I was told that you can stick 5 to 6 feet stainless steel used for pellet stoves up a brick fireplace and wrap the pipe with fiberglass to stop the draft from come in to the house. is this true?? Thanks
Installing Pellet insert in a brick fireplace
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My answer would be NO.
It may work but the other bet is that it is most likely not to building code depending on your location and you would prolly need a blockoff plate.
One of the other guys or Elk will come in and tell you in detail but I would say nope.
It may work but the other bet is that it is most likely not to building code depending on your location and you would prolly need a blockoff plate.
One of the other guys or Elk will come in and tell you in detail but I would say nope.
Yes, you can do that. You can do lots of things, but is it right, not entirely. Follow the manual.
The correct method is to have a metal block-off plate through which the pellet exhaust pipe passes. The problem with a short stick up the flue is that you will get a lot of ash accumulation above the plate. I ran our pellet vent all the way to the top of the chimney, sealed at the top also.
The correct method is to have a metal block-off plate through which the pellet exhaust pipe passes. The problem with a short stick up the flue is that you will get a lot of ash accumulation above the plate. I ran our pellet vent all the way to the top of the chimney, sealed at the top also.
I say no
You will get soot back into your house if they fiberglass fails to seal
How will you clean all the fly ash out of the flue?
Smoke will not draft well out of a large chimney and linger
you will see something like this behind your stove after a year
http://www.hearthtools.com/install/dirty_insert/images/IMG_1099.jpg
http://www.hearthtools.com/install/dirty_insert/index.htm
You will get soot back into your house if they fiberglass fails to seal
How will you clean all the fly ash out of the flue?
Smoke will not draft well out of a large chimney and linger
you will see something like this behind your stove after a year
http://www.hearthtools.com/install/dirty_insert/images/IMG_1099.jpg
http://www.hearthtools.com/install/dirty_insert/index.htm
One other problem you will have is if you dont seal off the top of your chimney
water will come down Follow the pipe to the stove and short out all the electronics
I have Rewired about 10 stoves in 18 years because of this kind of half @ss installation.
water will come down Follow the pipe to the stove and short out all the electronics
I have Rewired about 10 stoves in 18 years because of this kind of half @ss installation.
Let's say Andy 35 installs a full liner to the top of the chimney and a block off plate. What should he use to insulate above the block off plate, fiberglass, ceramic?
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