Hello,
I am in the middle of a fireplace install that has a double wall chimney pipe. I am having a leak that is coming from the inside of the outer pipe, it is dripping from an offset. The installation is not complete, the fire box is in, chimney is complete (chimney cap, flashing, storm collar) I still need to close up the wall that is around the fireplace. There is 8' of chimney above the roof it is double wall chimney pipe, the kind that just has air between the two pipes (no insulation). Could warm air from my house be going up the outside pipe and condensing when it meets the cold chimney pipe? I am in Minnesota and getting temps in the single digits and night and about 30 in the day. I am afraid to go any further will the installation until I fix the leak but think I may need to close up the wall around the fireplace to prevent the warm house air from up the outer chimney pipe.
Thanks for any and all help
I am in the middle of a fireplace install that has a double wall chimney pipe. I am having a leak that is coming from the inside of the outer pipe, it is dripping from an offset. The installation is not complete, the fire box is in, chimney is complete (chimney cap, flashing, storm collar) I still need to close up the wall that is around the fireplace. There is 8' of chimney above the roof it is double wall chimney pipe, the kind that just has air between the two pipes (no insulation). Could warm air from my house be going up the outside pipe and condensing when it meets the cold chimney pipe? I am in Minnesota and getting temps in the single digits and night and about 30 in the day. I am afraid to go any further will the installation until I fix the leak but think I may need to close up the wall around the fireplace to prevent the warm house air from up the outer chimney pipe.
Thanks for any and all help
