Installing VC Resolute III and new flue liner

[cbuckbee]

Hello all -

I have a rebuilt VC Resolute III that I would like to install in my living room. Our chimney is about 20' from stove to cap and lined with terra cotta. VC recommends a 6" liner to match the 6" stove collar, but I am concerned that the liner won't make it down the chimney, as the inner diameter of the flue is 8 x 6.7". Does anyone have any experience installing liners into tight spaces? I have heard varying opinions on if it will fit, so I figured I should check with the experts. I just want to save myself the heartbreak of ordering it and then finding that it will never make it down. Thanks in advance!

 

[bholler]

Hello all -

I have a rebuilt VC Resolute III that I would like to install in my living room. Our chimney is about 20' from stove to cap and lined with terra cotta. VC recommends a 6" liner to match the 6" stove collar, but I am concerned that the liner won't make it down the chimney, as the inner diameter of the flue is 8 x 6.7". Does anyone have any experience installing liners into tight spaces? I have heard varying opinions on if it will fit, so I figured I should check with the experts. I just want to save myself the heartbreak of ordering it and then finding that it will never make it down. Thanks in advance!

I really doubt it will fit bare. And certainly won't fit with insulation like it should have

 

[cbuckbee]

What is it that won't make it through? The tee piece? It's an interior chimney, so I didn't think it was necessary to put insulation on it.

 

[Easy Livin’ 3000]

Hello all -

I have a rebuilt VC Resolute III that I would like to install in my living room. Our chimney is about 20' from stove to cap and lined with terra cotta. VC recommends a 6" liner to match the 6" stove collar, but I am concerned that the liner won't make it down the chimney, as the inner diameter of the flue is 8 x 6.7". Does anyone have any experience installing liners into tight spaces? I have heard varying opinions on if it will fit, so I figured I should check with the experts. I just want to save myself the heartbreak of ordering it and then finding that it will never make it down. Thanks in advance!

I burned the same stove for over 30 years, went from stove pipe into the same sized terra cotta flue as you have, about 25 feet tall. No need for a liner, it'll draft just fine. I swept the chimney annually from the roof and never had more than a gallon or two of dry soot. But note I always burned seasoned dry wood.

 

[cbuckbee]

I burned the same stove for over 30 years, went from stove pipe into the same sized terra cotta flue as you have, about 25 feet tall. No need for a liner, it'll draft just fine. I swept the chimney annually from the roof and never had more than a gallon or two of dry soot. But note I always burned seasoned dry wood.

Thanks for the reply. As I said above, its an interior chimney so I am a little concerned with it being surrounded by combustibles until it gets to the roof. My house was built in 1983, so it's not as though it's a very old design. I want to keep everything to code so I need to be able to get 6" in there if I'm going to go with a liner.

 

[rwh63]

maybe toss a section of pipe down to see if it fits. my inside chimney was just brick. we installed an uninsulated stainless rigid liner most of the way and connected to a flex liner through the damper zone. chimney is about 20-25 ft. never had an issue. i have a cat stove, yearly pipe brushing produces a couple of cups of black dust.

 

[rwh63]

btw, love the pre-EPA VC stoves, esp. the enameled ones. just make sure the wood you burn is dry, or you risk creosote build-up. pics?

 

[bholler]

Thanks for the reply. As I said above, its an interior chimney so I am a little concerned with it being surrounded by combustibles until it gets to the roof. My house was built in 1983, so it's not as though it's a very old design. I want to keep everything to code so I need to be able to get 6" in there if I'm going to go with a liner.

Without insulation you would still have exactly the same concerns about combustibles. And unless you have a 2" clearance all around the chimney insulation is required by code

 

[rwh63]

i believe some chop out the terra cotta, and install insulated. gonna use this a lot, or periodically.

 

[cbuckbee]

maybe toss a section of pipe down to see if it fits. my inside chimney was just brick. we installed an uninsulated stainless rigid liner most of the way and connected to a flex liner through the damper zone. chimney is about 20-25 ft. never had an issue. i have a cat stove, yearly pipe brushing produces a couple of cups of black dust.

Good call, I will pick up a couple feet of 6" aluminum and give it a test run. Is there any issue with using an oval liner? A 4" x 7.7 liner would probably be a better fit...

We have heat in the house, and I will probably burn it a few times a week in the winter. Thank you for the tips on the dry wood, I plan on getting some good stuff delivered. I will post some pics of the stove when I can; the guy who rebuilt it really knows his stuff.