slip joint at stove help

[akhilljack]

heres my problem i have an osburn 1600 freestanding wood stove. i have one piece of single wall black pipe, crimped at the end as my stove pipe that goes up from my stove to my class a adapter on the ceiling. it fits well on the class a adapter which is jsut strait pipe. on the other hand the piece that goes in to the stove is a different story. i have been burning for a month or two the way it is and it realy isnt a problem much but where the pipe seam and crimp at the bottom interset it leaves a gap where it goes in to the stove. it is only a few thousandths of an inch but when i damper it down over night some time smoke comes out. i have also noticed i get small amounts of ash over everything all around the stove after a few days from the gap. it fits tightly other wise and is screwed in well top and bottom. i dont want to seal it with rtv because i take the screws out and slide the pipe up the class a adapter to get in the top of the stove when i clean it. what should i do. is there a special adapter for this that has the sealing ridge even all the way around or is this all i get. i cant remeber who makes it but i bought it at the same place i bought my selkirk class a so i would guess it is selkirk if they even make it. other wise simpson.

 

[BrotherBart]

There are two ways to handle that. One for looks and the other for ease if the stove isn't in a showplace in the house. The first way is to just push a dap of furnace cement into the gap. It is no problem at cleaning time because it gets brittle when heated so a tap with a screwdriver will bust it for taking the pipe apart. The second, unsightly, way is to put a stainless steel hose clamp around the pipe with rope gasket all the way around under it over the seam that is leaking and tighten it down. Even if you use a stove adapter that gap is just going to be in the top of it instead of the top of the stove. I hate those pipe seams.

 

[akhilljack]

all the fancy stuff they have for everything from the ceiling up and thats the best there is just plugging it with cement. its not above me i was just wondering if there was a better way. i guess not though.

 

[blel]

Is there a shoulder just above the crimp? Could you cut a little off the crimp end so that the shoulder sits on the collar? It might make for a better seal. Or would the pipe itself fit into the collar if you cut above the shoulder?
Just a couple of ideas, not sure if either would work.