New Hampshire installation guides.
New Hampshire’s state fire code adopts NFPA 211, the standard for chimneys, fireplaces, vents and solid fuel-burning appliances; the 2024 edition is listed with a July 27, 2026 effective date. Permits and inspections run through each city or town.
NH Division of Fire Safety: fire codes adopted for NHChoose your city.
Concord
Merrimack County / state capitalConcord’s Fire Prevention Bureau issues its own permit for solid fuel burning appliances such as woodstoves, listed at $40 in its FY26 fee schedule.
Read the guideDover
Strafford County / SeacoastDover’s fee schedule gives chimney, woodstove, fireplace and pellet stove installations their own $25 line, and doubles permit fees, with a $250 minimum, when work starts before the permit is issued.
Read the guideManchester
Hillsborough County / Southern New HampshireManchester’s heating permit application lists wood as an equipment type alongside oil and gas, and it must be printed, signed and mailed in.
Read the guideNashua
Hillsborough County / Southern New HampshireNashua’s residential mechanical permit requires wood stove inspections before any vent pipe or chimney is concealed and again when installation is complete.
Read the guideRochester
Strafford County / SeacoastRochester’s mechanical permit form lets applicants choose the 2021 or 2024 ICC codes until January 1, 2027, after New Hampshire adopted the 2024 codes on July 1, 2026.
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