Agreed. I'm glad you stopped here for a safety check. We want you to burn safely and really enjoy the experience. Hopefully you will continue to check in as things progress. Get it right now so that you are not worrying about safety in the middle of a blizzard when the power goes out.
Code and stove mfg. clearances are for a reason. The stove needs to be set up for the worst case scenario, not a mild weather test. Things will be working a whole lot harder and hotter when it is below zero outside than they are now. All clearances are based on this.
It's good to hear that you are having a pro come and check this out. Your buddy did improve things. The ceiling support looks better and so does the roof flashing. But he is dead wrong about the single wall in the attic. It must be all class A, High Temp pipe, no exceptions. 30 deg class A elbows are the max allowed. What needs to be done is to look at the offset tables from the mfg for this pipe and make it all class A pipe.
Is this Supervent pipe? The offset tables will provide you with the height and offset you will get using 30 deg. class A elbows. You may be able to drop down the class A ceiling pipe and raise the roof pipe enough to fit with 30 deg elbows and a short connector pipe. The offset table will determine whether this is possible or not in the distance between the top of the insulation shield and the roof. If the roof pipe gets raised a foot, that will be good. It still looks shy of 3ft. This is not measured to the top of the cap, it is to the top of the pipe.
Finally, we can't see how the single wall stove connector pipe is installed. It should have the crimped end of the pipe pointing down toward the stove. And each joint should be secured by 3 screws, 120 deg apart. Code says it needs to be 18" from any combustible.
Code and stove mfg. clearances are for a reason. The stove needs to be set up for the worst case scenario, not a mild weather test. Things will be working a whole lot harder and hotter when it is below zero outside than they are now. All clearances are based on this.
It's good to hear that you are having a pro come and check this out. Your buddy did improve things. The ceiling support looks better and so does the roof flashing. But he is dead wrong about the single wall in the attic. It must be all class A, High Temp pipe, no exceptions. 30 deg class A elbows are the max allowed. What needs to be done is to look at the offset tables from the mfg for this pipe and make it all class A pipe.
Is this Supervent pipe? The offset tables will provide you with the height and offset you will get using 30 deg. class A elbows. You may be able to drop down the class A ceiling pipe and raise the roof pipe enough to fit with 30 deg elbows and a short connector pipe. The offset table will determine whether this is possible or not in the distance between the top of the insulation shield and the roof. If the roof pipe gets raised a foot, that will be good. It still looks shy of 3ft. This is not measured to the top of the cap, it is to the top of the pipe.
Finally, we can't see how the single wall stove connector pipe is installed. It should have the crimped end of the pipe pointing down toward the stove. And each joint should be secured by 3 screws, 120 deg apart. Code says it needs to be 18" from any combustible.
