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I know some of you guys with indoor boilers have come up with vent hoods.

Shop stove spills smoke/fly ash and makes a mess of things.

On those hoods, how did you vent it?
 
Huh, I thought several on here ran indoor boilers.

I did some googling this morning (couldn't sleep) and they are called smoke hoods I guess. One boiler outfit sells them as a kit for about $350. I emailed them on the details, haven't heard back yet.

The smoke/ash/soot mess gets on everything and just makes a mess all over. I pulled out a McCulloch book that hadn't been used in a few years and it had a solid 1/4" of that crap on it.

2 or 3 years ago I put in a draft booster, but it doesn't help much. Stove is built similar a boiler with a large firebox, so smoke spilling is inevitable I guess. Firebox is a piece of pipeline, about 6ft long, 3.75ft around, 1/2" thick.
 
I'm still trying to figure out what you are looking for. I am thinking something like a welding hood??
I dont understand how any hood, unless vented to the outside, would keep dust and smoke down. If vented to the outside, would that not also draw the heat out of the house or shop, along with any dust or smoke. I would think a properly drawing chimney would pull smoke and dust back inside the stove when reloading with wood. I know I dont see any dust or ash coming out of my stove when I open the door to add wood. Not to say it doesnt happen sometimes, but its usually if I go a while between chimney cleaning and have creseote build up. When I do see smoke coming out of the door, I know I need to clean the chimney pronto.

Years ago, my dad had a hood built to go over a basement installed, indoor stove, and almost burnt the house down. His goal wasnt to catch the dust and ash, but to direct heat thru the duct work to more evenly heat the upstairs. It worked to well, the duct work was the flexable type and the heat was so great that the duct caught fire and melted, dropping onto the concrete floor. If he had of had metal duct work, I am sure the house would have burnt to the ground. As it was flex duct, it fell to the concrete floor and smoked everything. Fire did shoot out of the floor vents and caught the drapes on fire scorching the windows and walls. Just a little story in case someone reads this and has thoughts about making a hood for their stove and tying into their existing duct work.
 
You probably don't have a ~75 cu ft stove I'd imagine?

Chimey is 8", probably would need to be 12" or larger, but good luck finding pipe that size.

Door is open for a couple mins at a time to load, so that probably doesn;t help. Holds about 2 heaping wheelbarrow loads full at a time.

See the black hood over the door? Like that. Granted that setup is tiny compared the shop stove.
https://www.alternateheatingsystems...140-smokehood.jpg.pagespeed.ic.D6UttGw0a0.jpg

I'm guessing vented outside, not sure, that's what I was asking.
 
Looks simple enough to make. I would think a fart fan like found in a bathroom would be big enough to exhaust the smoke. Mount the fan net to the exterior wall to keep it away from the heat and use a 4in duct to the outside. Would have to make the duct from fan to stove, Maybe flex aluminum dryer vent from fan to a small duct box over the stove door or the 4inch stove pipe.
 
Just a thought, but what about a draft booster fan?

Flip the switch when you are going to open the door for a reload to keep the smoke and dust going up the flue.
 
Here is a couple of pictures I gleaned from another guy/site who claims it works flawlessly.
I can send you a link by PM if you want it.
 

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