[KMD]

We installed our wood stove 15+ years ago. We discovered that the chimney piping (single wall to the ceiling and triple wall to the cap, about 16 ft in all) cost more than the wood stove. We obtained all the chimney pieces / parts locally and chose triple wall over double wall because I wanted to exceed the code requirements. I installed the chimney myself. It was amazingly expensive then, I can only imagine the cost now. But the comfort and security the wood stove has brought over the years was well worth the initial sticker shock. We have had heat, light and the ability to cook when the surrounding areas were without power for days in the dead of winter. I would do it again in a heartbeat, I would just be sitting down when I computed the final cost.