Installing Chimney Liner For Wood Stove

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Installing chimney liner for wood stove.

The thimble is referred to as the hole on the side of the chimney in the living space that allows stove pipe to attach to the chimney. Twisting the flexible liner will help you install the liner if you are getting caught or hung up on the chimney walls. A liner going to an insert or stove in the fireplace will be measured from the top of the chimney to the top of the insert or stove or the center of the hole on the back of the stove. As the catalytic combustor.

To prevent this from occurring a chimney should extend at least 3 feet past a flat roof and be at least 2 feet above any roof peak within a 10 foot radius. Whether you are installing a new chimney or adapting an existing chimney to your wood stove close attention to chimney height flue size and location should be considered. Please remember these liners are sold in 5 increments 15 20 25 so for instance an 18 chimney will need a 20 liner. Proceed to lower the liner down the chimney until you reach the thimble.

A thick tarry smoke rises from every fire you burn and without a liner it will stick to the walls of your chimney and create a fire hazard. You can also visit our faq page for frequently asked questions and our chimney liner blog with helpful articles. This is a metal pipe that attaches to the pellet stove at one end typically with a pellet stove pipe chimney adapter and extends all the way through the chimney and above the roof at a suitable clearance. Keystone and palladian stoves have 7 flue collars and are approved for the use of 7 or 6 vent pipe.

Installing a pellet stove pipe in an existing chimney requires a chimney liner. A flexible chimney liner or flexi or liner is a flexible stainless steel tube that is connected to the top of the pipe protruding from your wood burning stove and at the other end within the chimney pot. However the physical act of sliding the liner down the chimney is the same so worth a read for anybody installing a gas liner. In general the overall height of the chimney from the base of the wood stove to the top of the chimney should not be less than 15 feet.