slight opening in stove pipe conecction

[kayakkeith]

So if you look at the pic of my stove set up you will see where the stove pipe connects to top of stove. I had to replace the straight piece as it got scratched up. When I put the replacement pipe in everything looked good until I stared a fire. I just happened to notice a small sliver of opening where the new piece connects into the reducer. The fire burned okay and if anything air was getting sucked in a nothing getting out - again its not a big gap just a very tiny one. Should it be airtight. They are sending me a new piece but I was wondering if its a big deal

 

[cmonSTART]

Well, air tight is certainly better. As long as the pipe is secure (not in danger of coming off easily) I would try to work some stove gasket cement into the gap to plug it up.

 

[Fsappo]

Yup, stove gasket cement is the trick. Let it set up for a few hours and then cure it with a low fire for a few hours.

 

[sullystull]

Are you using any screws on that particular connection?

 

[PJF1313]

I agree with all of the above :

Air tight is better = better and stronger draft; less "cold" air entering the flue
Stove/Furnace cement on ALL the joints = less chance of an air leak
Atleast 3 screws per joint on STOVE PIPE connections = less chance of an air leak and separation during cleaning

 

[kayakkeith]

yea - used the screws but no cement or anything - contacted Woodstock and they are just going to send me a replacement - they figure it could be bent or something. They said it probably wouldn't be bad but gave me my choice of just getting a new section

 

[Highbeam]

It must be single wall stuff?

I wouldn't use any cement, silicone or other goo to try and patch up the buggered connection. That's just redneck and it will look bad. I use cement inside the firebox to patch a couple of seams and it looks bad, and eventually gets old and falls out.

Try and do it right without resorting to sealants.

Oh, and I would not tolerate a gap in my chimney, anywhere.

 

[Fsappo]

Yipee, I'm a redneck!

 

[cmonSTART]

Yipee, I'm a redneck!

Same here.

 

[Highbeam]

Me too but for other reasons.

 

[certified106]

Call me crazy but all of my single wall joints on my other stove got a liberal amount of furnace cement before being stuck together andthe excess was just wiped off afterwards. Just buy the furnace cement in a tube like caulking and the stuff does wonders on stovepipe joints.

 

[Fsappo]

Nah, your not crazy. If you have opposable thumbs you can apply stove cement to stove pipe joints just fine.