I'm going to buy a sirroco 30. I have an existing masonry chimney that my liner will go in. Chimney is surrounded by brick on the outside of the house. Do I need double wall pipe for draft purposes? I was just going to get a single wall flexliner kit. I figured the existing chimney would insulate the pipe enough.
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Owen1508
Minister of Fire
Are you talking about double wall connector? From the stove to the liner? Or trying to put class A pipe in the chimney?
I would certainly use an insulated liner if it will fit. I would also use double wall connector. BKs run with really low flue temps, and the warmer you can keep those gases, the happier your stove will be.
I would certainly use an insulated liner if it will fit. I would also use double wall connector. BKs run with really low flue temps, and the warmer you can keep those gases, the happier your stove will be.
I'll use double wall black pipe from to the liner. But the liner would be single wall unless it going to be an issue.
Owen1508
Minister of Fire
+1 with Jeff .... I would say if you use flex liner insulate if you can. It will ensure you get a good draft on the BK. Make sure you get the chimney swept and inspected before you reline it as well.
Owen1508
Minister of Fire
Your installing it as a hearth stove, through the wall into a masonry chimney? If so make sure to block off the damper on the exsisting FP
No this was built for a free standing stove one is already in place. It old and has no liner. So I'm replacing it with a new stove. I thought the existing chimney would insulate the liner well enough??
chimneylinerjames
Feeling the Heat
What do you mean a .5 liner? You have a few options you can use blanket insulation pour in cement and vermiculite mix or get a preinsulated liner either flex or rigid. But absolutely insulate it will work better stay cleaner be safer and is probably required by code because you probably don't have proper clearance to combustibles.
Half inch insulation blanket is what I meant. I'm just going to get a blanket. There are no clearance issues to combustibles.
So you have 1" of clearance between the outside of the chimney and any combustible material? If so you could go without insulation if you really wanted to but i would still recommend it for performance reasons
Yes, but the blanket seems to be a good performance option for better draft. Thank you for the information !
Well good i rarely see a chimney built with the proper air space between the chimney and the house it is very uncommon but like we all said it is still worth it
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