Hello, all. I'm new to this informative site, and joined up to ask this question. I am a long-time user and lover of wood stoves, and have previously owned a Dutchwest catalytic and a Harmon Oakwood amoung others. I have just purchased a new large Dutchwest non-catalytic which will be in my living room and someone gave me some interesting advice on installing the new stove pipe. On every other stove I have owned (all vented at top), I have simply run up to a 90-degree elbow, then straight into the chimney thimble. What I was recently told was, that I should run up to a "T" which would be blocked on one end, then run back to the chimney. My "advisor" claimed that this configuration would provide an optimum draft and also allow for easier cleaning by removing the plug on the outward-facing end of the T. The easier pipe clean-out part makes sense, but has anyone ever heard that a T would make for a better draft than an elbow? Thanks!
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