the plastic on the right hand wall before the inspector arrives.
 
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I would definitely put a heat shield above the stovepipe chimney connection area. The general stove heat should be distributed enough by the time it gets to the ceiling that it is not a danger to those pipes, but the concentrated heat from the stovepipe could easily be too much. It may be required to have a ceiling heat shield over the whole stove area, and that would be a good idea in any case. Sheetmetal held 1" off any combustible materials with noncombustible standoffs would satisfy strict code requirements. The area above the sheetmetal needs to be freely ventilated so that heat can dissipate elsewhere.
 
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There might also be an issue with the clearance of the workbench from toe stove. Check the manufacturer's specs for required side clearances.
 
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Sheldon Caulfield wrote:Hey all! I'm in a mad rush to install my new woodstove before the winter.

This is going in my unfinished basement, and you'll see in the attached photo that there are some soft mini split/heat pump tubes and cords strung across the top of the wall directly above the wood stove.

I'm having someone in for the final inspection in a weeks time so that I can safely burn, but it's $350 for the inspection so I really don't want to fial and have to book another one.

Does anyone think those tubes would be a problem? Additionally, are there any other glaring problems you guys can see around the stove that I'm blind to? (Except for the fact that the stove isn't hooked up to the chimney of course, lol)

Based on the wett inspections I've had done for clients everything looks good. Is the horizontal pipe leading to the chimney going to be double walled? If not you will want to double check your clearances to the Minisplit tubing. I assume your floor is concrete? If so you are good as you need 18" of non combustible floor in front of the stove.  Good luck on the Wett inspection.
CHeers,  David
 
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