High temp RTV suggestions anyone?

So after my first leaf blower trick/cleaning I was sitting here on my couch and had begun smelling that distinct smell of pellets burning. Not consistently, but every once in a which I would get that *wiff* of huh? pellets? After some research and some time with my stove, I had come to the conclusion that my venting was secured wrong. Dealer when I had fist purchased the stove suggested that I only secure the venting with flue tape like this....


Apparently... He might have been wrong. I like to believe that I'm super through when cleaning our stove. I detach the venting at the rear of the stove to clean and re-attach after every brushing/cleaning. So, my first question is... is that technique necessary?

After researching and some investigative work, I went out and purchased some of this....



I siliconed the adapter to the 3' of vent piping together. I then fed them through the thimble. I then siliconed the adapter to the stove exhaust with another bead of silicone. I then siliconed the connections left between the adapter/3' section and then the adapter on the stove, as so...



As you can see there's some aluminum tape left on the adapter, that just would not come off..

Did I overkill it? I plan on placing some flue tape over the silicone so no one walks into our home and sees my blue mess LOL. Please post any questions, comments or concerns or ADVICE! lol

Thanks for your input!

-Mike

OK. Thank you very much for the advice guys, The packaging for the silicone stated it was rated to 500*, so I felt it was alright. No worries though, that's why I posted this here, to get the input from the experts on stoves, as I haven't even re-started our stove as of yet. Although I did do what I thought was a lot of research, there was no real clear-cut answer as far as what silicone and/or tape to EXACTLY use. It was advice saying... "any high temp silicone with a 500* rating is FINE" or just "aluminum tape".

Thank you very much again for your inputs and advice, as the last thing I want to do is burn our stove in an un-safe manner and/or put my family or myself at risk. If i can ask another favor please, is to let know EXACTLY as to what type of "red high temp rtv silicone" or "aluminum tape should be using?

Also, I would like to go with a vertical rise with our venting because we've lost power 2 or 3 times this winter and granted, it wasn't for any extended period of time, but still got some smoke in the house, which i's like to avoid.

Thanks again guys.... Now, any idea on how to REMOVE some of this blue silicone?! LMAO!

Ok? mixed reviews... lol

This is the permatex ultra blue product info...

http://www.permatex.com/products/pr...multipurpose-rtv-silicone-gasket-maker-detail

Thank you smokey, your statements make everything a lot more clear now. For good measure, I think I'll cover those joints with 600* flue tape when it comes in.

Yes, it is Will... fired her back up tonight. So far, so good. Before I was smelling a little puff or whiff of smoke every 10-15 minutes or so. Now, after all this goop and awesome discussion/advice shes running just the way you see it in the pics above, not the prettiest exhaust I've ever seen but so far, it's proving to be effective.

Thanks for the concern man!

-MIke