Originally Posted by
docmartin
Brick chimney ?
If so, get a steel wood stove (with a glass door so you can gaze at the fire) and put steel flue pipes up the chimney.
Have one or two flues inside the outer flue inside the chimney to avoid worry.
If you can, feed the air into the firebox using a feed tube bringing air in from outside.
That way you don’t create draughts bringing in air from outside and you don’t feed warmed air into the fire. Put a valve into the feed tube to control the fire if it doesn’t have a similar internal control. Maybe put a damper valve into the flue for ultimate fire and airflow control.