Need to install an ICC damper in my ICC pipe. I have a slip section from a top vented PH, which connects to an angle section that goes into the ceiling box. My question is: Can I install the damper immediately on the stove collar (it is in the middle of a 6 inch ICC double wall pipe piece)? My other option is a the ceiling, essentially, where I will not be able to reach it.
Placement of a damper
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Have discussed this with Woodstock often. They recommended the damper several years ago. Am now ready to bite the bullet and have ordered one.
I have a very tall stack, very cold climate, windy, high on a cliff overlooking the lake. Air completely closed, my firebox magnetic thermometer reads (as an instance)500, my stack is 820; magnetic thermometer 400, stack 600. I can't slow the draft down enough to restrict O2 enough to slow things down, keep heat in the stove instead of going up the stack. I just lose a lot of heat, burn more wood than I need to. I've been hesitant to get the damper because I didn't think I could put it at the collar, and anything else will be a pain. Also, as it is I really don't burn that much wood. But I could do better, I'm sure.
Have discussed this with Woodstock often. They recommended the damper several years ago. Am now ready to bite the bullet and have ordered one.
I have a very tall stack, very cold climate, windy, high on a cliff overlooking the lake. Air completely closed, my firebox magnetic thermometer reads (as an instance)500, my stack is 820; magnetic thermometer 400, stack 600. I can't slow the draft down enough to restrict O2 enough to slow things down, keep heat in the stove instead of going up the stack. I just lose a lot of heat, burn more wood than I need to. I've been hesitant to get the damper because I didn't think I could put it at the collar, and anything else will be a pain. Also, as it is I really don't burn that much wood. But I could do better, I'm sure.
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