So, I think I want to install a flue damper in my setup and also a probe flue thermometer. I have a one-year old Woodstock Fireview. It exhausts through a 6" liner in an inside masonary chimney that is ~30' tall. I feel like my flue temps are too high -- like I am sending a lot of heat up the chimney. I gather, from reading Hearth.com, that a pipe damper might increase my efficiency. While I have got the drill out I figure I'll tap the pipe for a probe flue thermometer too.
But, I have three questions before I go taking anything apart and drilling holes in it:
1) can I install the damper in the middle of the 24" horizontal pipe run (in pic below)?
2) should the hole for the probe flue thermometer be before or after the damper?
3) should the probe thermometer be set vertically or horizontally?
But, I have three questions before I go taking anything apart and drilling holes in it:
1) can I install the damper in the middle of the 24" horizontal pipe run (in pic below)?
2) should the hole for the probe flue thermometer be before or after the damper?
3) should the probe thermometer be set vertically or horizontally?