Just installed SS flexible chimney liner. How do I connect it to my freestanding stove?

[WestVirginian]

Hi everyone--

This weekend I successfully installed a flexible SS liner in my 25 foot masonry chimney. Yeah! Such a sense of relief. My flue has 2 significant turns in it, so I was nervous, but with three guys it only took about 15 minutes of pushing and pulling (had a rope attached to one end). Hard to believe that 15 minutes saved me $1000 I would have had to pay a chimneysweep (no offense to any chimneysweeps out there ;o) BTW, I ordered the liner from chimneylinerdepot.com, and would highly recommend them. 30 foot liner kit (complete with chimney cap, and "T" at the bottom) was $480 with free shipping. They also do local installations (if you happen to live by them), and they have a lot of knowledgeable chimneysweeps to answer any questions you have.

Anyway, now I have to connect it to my woodstove (Jotul 500), which I have ordered. The bottom of the flexible liner is a "T", which is about 12 inches from where the back of the stove will be. The guys at chimneylinerdepot said that I could just use a leftover piece of the SS flexible liner to connect the T to the stove. Does this sound right? Any advice, or better ways to do it?

Thanks for any information. Ian

 

[Shane]

Yeah you could do that or a ridgid piece. Just make sure it rises 1/4" per ft.

 

[Mike Wilson]

I would use a rigid piece from the stove to your "T" connector. Not too keen on a piece of flex running to a hard "T", then back to flex. Don't know why, just doesn't sit too well with me.

-- Mike

 

[Shane]

Should be fine so long as the liner is supported and the 1/4" rise is maintained without any sagging. The only other advantage to using a piece of ridgid is that to connect the flex you'll probably need two more adapters.