Water gets inside flue pipe from the cap, need help

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Amaralluis

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Dec 14, 2005
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I have a water problem since I stopped using the pellet stove last year.
Everytime theres nasty weather outside water finds its way inside the flue pipe and ends up at the bottom of the Tcap.
With particular on long rainy days I have to empty the tcap several times.
I have checked the pipe and there are no holes, the water is coming from the cap.
I have replaced it with this cap
http://www.hardwareandtools.com/Sel...-Pipe-3-Inch-Pellet-Vertical-Cap-6266654.html

thinking that it would help but it made no difference.
Before this was the cap I had :
http://www.homehardware.ca/en/rec/index.htm/_/N-67lZ2pqf/Ne-67n/Ntk-All_EN/R-I5533026?Ntt=pellet

It doesnt help when it rains its usually very windy as well and the pipe goes up the roof several feet so theres no protection against the winds whatsoever.
Besides blocking completely the cap is there anything else I can do to prevent water from getting inside the flue?

Obviously when I had the stove running as my main heating source this was not a problem (never noticed it), but now its used as a secondary heat source I cant have water inside the pipe.

Thanks
 
Although a different type. I had the same issue with my metalbestos end cap. I had to make a piece to go on top to keep the rain out.

I have no problem now. If someone cannot recommend a different cap you could purchase, you may have to do some modifications to your existing piece.
 

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My water woes problem continues.

does anyone have any sugestions to prevent water from getting in thru the rain cap?
I have been on the roof and there is nowhere else the water will come in.
I really need help with this. What modification can I do to the cap without comprimising its use?
 
Next time it suppose to rain go up and cover the cap w/ plastic to verify that the water is coming thru the cap openings. Another thing you could do is buy a vert. vent termination cap for say a 6 in. gas venting. One that has a hat type top and disassembe it and screw the larger top on top of your existing cap? Or try a large pot lid, the blue porcelian coated steel type fastened to the top of you existing cap? The thing is wind would want to tear thing up
 
I wonder if you could put a 90 deg. angle on it facing away from the windward side with one of those duckbill looking termination caps.Not sure if it would be too much restriction though.
 
nevermind.
 
Does anyone have or have seen this :

http://www.icc-rsf.com/main.php?t=chem_produits&i=84&l=e&d=2&

Its the Rain/Wind Shield (PRCW) and thats exactly what I am looking for.

I wonder what the cost is.
I can only find it on that website but theres no pricing info.
My only concern is that it is too big for the vent that I have right now.
The shield is 11 inches and my cap is only 6 inches... I am afraid that the little tabs that are used to screw the shield to the cap are not long enough.

Which leads me to another question, what is the cost of this cap ?
http://www.icc-rsf.com/main.php?t=chem_produits&i=83&l=e&d=2&
 
I have this same problem. At first I thought it was coming in from the seams of the pipes but now I think it is entering from the opening at the end of the pipe (even though the pipe is slopped downward). Last year I tried using hi-temp silicon on the connections but it still fills with water. The exhaust end does have a swivel piece so its possible this is the point of entry. So far I have just been mitigating the issue the best I can but I suspect the continued infiltration of water will shorten the life expectancy of the exhaust tubing.... I'm very much interested in ideas as well to resolve this issue.
 
I am baffled and I dont know what else to do...

I went ahead and bought the cap and rain shield listed on my previous post and Im still getting water inside the pipe.
I went on the roof yesterday to check if perhaps I didnt install the cap properly into the pipe so I pulled it out and the inside was all wet and I could not see signs of water anywhere on the outside of the pipe or any holes that the water could get in.
So somehow the water gets in thru the cap. I dont understand!!!
 
Warm moist air rising up the flue condensing on the cold metal at the top and running back down.
 
Thanks Smokey.
Thats what Im thinking too. It sure gathers alot of water thou.
Funny thing is that the pipe is in a cold area all the way from the 'T' to the roof. Its actually located on the stairhall to the basement and its not heated.
But obviously its not warm its not as cold as outside.

So the question is can this condensation be avoided and how?
 
Can you dead air the flue at the bottom. This would be somewhat what a number of us do to stop rust inside our stoves during the off season.
 
Amaralluis said:
Can you explain what "dead air the flue at the bottom" means?

Remove the flue from the stove and cover the flue opening that you just created.

ETA: Plastic bag the part that goes up the flue. Even though the stove isn't being used the flue is likely drawing enough to suck air through the stoves air intake and right on up the flue.
 
Thanks for the reply.
I cant unhook the flue from the stove.
The stove is a few inches from the wall and on the other side it has a "T" and then goes to the roof.
Would putting a rag just above the horizontal section of the flue work?
 
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