24 ga or heavier stove pipe NFPA

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webbie

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Nov 17, 2005
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Western Mass.
Mike from ESW recently posted an article from a trade mag which seemed to contain some errors - among them saying that 26 ga Blue pipe was OK with wood stoves.

Enclosed is the page from NFPA which seems to dispute that - just for the record.

This chart shows that 26 ga would only be good for stove pipe of 5" or smaller, which is not used in any stoves I know of. So 24 ga and 22 ga should always be used for wood and coal stoves.
 

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Thanks for the heads up. I was just looking at stove pipe the other day at Lowes but decided to wait until HD got theirs in.
 
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