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I just bought a new house and my insurance company is upset that I have a wood stove in the dining area. They insist that it be 3 feet from all walls and a foot and a half above the floor. Alternatively I could just remove the thing.

I don't have a budget to have a contractor come out and remove the stove for me, so I was thinking about removing it myself and capping off the round hole in the ceiling where the pipe is. I'm fairly ignorant on the actual terms/lingo used in this kind of project, so my googling has been futile. What would I need to purchase to cover this hole? Can someone point me to a page that sells this product? Is there any harm in leaving the chimney in there or should I eventually get it removed and have the roof patched?

Jason Thompson
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The pipe is likely held together with sheet metal screws. You don't want to leak heat from your interior to the attic, so that section of pipe should be removed, preferably from above.

The section from attic to above to roof might be useful as a vent, if it is in good shape and not leaking.

Bryce
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I discovered that the chimney/pipe/whatever you want to call it is not held together by anything. I simply pushed the wood stove out of the way and then the pipe came loose. I bought a cap from Lowes and capped it off. Not the best solution, but it cost me nothing to do and I can put a stove right back in at a later day with no effort.

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