Bent Stove Pipe

[CentralVAWoodHeat]

I'm looking for some thoughts on something I observed yesterday. Bear with me as I can't currently get pictures of this up.

Our current stove is on it's second season of use and has straight exposed, double wall pipe that extends up from the back of the stove into the ceiling, 10 feet above. Yesterday I noticed a slight, say several millimeter deviation between the top section of pipe and the one below it. It creates a slight bowing appearance and the space on the left side of the pipe joint is definitely larger than the space on the right. It is so minor that likely no one else would ever notice it but I am very observant of indoor heating appliances. There is no smoke leakage and nothing out of the ordinary in terms of performance. It was definitely not like this up until recently.

Is this normal for slight deviations in stove pipes to occur in the first few years from expansion and contraction? All my other stoves had been installed for so long that I had no baseline for the slight movements over time.

Thanks

 

[CentralVAWoodHeat]

Here are the pictures of the joint in question. It is the first one from the top. Let me know if I'm just being silly and should not worry.

 

[Nick Mystic]

I personally wouldn't be concerned. I think it is recommended that pipe connections should have three screws at each joint. Assuming you have such a connection I don't see how you can have a problem. If you only have the one screw that is showing in the photo then you might want to consider adding another two.

 

[CentralVAWoodHeat]

I personally wouldn't be concerned. I think it is recommended that pipe connections should have three screws at each joint. Assuming you have such a connection I don't see how you can have a problem. If you only have the one screw that is showing in the photo then you might want to consider adding another two.

Thanks for the response. Each joint does have three screws so it sounds like all is well. Much appreciated.

 

[Warm_in_NH]

+1 to Nicks comment.
You may be able to just "bump" it straight again with your hand....