We took out our old wood stove and replaced it with a brand new one. The old one had eight inch pipe. New one had six inch so we put one piece that went from six on the stove to the eight inch pipe. We replaced all of the pipe too. The only part that is old is the insulated pipe that is in the roof. All else is new. So we put the new pipe up through the roof (and insulated pipe) just like it was and now we have creosote dripping down the outside of the pipe. What could be causing it to drip down the OUTSIDE of the pipe? What do we need to do to fix this?
Creosote Dripping Down OUTSIDE of stovepipe!
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DiscoInferno
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Normally you put the tapered end of each pipe/chimney section facing down to avoid this. How is you pipe oriented?
Assuming the creosote predates the new stove, you need to clean your chimney. If it's new creosote, then your wood is way too wet or you're burning with far too little air. New EPA stoves shouldn't generate much liquid creosote.
Assuming the creosote predates the new stove, you need to clean your chimney. If it's new creosote, then your wood is way too wet or you're burning with far too little air. New EPA stoves shouldn't generate much liquid creosote.
Backwoods Savage
Minister of Fire
Yes, it sounds like the stove pipe might be installed backwards if the creosote is running down the outside.
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