HiTemp silicone outside?

[chriscarl]

I am getting down the nitty gritty on my install. I am going to silicone and tape the vent pipe joints that are inside of the house, but should I bother doing the it to any pipe joints outside? It's pretty cold outside and silicone and cold weather are not fans of one another.

 

[Sniz]

It will cure real quick once u fire it up

 

[Bioburner]

Don't want the cold to have any way in. I don't remember the usable limits of silicone. Can use foil tape on the pipe to thimble. Makes it real easy if have to adjust later.

 

[chriscarl]

Don't want the cold to have any way in. I don't remember the usable limits of silicone. Can use foil tape on the pipe to thimble. Makes it real easy if have to adjust later.

I thought that all interior joints needed sili and tape

 

[Bioburner]

True. You get a wind against the thimble joint around that pipe and that cold will come in, believe me, I am fighting a final install right now. Not a safety issue, its an issue of keeping old man winters $&* out.

 

[chriscarl]

Oh, and one more thing. I have enough vent to go with either a 3 or 4 foot rise. Any thoughts

 

[Dgopetactical]

I would go with the rise, it will help from getting smoke in your house if the electric fails + if you get 4' of snow

 

[Bioburner]

My stoves with some rise are happier stoves. Seems less smoke on startup and a bit faster.

 

[CenterTree]

I would go with the rise, it will help from getting smoke in your house if the electric fails + if you get 4' of snow

This is true. We have no rise on our horizontal pipe and I always worry that the power will go out while we are burning. Been meaning to add a section to go up.

A vertical rise would add a sort of drafting effect to clear out the smoke in the pipe during lose of electric (exhaust fan).

 

[Madcodger]

4' of rise is better than 3' if you lose power. Don't waste that extra foot.