help w/stovepipe install

[OhioBurner©]

Some of you may have seen my other post regarding swapping out the existing 6" stovepipe for 8" (and also correcting for slight downhill pitch on the horizontal part) on this stove:

I ran into one problem. Now be advised I have never messed with stove install stuff, been around stoves most of my life but never installed them. My issue is I cant get 8" pipe (cut end) into the thimble. Just to check I also cant fit it in the stove collar. Right now I have the crimped end of the pipe into the stove collar wich leaves the flush end going to the thimble. After pulling apart the PO's pipe I see they had an elbow that was crimped on both ends, so the crimped end of the pipes were facing outward into the stove collar and thimble. My elbow just has 1 end crimped. I dont believe my local store had any other type of elbow. Is that something that might be commonly available elsewhere? Not sure what to do, no way its fitting without being a crimped end...

 

[Todd]

You can buy a double male piece, they are about 4" long.

http://www.hartshearth.com/productcart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idproduct=5757&idcategory=514

 

[sauer]

you can also use a crimping tool. You could also cut down the vertical section of the stove pipe to remedy the downward slope using a hand sheer. What size chimney is it vented into?

 

[OhioBurner©]

I think I'll look for a double male connector or order one, that sounds like the easiest / cheapest route. Sauer - yeah I could cut down the existing one but I was trying to set it up with 8" as it was designed for anyhow. No clue why the PO reduced it to 6" just to hook the 8" stove collar to an 8" thimble. Its an 8x12 chimney. This small project is turning out to be more than its worth, I was just trying to improve the draft a little. I plan on ditching the old stove as soon as I have money anyhow and going with a 6" liner... hopefully next year. The old stove will probably go in the garage.

 

[vvvv]

buy another 6" elbow so u can do 2 45* , after adjusting the elbows, & end up with a slanted rise to the chimni [instead of the horizontal run u currently have]

 

[OhioBurner©]

I was just thinking, can you crimp the ends with two needle nose pliers? I do this when installing gutters, but not sure if it can be done like this on stovepipe since its more rigid.