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Chris

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Not sure if this is the right section but in my shop which has an apartment above it that the P.O. never finished I want to put a fireplace in both the shop and the apartment. They can sit right above eachother but I have little experience in installing the chimney flue and don't know if they should share a chimney or make two separate vents? I plan on getting small wood burning stoves for both, they are fairly small areas. Shop is 1200 sf and apartment is 560 sf.
 
What is code on them? I have to go through a drywall lid then the roof itself.
 
Since that apartment above the garage will be for me, I vote wood burning stoves. Much easier to install and way cheaper as well as decorative.
 
I'm a little too rural for a building dept that has any resources. They just tell me to do things per code. Since this was originally a pole barn they won't inspect it.

You can build a house out of pallets here.
 
"They just tell me to do things per code."

And your next question is, what is the code?

Ask for a handout or chapter and verse.
 
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