Flex stove pipe

[oconnor]

This is obviously a longstanding issue.

Question - Why use a tee if you need to clean from the bottom anyways? Would it not be better to have an elbow? Then, if there was liquid creosote, it would run into the stove vice collecting in the base of the tee. All you would do is remove the elbow from the liner each year - no moving parts, no seams to weld at all.

Any reason why that wouldn't work better than a tee - welded or not?

 

[Gooserider]

This is obviously a longstanding issue.

Question - Why use a tee if you need to clean from the bottom anyways? Would it not be better to have an elbow? Then, if there was liquid creosote, it would run into the stove vice collecting in the base of the tee. All you would do is remove the elbow from the liner each year - no moving parts, no seams to weld at all.

Any reason why that wouldn't work better than a tee - welded or not?

Code calls for a Tee... Theory is that any large chunks of creosote or other debris will fall down into the bottom leg of the tee and end up below the smoke path, thus not potentially blocking the pipe. Plus it is supposed to make cleaning / inspecting from the bottom easier - just remove the cap and look up. If you need to clean, just run the brush up the base of the tee, no stove disconnection needed.

Gooserider