Hi Everyone,
Just got an installer for my jotul F100 stove and liner install. The installer, who seems like a good guy, reasonable, licensed, and experienced gave me two prices - one if I go with a 316 6-inch corrugated flex liner and one if I go with a 5.5-inch 304 smooth wall liner, either liner will be pre-insulated and it's a 30 foot liner to a T for my freestanding stove on the hearth. The 5.5" is called a crossover best flex, is about $100 more that the other, which is regular corrugated flex liner. He said he thinks the 5.5" smooth walled liner is the better option - he said it goes in easer as it's heavier and doesn't bend as much, and going down to 5.5 will leave less of a chance for trouble going down the flue (which is a bit tight), however as it's smooth walled it gives as good of a draft as the 6" corrugated. He also said that these work very well. My one concern with going with the 5.5 is that in the jotul manual, says this: "The inside area of the flue liner must not be less than the area of the stove flue collar and cannot be more than three times greater than the cross sectional area of the stove flue collar," but that may not be applicable to the 5.5" smooth wall (according to a few professionals I've spoken with, this is not a problem with the smooth walled liners as they give more draft. The $100 extra isn't a huge expense, so aside from this (or considering it!), any thoughts?
Thanks!
Just got an installer for my jotul F100 stove and liner install. The installer, who seems like a good guy, reasonable, licensed, and experienced gave me two prices - one if I go with a 316 6-inch corrugated flex liner and one if I go with a 5.5-inch 304 smooth wall liner, either liner will be pre-insulated and it's a 30 foot liner to a T for my freestanding stove on the hearth. The 5.5" is called a crossover best flex, is about $100 more that the other, which is regular corrugated flex liner. He said he thinks the 5.5" smooth walled liner is the better option - he said it goes in easer as it's heavier and doesn't bend as much, and going down to 5.5 will leave less of a chance for trouble going down the flue (which is a bit tight), however as it's smooth walled it gives as good of a draft as the 6" corrugated. He also said that these work very well. My one concern with going with the 5.5 is that in the jotul manual, says this: "The inside area of the flue liner must not be less than the area of the stove flue collar and cannot be more than three times greater than the cross sectional area of the stove flue collar," but that may not be applicable to the 5.5" smooth wall (according to a few professionals I've spoken with, this is not a problem with the smooth walled liners as they give more draft. The $100 extra isn't a huge expense, so aside from this (or considering it!), any thoughts?
Thanks!
