Wood against chimney

[Digo]

Background Information

On one side of the chimney there is a fireplace (in the hall) that is used quite frequently to heat the house. On the opposite side, there is currently a wood stove (unsurprisingly, its location is the kitchen) with a fire ban (I do not intend to "lift the fire ban" but will remove it and replace it with a regular electric stove).

I will build a range hood over the electric stove.

I will install drywall on the ceiling.

Question

Can I attach wooden battens to/against the chimney to use as a mounting for the range hood?

The reason I'm asking is whether there is any fire risk/ban against having wood against the chimney (insurance aspect when the house burns up/down).

Can the drywall be placed directly against the chimney? Same reason for the question as above.

A little off-topic, anyone have suggestions for which type of fan I can use to integrate into "my" range hood?

 

[Wester]

Background Facts

On one side of the chimney, there is a fireplace (in the hall) that is quite frequently used to heat the house. On the opposite side, there is currently a wood stove (not surprisingly, the location for it is the kitchen) with a fire ban (I do not intend to "lift the fire ban" but will take it out and replace it with a regular electric stove).

Will build a fan hood over the electric stove.

Will put drywall on the ceiling.

Question

Can I put wooden battens against/on the chimney to use as a mounting for the fan hood?

The reason I am asking is whether there is any fire risk/something forbidden about having wood against the chimney (insurance aspect when the house burns up/down).

Can the drywall be placed directly against the chimney? Same reason for the question as above.

A bit off-topic, does anyone have suggestions on what type of fan I can use to build into "my" fan hood?

We put wood right up against the chimney in numerous places in the house, and the chimney sweep approved it before and after, so it shouldn't be a problem at all, but check with the chimney sweep. We even have beadboard on the chimney on the ground floor. Drywall can of course be placed directly against the chimney, we tore off a lot of that and it was glued. Sat really well, so it should work.

 

[Pake]

Last summer, I had a fire inspection or whatever it's called on my chimney and boiler room. The inspector wants me to cut open the ceiling on the upper floor so he can ensure that no wood is lying directly against the chimney.

Apparently, there should be a certain distance measured from the inside of the flue, I believe it's 10cm, I have it written down at home so I can check later. If you have double bricks to the flue, I believe it's fine.

More info is available at Umeå Andra Sotningsdistrikt AB Skorsten Sotning Ventilation Värme Eld Sotare

 

[Digo]

Last summer, I had a fire inspection or whatever it is called on my chimney and boiler room. The inspector wants me to cut open the ceiling on the upper floor so he can check that no wood is in direct contact with the chimney breast.

Apparently, there should be a certain distance if you measure from the inside of the flue; I believe it's 10cm, I have it written down at home so I can check later. If you have double bricks to the flue, I think it's fine.

More info can be found at Umeå Andra Sotningsdistrikt AB Skorsten Sotning Ventilation Värme Eld Sotare

I will have the chimney sweep over for an inspection of an open fireplace, so I will simply ask him then if the distance to the flue is sufficient, etc.

Thank you both for now.

 

[Wester]

Now that Pake mentioned it, we actually got the OK because we had a long distance from the pipes to the wall. Our murstock is big (6 x 1.2) meters, so it was completely fine to have wood against the murstock since the pipes went far into them in these cases.