I had to move the wood stove out, because the previous owners had it so the side door was not accessible. It is leaking smoke from what seems to be the "joint"/s that move on the 90's. Without redoing the entire chimney, this is what I thought would work best. Is there another solution? Or maybe some high temp gasket on those joints?
Smoke Leak
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Stove cement should not be needed on the elbow joints. Can you post some pictures of the area of concern and the whole stove installation? We may be able to spot the issue that way.
I'll try and guess what you mean.
Are you meaning you have 90* flexible bends in your stove pipe? How many 90's? Usually not a problem unless they are damaged or the draft isn't good.
Are you meaning you have 90* flexible bends in your stove pipe? How many 90's? Usually not a problem unless they are damaged or the draft isn't good.
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The two 90º turns off the flue collar are a bit restrictive. Would it be possible to center the liner more in the middle of the fireplace so that the stove could be connected with a 45º elbow and the a short straight piece connecting the liner?
I can try. How flexible are those liners normally? I was afraid of breaking it lol
It originally wqs straight on in the fireplace, but like I said we couldn't use it properly.
I'm also almost thinking, that shortening the liner a tad, and doing a T and straight pipe off the stove may be better.
That would make the liner easier to clean. Is the flue collar reversible to make this a straight shot?
I Dont think so, and this thing is old, not sure I could get a diffent one. I was able to straighten it out a little better, doing a burn now.
Another thought was basically walling off behind the stove to help the chimney draft better, since prior it was against the back wall, in my mind easier than tearing out the entire old setup and redoing it lol.
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Another thought was basically walling off behind the stove to help the chimney draft better, since prior it was against the back wall, in my mind easier than tearing out the entire old setup and redoing it lol.
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