Some people put the chimney flex pie in it and ran it to the top and others just run into the side of it it with a 3 or 4 inch and call that good enough. If it is real cold the cold air will make it difficult to get the smoke going to the top. Sometimes it will take three times before the stove takes off but I am talking -20 F. One advantage of going into a chimney versus straight out the back is if the power goes off the chimney provides a vacuum that sucks the smoke out of the stoveQuestion is how many of you are?
Curious of the adjustments you have made.
I have my stove vented in the chimney with 0 issues.. Actually the hot dry air has been self cleaning some of the stuff the brush couldn't get off.. Drys it up nice with some small flakes at the clean out door.. I've had no issues with over draft ether.. It's nice to if the power goes out the natural draft helps all the smoke go up the chimney.. Actually keeps the stove burning for about 5 min.
Let me just ask this, was your pellet vent to 6" masonry an air tight connection or was the pipe just run up into it leaving air gaps ? If the latter, you're lucky you never had a chimney fire. And if you had an air tight seal then where was the creosote smell coming from, did you find that source ? And I assume that is gone now ? Do you have an OAK installed ?I wanted to update this thread.
I installed a pellet insert into a masonry chimney with a 6' piece of flex 10 years ago.
The house has gone through some changes in 10 years and has become much tighter. Over the last few years we would experience a creosote smell when it was damp and humid out. We would also experience this when the dryer and bathroom fans are running as well.
Today I had a 4" liner that was 26' long installed. The chimney sweep cleaned the chimney and dropped in the liner. The startup sequence seems easier, less smoke in the chamber. I bought the liner in December and paid the sweep today.
I wished I had done this 10 years ago.
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