Should i be concerned?
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cmonSTART
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I looks like water dripping down the flue. I think your connector pipe is installed upside-down allowing it to drip out of the seam.
Yep it sure is upside down. 
Did you install it yourself, if so, no worries, many have done it before that way. Just correct it and viola, you should be all set. I would imagine you would want to spend some time on this site so you can learn a great deal to help you out. I would also suggest if this is your first year you may want to hire some help just this time so you can have the whole chimney setup the correct way and not take any risks. Most people do this and then over time you will be a pro ;-)
Did you install it yourself, if so, no worries, many have done it before that way. Just correct it and viola, you should be all set. I would imagine you would want to spend some time on this site so you can learn a great deal to help you out. I would also suggest if this is your first year you may want to hire some help just this time so you can have the whole chimney setup the correct way and not take any risks. Most people do this and then over time you will be a pro ;-)
Yeah i installed it myself.
I had the chimney done professionally with a new liner but had to do from the stove to the chimney myself.
My heath board meets the manufactures requirements but not the townships requirements for a new install. So because i had a stove their already i was grandfathered in and could install another stove as long as it meet the manufactures requirements. However if i had the stove people do it. It was another 4 grand in new heath board and labor.
I had the chimney done professionally with a new liner but had to do from the stove to the chimney myself.
My heath board meets the manufactures requirements but not the townships requirements for a new install. So because i had a stove their already i was grandfathered in and could install another stove as long as it meet the manufactures requirements. However if i had the stove people do it. It was another 4 grand in new heath board and labor.
What's the new stove? Can you add it to your signature?
Do you have a thermometer on the stove or flue pipe? Besides the pipe being installed upside down, it looks like the stove may be running too cool.
Do you have a thermometer on the stove or flue pipe? Besides the pipe being installed upside down, it looks like the stove may be running too cool.
That was after a 9 hour burn. The stove is a sierra 8000 tec cat stove
Durning burn times the stove top is 600-650
It was also cooler in that pic cause I had the blower running
Durning burn times the stove top is 600-650
It was also cooler in that pic cause I had the blower running
LLigetfa
Minister of Fire
Aside from the obvious, I'd also be concerned about wet wood. SInce you say you have a new liner in an existing chimney, I'm guessing this isn't a straight-up shot and that there is an elbow/thimble/tee in there somewhere. For that amount of moisture to drip back to the stove is alarming and reversing the pipe to hide it is like taking the battery out of the smoke detector.
LLigetfa said:
We had some very sever rain for about 36 hours before it turned into very heavy wet snow. We also had some very strong wind with the storm.
My chimney is like this
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LLigetfa
Minister of Fire
Thanks for the pic. You can see that with the tee, it does not seem plausible for rain or moisture condensation from the chimney to find its way to the smoke pipe close to the stove. The moisture that dripped out likely came from the wood or from the air in the room (assuming no OAK).
LLigetfa said:
Now that you mention it the few pieces that i did thow in were quite wet on the ends from the storm. My tarp got blown off.
Could that be the mosture from the wood before the fire got going real hot?
LLigetfa
Minister of Fire
Let's hope that was the case. I remember years ago at my former home getting a late Fall wind and rain storm that shreaded my tarps and then it turned to freezing rain just before the big chill. My wood was covered in ice and I had to chisel off as much as I could before bringing it in with the shreads of blue tarp stuck to it. I was still picking up blue shreads years later and so too were the Robins to use in their nests.
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