Here's a first sketch:
The core and a small part of the bench are going to be in the kitchen.
Then the bench goes through the wall and a bigger bench is going to be located in the living room.
At the end of the bench it connects to the existing chimney (the little square on the right). Maybe the chimney will get a metal insert, maybe I'll use it as is. There's no option for a new chimney at another point. The roof was just renewed and we don't want to penetrate it anywhere else.
The biggest challenge I see at the moment is not having any bypass option. I'll be installing an opening where we connect to the old chimney to have an option to prime the chimney.
I could also install an extra exhaust pipe on the top of the bench, allowing the warmest air to exit in the beginning. That could act as kind of a bypass. Although the exhaust would still have to travel all the way to the end of the bench. Just not sink to the bottom.
Any opinions?
