Fireplace - Misplanning by architects / general contractor

Who is the builder by operation of law in this case?



The chimney was probably not on the upper floor. It seems to be a builder's wish.

Yes. The picture with the black chimney is from the building application, where the chimney can be found on the 1st floor, where it was planned and drawn in from the beginning, by the way. There was never talk of a chimney on the ground floor.

The red chimney stands for the change that we supposedly caused now with our choice of chimney. According to our chimney builder, however, the original (black) chimney height only works with a grotesquely low chimney with a connection height of 40cm. According to your knowledge, something like that does not exist at all.

Have the chimney builders and general contractors ever spoken with each other? Maybe even before the building application?

I consider 40cm connection height to be very daring.

There are certainly stoves that manage with 2m draft, but rather rarely in a single-family house.

Have you ever thought about draft support?

And @ruppsen I’ll tell you what happens to the doctor... nothing at all. I went to the medical emergency room at night with acute abdominal pain and was sent home with MCP. "Stomach upset." The doctor completely failed. Two days later I was in the hospital with gallstone colic. Despite a complaint to the chamber, nothing happened. Not even anyone cared.

I’m sorry to hear that. Nevertheless, you also seem to be of the opinion that the doctor did not fulfill his responsibility here, right? It wasn’t about who is right, but about who bears the responsibility.

Since I sometimes come into contact with chimneys professionally, here are two notes:

1. Technically, the chimney can also easily start on the upper floor. I have planned and built this several times myself (although not for stoves).
2. The maximum height of the system above the last wall bracket depends on the manufacturer and the nominal diameter. Perhaps something could still be done here.

Personally, I would do without such a chimney. Nowadays, I would probably save the money for the stove and chimney completely.

We specifically switched from the masonry chimney to the stainless steel exterior chimney because it takes up less space INSIDE the house.

Yes, but please not on an eaves side – and a hipped roof simply doesn’t have gable sides. By the way, this is a realization that an architect shouldn’t need a chimney sweep for, nor a conversation with the carpenter as the specialist planner for the roof.

Definitely leave that out, I actually liked the objection about the aquarium visually, a chimney on a hip roof is really a disaster, above all at this height.