I am asking a question about my new install and air leaks in the indoor black stove pipe.
Ok, so today I decided that I wanted to see if I could check the flue out for creosote build up this winter by taking the secondary burn baffles out and shining a flashlight up the flue and using a mirror to see up the flue. It did give me a fair view of the flue all the way to the chimney cap. So, I think that will work out ok for me to be able to check the flue throughout the winter as I go through the learning curve on my new EPA stove.
However, when I was looking up the flue with the mirror I noticed I could see some daylight around the joints on the inside of the black stove pipe in two places. This concerned me, so on further inspection I found that there are gaps on the joints right where the stove pipe seam is at the joint. The gap is approximately an 1 3/4” long and close to an 1/8” wide right at the seam. This is true on both joints on the stove pipe. Both joints have three screws each to hold the sections together. I am thinking that I should perhaps caulk these air leaks in the stove pipe up but am not sure what to use to caulk them.
What I have on hand is Meeco’s Hi-Temp Silicone Sealant (good for temperatures up to 500 degrees F) and I also have SBI High-Temp Silicone for sealing door caskets on stove doors (also good for temperatures up to 500 degrees F). Which one of these would work best or is there something else I should use? And is something rated for 500 degrees F good enough for the stove pipe?
Ok, so today I decided that I wanted to see if I could check the flue out for creosote build up this winter by taking the secondary burn baffles out and shining a flashlight up the flue and using a mirror to see up the flue. It did give me a fair view of the flue all the way to the chimney cap. So, I think that will work out ok for me to be able to check the flue throughout the winter as I go through the learning curve on my new EPA stove.
However, when I was looking up the flue with the mirror I noticed I could see some daylight around the joints on the inside of the black stove pipe in two places. This concerned me, so on further inspection I found that there are gaps on the joints right where the stove pipe seam is at the joint. The gap is approximately an 1 3/4” long and close to an 1/8” wide right at the seam. This is true on both joints on the stove pipe. Both joints have three screws each to hold the sections together. I am thinking that I should perhaps caulk these air leaks in the stove pipe up but am not sure what to use to caulk them.
What I have on hand is Meeco’s Hi-Temp Silicone Sealant (good for temperatures up to 500 degrees F) and I also have SBI High-Temp Silicone for sealing door caskets on stove doors (also good for temperatures up to 500 degrees F). Which one of these would work best or is there something else I should use? And is something rated for 500 degrees F good enough for the stove pipe?
Stuff is good to at least 1,400 degrees.
