I just noticed that there is a gap between the collor on my stove top and the black steel flue pipe. It isn't a big gap but when I had the fire going strong after a cold start I could see the light of the fire through it. Should this gap be sealed? My stove was professionaly installed and I wasn't home at the time so I didn't ask about this. I doubt I would have thought to ask even if I had been here. The stove works fine but maybe it would draw better if the gap were sealed.
Now that the fire has been burning for 45 minutes I can no longer see any light through the gap. It is hard to tell if there even still is a gap. At the top of the collar the collar and pipe do not completely seal, but the contact between the collar and pipe is a couple of inches deep and I can't tell if they seal farther down along the collar. The gap is too narrow to see into very far. Anyone have a theory why I might not see flame now but I could see it earlier? There is still plenty of flame in the firebox.
I couldn't take a decent picture of the light of the flame as seen through the gap, nor could I take a decent picture of the gap because it is black pipe in a black collor on a black stove. Instead I have posted a picture of the fire. At this point in the burn the top was about 600 degrees and I could see the light of the fire between the collar and the flue pipe. I don't think the picture will help anyone answer my question, but it is a nice fire.
Now that the fire has been burning for 45 minutes I can no longer see any light through the gap. It is hard to tell if there even still is a gap. At the top of the collar the collar and pipe do not completely seal, but the contact between the collar and pipe is a couple of inches deep and I can't tell if they seal farther down along the collar. The gap is too narrow to see into very far. Anyone have a theory why I might not see flame now but I could see it earlier? There is still plenty of flame in the firebox.
I couldn't take a decent picture of the light of the flame as seen through the gap, nor could I take a decent picture of the gap because it is black pipe in a black collor on a black stove. Instead I have posted a picture of the fire. At this point in the burn the top was about 600 degrees and I could see the light of the fire between the collar and the flue pipe. I don't think the picture will help anyone answer my question, but it is a nice fire.
