Damper Yes or No

[Mountain Man 511]

Would like to here from those of you that have a damper on your stove pipe does it help or not.
My installer refused to put a damper on my Hearthstone Mansfield stove. Yes i am old and old school and just seems like a damper would help when the fire is burning down, to keep the heat in the box or get the heat up.
My installer said they were more trouble than they were worth.
Just wanting your opinion if i should put one on or not.
23 ft. pipe straight up don't have a over drafting problem.

 

[begreen]

I'd probably skip it. Tried one on our 20ft. chimney with the T6 and found no improvement. The stove was burning a bit hot on take-off but it turned out to be the boost air and not the draft. Blocking the old style EBT cured this. Now the damper is gone and there's one less thing to fiddle with.

 

[Plow Boy]

he is right, unless you have a drafting issue stay away from a damper. epa stoves run just fine without one

 

[mellow]

He is right, if you have an overdraft problem then they are needed. Looks like double wall pipe since it is close to a wall, but pictures are deceiving, even more of a pain to put one in dbl wall.

 

[HotCoals]

I still have mine from when I had the old bk non cat stove that had to have it..not so much now but it's still there.
I'm old school also and could not just leave it off..lol.

 

[Hogwildz]

No overdraft problem here with 27'.
Skip it

 

[mark cline]

I put one in the pipe for my Mansfield, I don't have an overdraft problem unless the wind is really howling. I have used it to slow down an overfire with a fan blowing on it to help shed some excess heat. Closed at 550F , it will hold the temp at about 600Fand slowly cool down after a little bit of time. My wood has a moisture content of 16-18%.

 

[HarvestMan]

I have a 25 year old stove and it came with a damper in the flue collar. With a 28 foot chimney I typically run my stove with the damper at 1 o'clock after fire established. When the wind kicks up, it will often go to 2 o'clock. I hear that the new EPA stoves don't need one, but mine is a 25 year old EPA certified stove and it surely needs one. If I upgrade stoves, I will likely have one installed because I too am "old school". Wish I could ask one of the "old school" engineers who built the pyramids to see what they might suggest.

 

[Rearscreen]

I had a Mansfield with the same amount of pipe straight up no damper. Never had any problems, loved that stove. I did have outside air intake.

 

[Mountain Man 511]

Thank you all i will get the Damper out of my head.

Ernie