Stovepipe 6" Single-Wall

[stolfa]

After ordering a length of single-wall 6" stovepipe I learned that it's not all the same. Some is fluted or corrugated on the male end; some is not. Some has a male end that is 1.75" long. Some has a female end that is 1.25" long. I have an 18' length from stove to vaulted ceiling. I don't want to replace the whole pipe; just a section (preferably a telescoping piece). My existing pipe has a 1.75" corrugated male end. I can't seem to find any online specs about the mating ends. What do I need?

Thanks,

Dave

 

[begreen]

Welcome. You may be better off going with one brand of pipe for the whole connector. That way pieces will fit properly. Duravent makes adjustable sections but they are 44-68" and a shorty 6-13". Selkirk also makes telescoping stove pipe, but with a different shorter crimped end and a belled receiving female end. Drolet also makes a very nice telescoping pipe, but again with their own termination differences.
(broken link removed to https://www.drolet.ca/en/accessories-and-venting-products/venting/telescoping-stove-pipe/)

 

[Highbeam]

If it's old enough that you forgot what brand it is then it's probably time to replace it anyway. That stuff doesn't last long.

 

[bholler]

If it's old enough that you forgot what brand it is then it's probably time to replace it anyway. That stuff doesn't last long.

It can easily last 10 years or more

 

[Highbeam]

It can easily last 10 years or more

It could last forever if you never use it or three years as some report.

 

[bholler]

It could last forever if you never use it or three years as some report.

The only time I have ever replaces pipe in 3 years is either in wet basements or with coal stoves. Just about everything else will easily go allot longer than that. Hell the cheap snap lock single wall I had on my cawley for 8 years burning 24/7 through the winters is still fine.

 

[Highbeam]

The only time I have ever replaces pipe in 3 years is either in wet basements or with coal stoves. Just about everything else will easily go allot longer than that. Hell the cheap snap lock single wall I had on my cawley for 8 years burning 24/7 through the winters is still fine.

Yep, 3-10 seems to be the range.

 

[bholler]

Yep, 3-10 seems to be the range.

Ok but from what I have seen 3 years is extremely rare. And 10 is pretty common. Unless like I said you have allot of moisture or are burning coal. If you have both those things you will be replacing it every year. We have one guy with a coal furnace and wet basement that goes through ss connectors in 2 to 3 years and liners in 7 to 8.

 

[begreen]

I removed 22 yr old single wall when we renovated the house and moved the stove. It had some minor surface rusting but overall was still in decent shape. I don't know who made the pipe, it was not the lightweight hardware store variety.

 

[kennyp2339]

I love the heavy wall stuff, ashful used that to connect his BK's last year, I used the cheapo stuff from tractor supply, and I will be replacing mine sooner than later, plus I techinically need DVL per my stove instructions. I was living on the wild side I guess.