thimble or not

[dbenters]

Need help. Installing a wood stove in front of my fireplace. I am using the fireplace chimney and am wondering if I have to install a thimble,or can I run my tee straight through. My wall is all brick from floor to ceiling. The tee I am using came with my flex liner. Any help would be great. Thanks

 

[TROY COOK]

I think It's best to use a thimble for looks if your hole isn't perfect you can hide it. Don't know for sure about code..But someone will... good luck!

 

[DAKSY]

Need help. Installing a wood stove in front of my fireplace. I am using the fireplace chimney and am wondering if I have to install a thimble,or can I run my tee straight through. My wall is all brick from floor to ceiling. The tee I am using came with my flex liner. Any help would be great. Thanks

The tee is meant to be used inside the firebox to connect to the liner AFTER it passes thru the damper area.
If you wanna use it in your chimney, code says you need to have a wall pass-thru - i.e. THIMBLE -
thru the brick structure & into the flue...

 

[CarbonNeutral]

I have a non-combustible wall - I chose to use a thimble - glad I did as a) you're supposed to (though can't quite work out why) b) my hole did end up messy - the thimble covered it nicely and made it look 'finished'. Pics somewhere in the vid below:

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EDIT: That is the right video - youtube being funky this morning - if only they were owned by a big company that was able to reliably deliver the bandwidth....

 

[dbenters]

Thanks to all who have replied. I am using a thimble and doing it the correct way. Just could not see the reason for it on the masonry chimney.

 

[TROY COOK]

CarbonNeutral, hows that stove burning? I was thinking of one like that,how long will she burn? Thanks..

 

[CarbonNeutral]

Haven't done any long burns yet, though with three splits in, it's still warm in the morning and the house isn't anywhere as near as cold as it has been