Drying time for insulation

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Hi all , I'm glad to have found this forum. I had a stainless steel liner put in my chimney yesterday. They poured in Ever Guard Insulation.
When they got done I was told that I could not build a fire for at least 72 hours so that the Ever Guard could cure. I'm looking E G"s website Thanks and looking forward to the forum.. Tim
 
Tim first off welcome to the forum. Read up there are a ton of good folks here that will help you with most anything you need.

As far as the insulation is concerned, I am unfamiliar with the product but.... if that is what the installer said I would think it safe to assume there is some sort of reason for the 72 hour wait time. I would do what he said and wait. Better to err on the side of caution.

Enjoy, read, learn, and burn.
 
Thanks Shawney, somehow the rest of my post didn't make it What I meant to say was Ever Guards website says that it is okay to fire up immediately as long as you don't exceed 700 degrees and says it helps the curing. That is what has me confused. Really looking forward to the forum
 
Depending on what you are burning, and what the stove is, and how low the insulation is, lower flue temps may reach or exceed 700.

BTW put your stove make and model in sig, oh and if you don't post pics of the unit, well the install just didn't happen.
 
Sig has been updated, the first batch of wood I will come to is 2 year old maple and cherry
 
If you need the heat I'd go ahead and start burning small fires.
Assuming this is an exterior chimney, that stuff is currently trying to set-up in sub-freezing temps which is not ideal anyway. If they say to keep it under 700 then so be it, but I have to ask whether it really matters how well the stuff sets-up. If you have a decent block-off plate, then all the EverGuard really needs to do is clump together & not sift down through any little holes in the block-off plate or into the chimney. It's not like it's holding the chimney up or anything.
 
That's what I was thinking was that a small fire may help with the curing as cold as it is. Actually the guy told me 72 hours then build a small fire with 1 log and with that burned put 1 more log in and when that was burned go ahead and crank it up. I mean how can two logs make that much difference?
 
the reason they want you to wait is the mixture has water in it and too hot of a fire could make steam and the steam could blow out your flue. this mixture has cement in it and a normal curing time is 72 hours. Just keep the fire small.
 
Not the same brand, but the pour in insulation we use can be burned in immediately, so I would say burn away!
 
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