Thank you! This was very helpful. Newly divorced Single mom of 3 that recently discovered the stove in my house had an 8 inch exit pipe but a 6 inch chimney. My fires always kicked smoke back in the house. Replacing stove to a 6" exit pipe and your video makes me feel I can reconnect it myself. Thank you again! Clear explanation and I appreciated the demonstration of the matches.
Perfect video & explanation! Direct and to the point covering all needed topics ( no rambling on & on) I wish all RUclips “how to videos “ followed your direction 👍
Thank you for making it clear on the proper way of installing a wood stove pipe. The first stove I ever hooked up I did the opposite way and the creosote did run out of pipe. I'm going to be hooking up another wood stove here this weekend. Thank you again
Thanks for explaining the WHY behind the upper pipes inside and not outside the pipes above! I had a feeling there was a correct way for them to be put together! Smart! 😉
@@Robinson-Homestead I am about to install as well, this coming week. Thank you for this info. We have a chimney. But we have to install from a new stove, to the ceiling. Where there is the chimney part, coming out of the ceiling. Hoping we install everything correctly. Can't afford a professional install. SO, I take it that you are not supposed to put any sealant on the pipe sections? I seen some type of sealant for sale. Wondering what it is for.
Kevin, well you probably just saved our lives. We have a cook woodstove with a magic heat unit. Its been installed for two years and its a mess of creosote to clean out. We installed the pipes the other way than you described here and for 2 years we have had to take it apart often to clean it out. Our fires have not been effective and we have had two chimney fires even. My husband went to a stove place because one of the pipes never seems to connect the way you say and they even crimped it for us hearing what we wanted to do. If someone just goes to get stove pipe they would automatically just install it the other way. Thanks so much!!!!
cook stoves are not great design. the anytime smoke travels thru angles it cools and leaves creosote. I clean my cook stove every 2 weeks during winter with a wood stove vacuum, self deigned scraper and metal putty knife. i used a 6inch wire pipe brush and 10' of fiber rod to clean pipe. Any time you have a stove that is hard to start and will not burn, the stove/pipe needs to be clean. as for burning out creosote, 1. heat fatigues metal, the hotter the pipe the more years you take off it life span. 2. if your stove pipe goes thru a roof or attic, how do you know that there is not a minor leak or defect that an ember travels into your rafter or attic, then your off to the races. 3. where do the ember travel outside your stove pipe, land on your roof or near by fuel source. things to think about...love my cook stove. but its heavy on maintenance
Thank you so much for clearing that up! I was scratching my head why it was seeming backwards how the pipes fit together. The arrows on the pipe seamed backwards to how it seems it should be but they must not be wrong. I watched your video and your match example makes me feel much more comfortable now.
WOW...Thank you sir. I would have never ever thought this was the way to install Wood Stove pipe. This should be the standard for all to install. Excellent Video. Thank you!
I hooked my stove up and started it just yesterday. I was told the exact opposite. After one day of use, I noticed a streak of creosote on the outside of my pipe and more smoke smell than should be. After watching your video, I’ll be taking the pipe back apart and reinstalling the correct way…(as soon as the fire dies out😅). Thanks for the great information….makes complete sense everything you said !!!
I'm a new subscriber. You are the best. No one else is taking the time to address these fine details about proper installation of the telescoping flue pipe. I am very grateful for you and your knowledge. Thanks again for all of your shared wisdom 🪵🪓✨🔥💗
Great help to show how and why to assemble the pipe connections like that. When my the fire is set very low, it creates quite a bit of smoke, some of which gets inside the room from around the pipe joints. I’m planning to buy some compound to put around the joints.
You don't need compound you need to extend your pipe higher you are not getting enough draft or if you have a new home open a window. Could be to air tight.
Thanks man! I just bought a house that has a wood burning stove and I noticed the chimney pipe was installed like yours and I thought, oh no, smoke is going to come out of the pipe! I have a 24’ ceiling and was crappin’ my pants about the logistics around fixing my “improperly installed” stove pipe. What you’re saying here makes perfection sense. Thanks again!
Very good information being shared in a relatable and easy to follow and understand way. Thank you so much! The matchstick/smoke trick should be all I need to make my bf understand what I've been saying about the draft being off because he had the pipe upside down. You have such a warm and down to earth energy and have a way with explaining things! 🖤✨
Thank you for explaining this! I was about to install it the other way because that made sense to me. But after you explained it, it makes complete sense to do it the other way!
I took apart my stove pipe (to clean it) and reinstalled it today, but it didn't make sense to me that the female end would go outside the male end on the way up from the stove. I thought the previous owners had screwed up...until I saw this video. Thanks my man!
Thank you for this video. I was looking on the internet for high heat vent tape to seal the stove pipe joints.... Now that I've seen your fantastic explanation I know that those gaps will NOT be a problem. Thank You !
I had a house that was sealed so tight that the gaps were a problem. When somebody turned on the dryer, a bathroom fan, or the kitchen exhaust fan it would suck smoke into the house. I had to start cracking a window when using the stove.
Buddy I'm glad I watched your video. My intuition was telling me to put the pipe in opposite of what you were saying because I assumed I would be belching smoke into my house. Thanks a million!
Thank you for the video Kevin. Having recently re-installed my flue pipes, I worried they might be the wrong way around. Fortunately they weren't. Your video dispelled my concerns.
seems like just due to the potential of rain so would the insertion options be moot on the assembly if the pipe goes 90 degree above the stove and into a chimney or out through a wall that has a T pipe on the other side ?
What happens when the smoke does come out of the slider pipe? How much pipe is the overlap? It's all installed properly and the outside stack is installed correctly.
I have a woodburner in a home that the birds have been in.. some asbestos rope dropped down on top of my removable ceiling fire bricks.. im actually trying to figure out where its come from.. do i actually need it??
Do I need double wall for exhaust/ air. What about going through ceiling /roof needs to be double walled for protection (heat)? What size pipe is normal.
You actually really helped. We live on the slope side of a hill, and the earth moved a ton, so much to move the fireplace stack off center. That said, all of a sudden, this “juice” came down from the ceiling box. If you have anymore advice, please do!
Thanks for video, I should have watched before I was told that my pipes were backwards so I started to reverse the direction but that advice was not correct. You have it right.
Thank You! You definitely solved the whole female to male connection conundrum for me. I was scratching my head trying to figure out why all the connections were "wrong" lol
🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️ Man that makes perfect sense. Not sure why I didn't look at it like that in the first place!! But now you got me switching everything around as we speak!! Lol duhhhhhhh!! 😂
SO, I just watched 2 other installation vids & both showed the stack going the other way around, female down over the male end. Was this because they were Dura Tech 2-wall chimney, and yours wasn't??
When you burn off the creosote on your chimney what temperature do you do it at? At the end of the video when you mentioned watching the temperature. At what point do you stop it at? I couldn't find it in the comments.
Quick question, I did this the wrong way and after the third fire I have creosote coming on the outside of the pipe. It’s just a shop stove. Is it okay to flip the pipe the right way and if so, how do I clean the creosote without messing up the black surface of the pipe? Thanks so much, great video
Hello from Ukraine, This is a very expainatory good video. I was wondering - does the smoke come into the room from that gap ,where popes join, when you just start the fire in the stove ? Thanks
@@Robinson-Homestead Thank a lot. I was afraid that the smoke will come in and assembled the pipes "by smoke", now I will re-do "by condensation" approach. It was so disappointing to see water literally pouring on pipes exterior, did not expect that much from just a condensation, it lasted for about 5 minutes untill pipes heat up. You way will fix the issue. Thanks.
Yes on creosote running down . But sometimes the middle joint on the telescopic single wall pipe can back puff a bit of smoke if it’s windy outside ? I guess the draft is affected by chimney creosote buildup. What’s your pros and cons on single wall pipe over double wall pipe? Thanks for your videos
Great video much appreciated the explanation of why it goes this way, it's not intuitive as you would look at it and think it should go the other way, really good job thank you.
Thank you so much. I got it installed the wrong way and now everytime the burning is incomplete I get this smelly liquid runing outside the pipes. Any solution besides having it all redone?
Thanks for the detailed explanation. With the single wall black stove pipe when that you need to put the seam together to make it a round pipe, as you connect each pipe together do you line the seams up? Thanks!!
question: since there is a bit of space between the chimney pipes this causes a draft and so eventually after the wood is burned hot air is sucked inside and thus cooling down the temperature which is unwanted therefore do you advice to install a chimney valve up at the ceiling? or how do you approach this problem, please enlighten me if I got a wrong idea but it seems that I would like to avoid any hot air being unnecessarily sucked outside
I installed my woodstove today and I have my stacks exactly like you recommend but all my Smoke detectors started screaming! I even did your match test so I don't know why the detectors are going off. But in fairness they go off when my wife is cooking ( No....stuff isn't burning!). Seems like they are way to sensitive. I opened a couple windows and that helped.
never seen it explained that way. We use wood to heat or home when I was a kid. Our pipe was ran the other way an was always told to not run it the other way. But I guess lol. thanks for the video.
I enjoyed your video, I have a problem with my Wood Chief wood stove that we have been using for years. Lately when I use it, I don't smell smoke in the house but I do experience eye irritation, I thought maybe CO was causing this but the CO detector shows 0 ppm. I get a good draft, so much so that it goes into overfire when I reload, any thoughts.
Thanks so much. We are getting ready to install a woodstove in our sunroom. We arent sure tho if we should have the pipe go straight up through roof or go out the window?. What should be the best way? Thanks again for your video...very helpful.
Sun rooms can a special challenge. Kevin is correct, straight is always best. But regardless of the path, the termination height is the real problem. Many folks who have a stove in the sun room have draft issues because the chimney is too short. It can be correct as far as it rising above the sun room roof, but not tall enough in relation to the house. Contact your local CSIA.org or NFICertiffied.org chimney sweep to help you plan your installation.
Thanks mate I was concerned about the little gaps when joint my flu and was wondering if I needed to seal them with a sealer but this answered my question. 👍🏻
I would seal it thru and thru my uncle is a master plumber and hvac your reasoning is fine but a sealed correctly drafted stove should have no gaps idk if it dose suck a match in if a obstruction would semi seal your pipe and mess the draft up it will fill your house with smoke I've been on them.kind of botched jobs....just my opinion
It could be a downdraft or your chimney could be plugged or the if the chimney cap has a screen on it it could be plugged i have a video that may help.
I live in maryland ,been burning firewood 40 years only had one fire in my chimney from burning pine trees it went out no damage. With that said those pipes are backwards ,two reasons ,when the air outside creates back draft or atmospheric pressure this forses air to push down the chimneys and can fill the room with smoke and carbonate which is a silent killer. Second advise is if your leaking creasoat your wood stove is burning to cool not hot .
Hello Kevin, Thanks for that informative viedo on the chimney pipe. I have a very similar stove as yours with a box base as seen in your room. I've never had a fresh air supply to it, and only relyed on air sucked in from the rooms. I want to bring a fresh air sourse from outside, that goes thru the base and directly to the stove. This should eliminate the stove from finding draafts throughout the house sucking in cold air from under the exterior doors and round windows, yet the air's got to come in from somewhere to supply oxygen, but the downside is you still feel drafts in the house. I have a crawlspace and can easily drill a 4 inch hole and bring air to it from one of the crawlspace vents. Any suggestions on this project? By the way, THUMBS UP!!!
Wow, i am Loving your video man. . I have to install my Wood stove in 2 days, and it is my first time doing this. What i have been wondering about the last 14 days is if i have to put some type of gasket in the pipe which goes into the stove at the top, to kind of seal it off, But since you say that it would not matter even if you see fire thru the side then i dont know if i have to do anything ? I did Buy a 0.5 mm glassfiber gasket for Wood stoves, to push in with a screwdriver, but would you say i should do that? And i completely understand what you say about the Black shiny stuff which gets piled up inside, because there was a ton of that inside my oven when i bought it. And yes my pipes are going into the top just like yours, and not around.
To the newbies. I use Duravent double wall stove pipe. Each Duravent pipe is clearly labeled as to the direction of installation. In addition there is no way or need to add additional seal to the inside stainless steel wall. The outer wall is strictly a buffer so you don't burn the house down. Heat from the pipe air gap (between the inner and outer walls) enters the living space via convection. The top of these stoves have a "normal" operating temperature of 300 to 500 degrees - nothing to mess with.
I'm going to install a wood burner like you have but its made to fit inside my existing brick fireplace . How far up the chimney do I have to run a pipe like the one you are showing ? Right now there is a plate that runs all the way across the top part of the fireplace I think its a damper . I want to get rid of it and stick the pipe you show up in the chimney . I want to put something all the way around the pipe to close off space around it so no air comes in or out around the pipe . The stove has a blower attached that blows air from the bottom and over the top so I don't want that air to go up the chimney . What is the best stiff to use around the pipe . If you have a video of how do do this will you link it here in a reply ? If you don't will you make one ? I was thinking I should use a double layer pipe like they use for mobile homes so I can use a high heat seal between the outer layer of the pipe and the piece sealing the fireplace space around the pipe .
You need to call a fireplace store they will be able to give you an idea of what you need just ask them your questions. you can email me kdr6688@gmail.com I will try to help.
I was told the stack is backwards what you say, but your reasoning is far better than the other person's. Thanks for your video!!!
Thank you for watching and for the comment.
Thank you! This was very helpful. Newly divorced Single mom of 3 that recently discovered the stove in my house had an 8 inch exit pipe but a 6 inch chimney. My fires always kicked smoke back in the house. Replacing stove to a 6" exit pipe and your video makes me feel I can reconnect it myself. Thank you again! Clear explanation and I appreciated the demonstration of the matches.
This video may help to ruclips.net/video/qw71f9oZV_c/видео.html thanks for watching.
How'd that single motherhood decision work out for you
Ive watched TONS OF videos about installation and you have EXPLAINED this way better than anyone I have watched!!
Thank you for watching I am glad to help.
Your comment saved me lots of time lookibg for the best install video.
KUDOS to you both!
Perfect video & explanation! Direct and to the point covering all needed topics ( no rambling on & on) I wish all RUclips “how to videos “ followed your direction 👍
Thank you for the comment glad I could help.
I would of put the pipe opposite of how you did, im glad I u tubed your video, you taught this old retired operator a valuable lesson thanks.
well Patrick im so glad i could help you out, i used to inspect chimneys back in the day.
Excellent demonstration of draft for those who have not seen it in action.
thank you for watching.
Your explanation is the best period.
Glad to help
It’s the first time that someone takes the time to explain the logic for the soot running dawn the centre of the pipes. Tks again
Thank you for the comment.
Thank you for making it clear on the proper way of installing a wood stove pipe. The first stove I ever hooked up I did the opposite way and the creosote did run out of pipe. I'm going to be hooking up another wood stove here this weekend. Thank you again
Glad it helped!
Thanks for the comment.
Thanks for explaining the WHY behind the upper pipes inside and not outside the pipes above! I had a feeling there was a correct way for them to be put together! Smart! 😉
im a solid fuel heating engineer, great video
Thankyou. This was the only video that gave a clear explanation. Greatly appreciated this video.
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for the comment and watching.
I'm going to install my woodburner this coming weekend. Thank you for explaining why you do what you do.
Thanks for the comment and watching Mike glad to help.
@@Robinson-Homestead I am about to install as well, this coming week. Thank you for this info. We have a chimney. But we have to install from a new stove, to the ceiling. Where there is the chimney part, coming out of the ceiling. Hoping we install everything correctly. Can't afford a professional install. SO, I take it that you are not supposed to put any sealant on the pipe sections? I seen some type of sealant for sale. Wondering what it is for.
Fantastic draft demo - cured the myth about joint direction for me. Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
Brilliant simple easy to understand video that got right to the point! Thank you heaps mate.
So glad I could help.
Kevin, well you probably just saved our lives. We have a cook woodstove with a magic heat unit. Its been installed for two years and its a mess of creosote to clean out. We installed the pipes the other way than you described here and for 2 years we have had to take it apart often to clean it out. Our fires have not been effective and we have had two chimney fires even. My husband went to a stove place because one of the pipes never seems to connect the way you say and they even crimped it for us hearing what we wanted to do. If someone just goes to get stove pipe they would automatically just install it the other way. Thanks so much!!!!
cook stoves are not great design. the anytime smoke travels thru angles it cools and leaves creosote. I clean my cook stove every 2 weeks during winter with a wood stove vacuum, self deigned scraper and metal putty knife. i used a 6inch wire pipe brush and 10' of fiber rod to clean pipe. Any time you have a stove that is hard to start and will not burn, the stove/pipe needs to be clean. as for burning out creosote, 1. heat fatigues metal, the hotter the pipe the more years you take off it life span. 2. if your stove pipe goes thru a roof or attic, how do you know that there is not a minor leak or defect that an ember travels into your rafter or attic, then your off to the races. 3. where do the ember travel outside your stove pipe, land on your roof or near by fuel source. things to think about...love my cook stove. but its heavy on maintenance
This is crazy I can’t believe all of the chimney stacks I’ve seen in the past are actually upside down great video
Thanks for the comment and watching
Thank you so much for clearing that up! I was scratching my head why it was seeming backwards how the pipes fit together. The arrows on the pipe seamed backwards to how it seems it should be but they must not be wrong. I watched your video and your match example makes me feel much more comfortable now.
Your welcome so glad i could help.
WOW...Thank you sir. I would have never ever thought this was the way to install Wood Stove pipe. This should be the standard for all to install. Excellent Video. Thank you!
Thanks for watching Richard glad I could help.
Excellent description of why it MUST be done this way. Thank you.
Thanks for the comment glad to help.
I hooked my stove up and started it just yesterday. I was told the exact opposite. After one day of use, I noticed a streak of creosote on the outside of my pipe and more smoke smell than should be. After watching your video, I’ll be taking the pipe back apart and reinstalling the correct way…(as soon as the fire dies out😅). Thanks for the great information….makes complete sense everything you said !!!
Thank you so much for the comment you will get it
If I can help let me know.
I'm about to install a stove at home, and having been wondering why the pipes were made that way. Thanks for explaining.
Thank you for the comment and watching Gary glad to help.
Im a newbie to burning wood. Got a wood stove today and this video helped me out a lot.. Appreciate it
Thanks for watching glad to help I have a few videos on wood stove and burning wood.
Dude DUDE THANK YOU!!! U made alot of sense to things that had me scratching my head.
Thanks for watching glad to help.
Fantastic that's exactly what I needed to see . Give your self a pat on the back. That's all I needed to get started.
Great glad i could help
such a lovely explanation this man is very gentle.
Thank you kindly!
Wow, even to see the teaching about the reason that pipes are attached the way they are! This was amazing!!!
Thank you for watching Dave.
I did not know that people were installing their stovepipes opposite of the way shown here! Wow. Great video thank you
You would be surprised thanks for the comment.
I'm a new subscriber. You are the best. No one else is taking the time to address these fine details about proper installation of the telescoping flue pipe. I am very grateful for you and your knowledge. Thanks again for all of your shared wisdom 🪵🪓✨🔥💗
Thank you for subscribing and for the nice comment i really appreciate it.
Great help to show how and why to assemble the pipe connections like that.
When my the fire is set very low, it creates quite a bit of smoke, some of which gets inside the room from around the pipe joints.
I’m planning to buy some compound to put around the joints.
You don't need compound you need to extend your pipe higher you are not getting enough draft or if you have a new home open a window.
Could be to air tight.
@@Robinson-Homestead thanks for the quick response.
Adding another section of pipe may do the trick.
This man is a genius.
Thank you so much for the comment.
Thanks man! I just bought a house that has a wood burning stove and I noticed the chimney pipe was installed like yours and I thought, oh no, smoke is going to come out of the pipe! I have a 24’ ceiling and was crappin’ my pants about the logistics around fixing my “improperly installed” stove pipe. What you’re saying here makes perfection sense. Thanks again!
Thanks for the comment and watching Double D.
Very good information being shared in a relatable and easy to follow and understand way. Thank you so much! The matchstick/smoke trick should be all I need to make my bf understand what I've been saying about the draft being off because he had the pipe upside down. You have such a warm and down to earth energy and have a way with explaining things! 🖤✨
Glad it was helpful! Thank you so much for the comment and watching.
Thank you for explaining this! I was about to install it the other way because that made sense to me. But after you explained it, it makes complete sense to do it the other way!
Thanks for watching glad to help
This is so counter-intuitive but very informative. I always thought the smoke would go through the gaps and into the house.
Thanks for watching glad to help.
I took apart my stove pipe (to clean it) and reinstalled it today, but it didn't make sense to me that the female end would go outside the male end on the way up from the stove. I thought the previous owners had screwed up...until I saw this video. Thanks my man!
Thank you for the comment and watching.
You have convinced me that the smoke is not an issue. Thanks.
Thank you for this video.
I was looking on the internet for high heat vent tape to seal the stove pipe joints.... Now that I've seen your fantastic explanation I know that those gaps will NOT be a problem. Thank You !
Glad I could help thank you for watching and comment.
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I had a house that was sealed so tight that the gaps were a problem. When somebody turned on the dryer, a bathroom fan, or the kitchen exhaust fan it would suck smoke into the house. I had to start cracking a window when using the stove.
@@michaelvangundy226 maybe a fresh air supply directly to your stove from outside would help. Some stoves have a spot to connect fresh air.
Buddy I'm glad I watched your video. My intuition was telling me to put the pipe in opposite of what you were saying because I assumed I would be belching smoke into my house. Thanks a million!
Thanks for watching and the comment glad to help.
Great Infromation but was hoping to see you install the chimney. Thanks for putting it out here.
Thank for watching.
Good job Thanks for the info. I just installed our barrel burner. and was told I did it backwards. Now I knw why he was right. Thanks!!
Nothing like wood heat in my opinion , glad you got it set up the right way, thanks for watching.
Hey , great video
My neighbor said I did my stove pipe install wrong .
I was second guessing myself but your explanation was clear and perfect
Thanks
Glad it helped Carmen.
Thank you for the video Kevin. Having recently re-installed my flue pipes, I worried they might be the wrong way around. Fortunately they weren't. Your video dispelled my concerns.
Glad it helped
seems like just due to the potential of rain so would the insertion options be moot on the assembly if the pipe goes 90 degree above the stove and into a chimney or out through a wall that has a T pipe on the other side ?
Sorry i'm not sure what you mean.
Kevin all these years I had that wrong holy cow Thank you and if I ever have one like this again I will do it right thanks to you
glad i could help
I think this video has a fantastic an important information about wood stove installation. Thank you sir for your help
Thanks glad you liked it.
I never would have realized that after the pipes being like that, good video, glad I watched
Thanks for the comment and watching.
What happens when the smoke does come out of the slider pipe? How much pipe is the overlap? It's all installed properly and the outside stack is installed correctly.
Email me kdr6688@gmail.com I'll try to help you.
I have a woodburner in a home that the birds have been in.. some asbestos rope dropped down on top of my removable ceiling fire bricks.. im actually trying to figure out where its come from.. do i actually need it??
Do I need double wall for exhaust/ air.
What about going through ceiling /roof needs to be double walled for protection (heat)?
What size pipe is normal.
I have triple through the roof and single inside the house but that's me.
You actually really helped. We live on the slope side of a hill, and the earth moved a ton, so much to move the fireplace stack off center. That said, all
of a sudden, this “juice” came down from the ceiling box. If you have anymore advice, please do!
first pipe vid I could sit through Kev, thanks
Thank you
Thank you for your detailed video. I've learned something today.
your welcome Mike
Excellent video...would like to see where the stove pipe connects to the double wall pipe at the ceiling.
Sorry next time thanks for the comment.
Great video Kevin, I just brought a house with a wood burning stove and learned a lot from your video. Thank!
Thank you for watching glad to help Andrea Sosa.
Thanks for video, I should have watched before I was told that my pipes were backwards so I started to reverse the direction but that advice was not correct. You have it right.
If you need help let me know thanks for watching Bernie.
Thank You! You definitely solved the whole female to male connection conundrum for me. I was scratching my head trying to figure out why all the connections were "wrong" lol
No problem im glad to help.
🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️ Man that makes perfect sense. Not sure why I didn't look at it like that in the first place!! But now you got me switching everything around as we speak!! Lol duhhhhhhh!! 😂
Thanks for the comment glad to help Keith.
If I just have the wooden stove and nothing else what are the additional pieces I need to go buy ? Just an L pipe and some straight ones ?
SO, I just watched 2 other installation vids & both showed the stack going the other way around, female down over the male end. Was this because they were Dura Tech 2-wall chimney, and yours wasn't??
maybe i don't know but that is the right way to install black wall pipe.
Best video I ever seen on installation Kevin and its 100% vital information...Thank You from over the pnd UK
Thank you Robert I hope it helps someone.
I'm interested in learning about chimney inserts for coal stoves, and how they are installed
Thanks very much it really appreciate your tutorial this is going to help me out a lot on the installation of my wood stove pipes in my garage
You are very welcome
If you're going through the wall, is it better to go through right above the stove or have some vertical run internal, then run through the wall?
I would do 24" run
When you burn off the creosote on your chimney what temperature do you do it at? At the end of the video when you mentioned watching the temperature. At what point do you stop it at? I couldn't find it in the comments.
900 degrees be careful thanks for the comment.
this mans a legend. thanks for teaching FACTS
Thanks for the comment and watching glad to help
Any brand of stove pipes you recommend? Should it be the split pipe or solid? And should you install a damper or put a premade damper in?
Quick question, I did this the wrong way and after the third fire I have creosote coming on the outside of the pipe. It’s just a shop stove. Is it okay to flip the pipe the right way and if so, how do I clean the creosote without messing up the black surface of the pipe?
Thanks so much, great video
Good question I would try mineral spirits and make sure you clean it off real good.
Hello from Ukraine,
This is a very expainatory good video. I was wondering - does the smoke come into the room from that gap ,where popes join, when you just start the fire in the stove ?
Thanks
Hello Yuriy, thanks for watching .No the smoke doesn't come through the pipe connection if your stove has a good draft.
@@Robinson-Homestead Thank a lot. I was afraid that the smoke will come in and assembled the pipes "by smoke", now I will re-do "by condensation" approach.
It was so disappointing to see water literally pouring on pipes exterior, did not expect that much from just a condensation, it lasted for about 5 minutes untill pipes heat up.
You way will fix the issue. Thanks.
Yes on creosote running down . But sometimes the middle joint on the telescopic single wall pipe can back puff a bit of smoke if it’s windy outside ? I guess the draft is affected by chimney creosote buildup.
What’s your pros and cons on single wall pipe over double wall pipe?
Thanks for your videos
With double wall pipe you can be closer to conbustibles than single wall pipe, that is the only difference that i know of.
You have just saved me a lot of hassle! Can't thank you enough!!
Happy to help
Great video much appreciated the explanation of why it goes this way, it's not intuitive as you would look at it and think it should go the other way, really good job thank you.
Thank you for watching I am glad to help Robin.
Thank you so much. I got it installed the wrong way and now everytime the burning is incomplete I get this smelly liquid runing outside the pipes. Any solution besides having it all redone?
Sorry but you need to change the directions of the pipe for it to stop running down the outside. Good luck i hope tit works out for you.
Thanks for the detailed explanation. With the single wall black stove pipe when that you need to put the seam together to make it a round pipe, as you connect each pipe together do you line the seams up? Thanks!!
I don't line mine up i stagger them alittle bit, thanks for watching.
Love the match demonstration!
Thanks for the comment
question:
since there is a bit of space between the chimney pipes this causes a draft and so eventually after the wood is burned hot air is sucked inside and thus cooling down the temperature which is unwanted
therefore do you advice to install a chimney valve up at the ceiling? or how do you approach this problem, please enlighten me if I got a wrong idea but it seems that I would like to avoid any hot air being unnecessarily sucked outside
I really don't think that is something you need to worry about, it will be fine.
Thank you so much for this video !! it’s exactly what I needed to know !!!!
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you so much for the comment and watching.
I installed my woodstove today and I have my stacks exactly like you recommend but all my Smoke detectors started screaming! I even did your match test so I don't know why the detectors are going off. But in fairness they go off when my wife is cooking ( No....stuff isn't burning!). Seems like they are way to sensitive. I opened a couple windows and that helped.
Some good smoke detectors.
never seen it explained that way. We use wood to heat or home when I was a kid. Our pipe was ran the other way an was always told to not run it the other way. But I guess lol. thanks for the video.
Thanks for watching Rodman.
Great video, thanks!! How do you get the best draft?
If you can put straight pipe with no elbows.
Your video is very nice, I like the way you talk very calm and clear thanks
Thank you for watching I hope it helped.
Great information Kevin! Thanks so much.
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you for the comment.
What happens if you put a blower inducer fan on the chimney pipe? Will smoke get everywhere?
That is a good question, i have no idea i have never used one, sorry i can't answer that .
Stove noob here. Would it be preferable to leave the seams open like this, or to caulk around?
Mine are open
@@Robinson-Homestead thanks! We've had ours in for a few days now and nothing bad has happened 😁
I enjoyed your video, I have a problem with my Wood Chief wood stove that we have been using for years. Lately when I use it, I don't smell smoke in the house but I do experience eye irritation, I thought maybe CO was causing this but the CO detector shows 0 ppm. I get a good draft, so much so that it goes into overfire when I reload, any thoughts.
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Thanks so much. We are getting ready to install a woodstove in our sunroom. We arent sure tho if we should have the pipe go straight up through roof or go out the window?. What should be the best way? Thanks again for your video...very helpful.
Straight is the best you will have a better draft but it may cost more.
Sun rooms can a special challenge. Kevin is correct, straight is always best. But regardless of the path, the termination height is the real problem. Many folks who have a stove in the sun room have draft issues because the chimney is too short. It can be correct as far as it rising above the sun room roof, but not tall enough in relation to the house. Contact your local CSIA.org or NFICertiffied.org chimney sweep to help you plan your installation.
Thanks mate I was concerned about the little gaps when joint my flu and was wondering if I needed to seal them with a sealer but this answered my question. 👍🏻
Glad I could help
I would seal it thru and thru my uncle is a master plumber and hvac your reasoning is fine but a sealed correctly drafted stove should have no gaps idk if it dose suck a match in if a obstruction would semi seal your pipe and mess the draft up it will fill your house with smoke I've been on them.kind of botched jobs....just my opinion
Fascinating stuff. 'Common sense' suggests the opposite should be the case but your explanation and demonstration proves otherwise
Thank you John
This is exactly what I was looking for thank you so much for posting it!
Glad it was helpful!
Im new to wood burning stoves,what is wrong if the smoke is coming out of the area you said should suck the smoke in
It could be a downdraft or your chimney could be plugged or the if the chimney cap has a screen on it it could be plugged i have a video that may help.
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I live in maryland ,been burning firewood 40 years only had one fire in my chimney from burning pine trees it went out no damage. With that said those pipes are backwards ,two reasons ,when the air outside creates back draft or atmospheric pressure this forses air to push down the chimneys and can fill the room with smoke and carbonate which is a silent killer. Second advise is if your leaking creasoat your wood stove is burning to cool not hot .
Hello Kevin, Thanks for that informative viedo on the chimney pipe. I have a very similar stove as yours with a box base as seen in your room. I've never had a fresh air supply to it, and only relyed on air sucked in from the rooms. I want to bring a fresh air sourse from outside, that goes thru the base and directly to the stove. This should eliminate the stove from finding draafts throughout the house sucking in cold air from under the exterior doors and round windows, yet the air's got to come in from somewhere to supply oxygen, but the downside is you still feel drafts in the house. I have a crawlspace and can easily drill a 4 inch hole and bring air to it from one of the crawlspace vents. Any suggestions on this project? By the way, THUMBS UP!!!
What do you use between pipe joints?
Wow, i am Loving your video man. . I have to install my Wood stove in 2 days, and it is my first time doing this. What i have been wondering about the last 14 days is if i have to put some type of gasket in the pipe which goes into the stove at the top, to kind of seal it off, But since you say that it would not matter even if you see fire thru the side then i dont know if i have to do anything ? I did Buy a 0.5 mm glassfiber gasket for Wood stoves, to push in with a screwdriver, but would you say i should do that?
And i completely understand what you say about the Black shiny stuff which gets piled up inside, because there was a ton of that inside my oven when i bought it. And yes my pipes are going into the top just like yours, and not around.
You can use a gasket if you like.
If you have a good draft you should be fine thank you for the comment.
@@Robinson-Homestead Thank you sir. Merry Christmas to you and yours
Sure glad I watched your video! I was doing it backwards. Thanks!
You're welcome!
Thank you. Was scratching my head over this.
Thanks for the comment and watching.
How do I decide if I want single or double wall?
I put triple through the roof and single in the house and make sure you have good clearance.
To the newbies. I use Duravent double wall stove pipe. Each Duravent pipe is clearly labeled as to the direction of installation. In addition there is no way or need to add additional seal to the inside stainless steel wall. The outer wall is strictly a buffer so you don't burn the house down. Heat from the pipe air gap (between the inner and outer walls) enters the living space via convection. The top of these stoves have a "normal" operating temperature of 300 to 500 degrees - nothing to mess with.
Thank you for watching.
I'm going to install a wood burner like you have but its made to fit inside my existing brick fireplace . How far up the chimney do I have to run a pipe like the one you are showing ? Right now there is a plate that runs all the way across the top part of the fireplace I think its a damper . I want to get rid of it and stick the pipe you show up in the chimney . I want to put something all the way around the pipe to close off space around it so no air comes in or out around the pipe . The stove has a blower attached that blows air from the bottom and over the top so I don't want that air to go up the chimney . What is the best stiff to use around the pipe . If you have a video of how do do this will you link it here in a reply ? If you don't will you make one ? I was thinking I should use a double layer pipe like they use for mobile homes so I can use a high heat seal between the outer layer of the pipe and the piece sealing the fireplace space around the pipe .
You need to call a fireplace store they will be able to give you an idea of what you need just ask them your questions. you can email me kdr6688@gmail.com I will try to help.
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Thank you Paul
I wondered that for 40 years dude,thanks
Thank you for watching.