I need to connect my EXCEL double wall pipe to my Regency 3100 woodstove and I'm ready to burn.
The instructions for the stove pipe say to "screw through the outer casing into the flue collar with three 3/4" metal screws. The black screws are self drilling and will not normally need a pilot hole for steel stove collars".
The stove collar is 1/4" steel and the screws provided with the stove pipe cannot penetrate it.
(The flue collar on the Regency has two holes (east and west) that don't line up with the stove pipe holes and are too large). This is a second hand stove and apparently the previous guy never drilled holes.
Question - Am I doing the right thing by drilling new pilot holes into the flue collar to attach the stove pipe?
The instructions for the stove pipe say to "screw through the outer casing into the flue collar with three 3/4" metal screws. The black screws are self drilling and will not normally need a pilot hole for steel stove collars".
The stove collar is 1/4" steel and the screws provided with the stove pipe cannot penetrate it.
(The flue collar on the Regency has two holes (east and west) that don't line up with the stove pipe holes and are too large). This is a second hand stove and apparently the previous guy never drilled holes.
Question - Am I doing the right thing by drilling new pilot holes into the flue collar to attach the stove pipe?