I'm relatively new to wood stoves, just bought and installed what I believe to be a mid 80's Resolute. I tried to do my homework on the installation, and over did as much as I could to be on the safe side. The only part that I didn't like the way it turned out was the stove pipe. I used the Selkirk universal roof support kit that has the 18" stove pipe adapter at the bottom. From the top of the stove to the bottom of the adapter is just under 4 feet. I thought I would have about a 2" overlap, and the guy at the hardware store thought that would be fine.
By the time I fitted the ends of the two 24" sections of stove pipe and put it into the top of the stove I was only left with 1/2 to 3/4" overlap on the adapter. I've used the stove a couple of times like this and it seems to work, but I'm not sure if I'm comfortable with it. I haven't seen anything about a minimum overlap, but will probably redo this anyway. I was curious if this is a typical situation, and should I be worried about it?
Also, I don't know what the optimal draft on the stove should be like. It seems to work fine, but I did set the smoke detector off starting it and once while reloading the stove. Also, one time I opened the front doors and it seem to really like spitting out sparks. I've notice some odor while burning that seemed odd to me, I assume it was probably the new stove pipe and gaskets in the stove.
I am in a sheltered area so there isn't often much wind. According to some charts I think my chimney height should be 16', but I have about 13'. I guess the question is should I keep trying with my current chimney height, perhaps I could be more efficient starting the stove and reloading so not to set off the alarms. Or should I add another 3' section to the top, this wouldn't be hard to do but I wasn't sure if it would make much difference.
Thanks for advice,
Pete
By the time I fitted the ends of the two 24" sections of stove pipe and put it into the top of the stove I was only left with 1/2 to 3/4" overlap on the adapter. I've used the stove a couple of times like this and it seems to work, but I'm not sure if I'm comfortable with it. I haven't seen anything about a minimum overlap, but will probably redo this anyway. I was curious if this is a typical situation, and should I be worried about it?
Also, I don't know what the optimal draft on the stove should be like. It seems to work fine, but I did set the smoke detector off starting it and once while reloading the stove. Also, one time I opened the front doors and it seem to really like spitting out sparks. I've notice some odor while burning that seemed odd to me, I assume it was probably the new stove pipe and gaskets in the stove.
I am in a sheltered area so there isn't often much wind. According to some charts I think my chimney height should be 16', but I have about 13'. I guess the question is should I keep trying with my current chimney height, perhaps I could be more efficient starting the stove and reloading so not to set off the alarms. Or should I add another 3' section to the top, this wouldn't be hard to do but I wasn't sure if it would make much difference.
Thanks for advice,
Pete
