New Stove: leak smokes

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Remove all the metal tape. The adhesive is not rated for flue temps. This is not like a pellet stove, it is not necessary. Once you have a proper chimney you will see a very big difference in stove performance.
15 ft outside sounds excessive for this stove. It has no secondary combustion channel to draw air through. I agree with bholler that 7' should be sufficient. Is 15' the minimum necessary to satisfy the 10-3-2 rule?
yeh I will remove the tape once chimney is finished. I stick it there to stop smoke whee when I tried the first fire with my shirt chimney. Haha
 
For that stove I'd start out with 7 or 8 ft if the 10-3-2 rule is satisfied. It will definitely need a brace off the roof. Two if you go for 11 ft.
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Okay so I can just go with 11 feet outside , right? Because I think 15 feet is like too tall over the roof and I’m afraid it will shake up with the wind in Montana. We are windy here and cold.
What begreen said
 
okay I have one roof support bracket but I can order one more if needs be. I’ll post picture when I finish it next Sunday
This is what I’m going to build see this cartoon
 

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And the outside chiminey pipes are all insulated steel pipes. What is the right length for chimney pipe ? I have now all together 3 feet plus 2 feet and 1 feet tee so 6 feet total. Is it enough to rise the hot air up ?
no
 
Did pictures go thru ?
 

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I’m passing a kidney stone, and typing gets it off my mind. So I’ll leave the simple questions to bholler. lol
Find a quiet spot, get some good drugs and whizz it out.. Quit eating dairy products, they contribute to them.
 
Yay , it’s running perfectly! It’s awesome! There is no leaks and no smokes coming out and I’m so happy now I have some heat just in time to Montana fierce winter. Love you all thanks a bunch teaching me about draft and importance of chimney length!! It’s like magic!
 

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It's much safer now too. Draft is the engine of the fire. I suggest removing the metal tape now, before it becomes baked on.
 
Much better. If you find the fire a little hard to control with a full load of wood, a key damper can be added to the stove pipe to slow it down a bit.
 
Is that double wall pipe or single wall?

I’m using the ones duravent double pipe and duravent double stainless for chiminey. Okay I’ll extend it 3 feet up. I ordered 3 ft and 2 feet in case I need it both. I’ll go do it tomorrow and send you guys picture of set up. Extending the chimibey from 6” to 3 feet 6 “ with cap might better the draft
 
Ok the surface thermometer on the double wall pipe won't give you any useful information. You need a probe thermometer