Help: Question on flexible elbow pipes

[Jersey_Marine]

Tomorrow I am hooking up my new stove (Englander NC30). I am going to use all new piping going from my stove to the flue. Im not going to use the piping that was on the new stove. My question is...Do they sell flexible angle pipes instead of the standard 90 degree angle fixed pipes? My logic is the stove will vent better without a true 90 degree angle. If i use short pipes and 2 flexible elblow peices, I can make the pipe as straight as possible. Obviously there will be 2 slight bends but there wont be a true 90 degree angle. I am going to post a pic of the setup that was in my house when I bought it. Im trying to do away with the true 90 degree bend going to the flue. If what Im saying doesnt make sense or wont make a difference please let me know. Sometimes one persons logic isnt correct. Any advice is well appreciated

 

[begreen]

So NOW you tell us, LOL. Congratulations, looks like BB needs to get you at tshirt.

Adjustable elbows are more fragile than fixed elbows. You can get fixed angle elbows in 45 degree that are better made.

My main concern is the closeness of the single wall to the ceiling. What is the distance from the pipe to the ceiling. That is a hot area. It's not a worry with double-wall connector, but a concern with single wall.

 

[Jersey_Marine]

So NOW you tell us, LOL. Congratulations, looks like BB needs to get you at tshirt.

Adjustable elbows are more fragile than fixed elbows. You can get fixed angle elbows in 45 degree that are better made.

My main concern is the closeness of the single wall to the ceiling. What is the distance from the pipe to the ceiling. That is a hot area. It's not a worry with double-wall connector, but a concern with single wall.

Ahh thank you very much. Yes i am pretty excited! A t-shirt would be cool. I am going to enjoy this i believe. The way the pipe is now there was a good amount of clearance from the pipe to ceiling im assuming. Like I said I never really ran the old stove as it was in the house when i bought it. I only ran it for a few days only to realize it wasnt running right (Its from 1984 so not a wonder)...id like to assume the people who owned the home before me ran the stove when it ran correctly the way it is. Maybe i can utilize a fixed 45 degree angle and that would actually drop it even lower from the ceiling and also eliminate the 45 degree bend. Im going to be playing around with it tomorrow. I bought a fixed 90 degree bend while at Home Depot but I can easily return it. I hate like hell to go down to the local stove shop in my town and give them 3 cents of my money because they have terrible customer service and just plain old nasty. Home Depot didnt have any 45 degree pipes and actually didnt have much of anything. I just may have to suck it up and go to the stove store in my town tomorrow because im sure they will have that 45 degree you mentioned. Thank you again and thank you for responding

 

[Jersey_Marine]

Looking at the set-up my idea is having a 45 degree elbow coming straight off the flue on the wall into a straight pipe into another 45 degree elbow into a straight pipe into the stove. Does anybody object to that? Is it okay to have a 45 degree elbow coming straight off the flue on the wall?

 

[1ruralmailman]

that sounds like it should work.definitly be better than a tight 90 degree bend,also better than a flexible for the draft,as it wont have as much drag on it.

 

[JayD]

Thats what I have only double wall. No problem at all with draft. Jay