sealing stove pipe joints?

[michaelthomas]

Should I cement around the stovepipe joints to make it air tight? Should I seal around the stovepipe/thimble connection with gasketing cord? What agout stovepipe stove inlet connection. I can a small amount of light through each of these joints. Would sealing them increase draft through the stove? Would it decrease creosote production by limiting cold room air up the chimney?

 

[Todd]

Yes, it will help. I use Rutland black stove cement. Last year I didn't use it and when I cleaned the pipe there was dusty linty stuff around some of the seems. So I think it was sucking alot of air where it shouldn't. This year I layed a bead of cement on the female end, inserted male end, and used 3 sheet metel screws to attach pipe sections together.