Greetings all--
We are in the process of installing our wood stove outside of a masonry chimney, using a chimney liner (the blue stove scenario at the top of this page). The liner up through the cap are currently installed and we are to the point of cutting the liner (2 layers of metal...not looking forward to that) and making the connections. Here is what we have at this point:
Chimney liner: preinsulated 6" Olympia Hybrid Flex
T connector: Forever Flex stainless T connector with standard 10" snout
Stove: Jotul Oslo/F500 v3
The Oslo has the requisite tapered end connection and the T connector has the straight ended snout. Here is our issue:
With the 10" snout, it will fit well to the back side of the stove for clearance to the front of the heart if it were crimped. We have a 6" double male connector that could make the connection work, but it drives the stove forward 4 inches, give or take. I can push the liner backward in the masonry chimney an inch at most, but it is still 3 inches too far to meet the 18" front clearance requirement for ember protection.
Questions:
1. Can you crimp the snout on the T connector? If so, HOW...it's pretty sturdy stainless?
2. Can you use a double male stove pipe adaptor for the connection between the stove and T connector snout, or will this violate the rules around flow? (if this is the best fix, we'll figure out the hearth situation).
3. Would we be better off getting a snout adaptor for a T connector like here?
4. Is there something we are missing here?
Any thoughts would be great!
We are in the process of installing our wood stove outside of a masonry chimney, using a chimney liner (the blue stove scenario at the top of this page). The liner up through the cap are currently installed and we are to the point of cutting the liner (2 layers of metal...not looking forward to that) and making the connections. Here is what we have at this point:
Chimney liner: preinsulated 6" Olympia Hybrid Flex
T connector: Forever Flex stainless T connector with standard 10" snout
Stove: Jotul Oslo/F500 v3
The Oslo has the requisite tapered end connection and the T connector has the straight ended snout. Here is our issue:
With the 10" snout, it will fit well to the back side of the stove for clearance to the front of the heart if it were crimped. We have a 6" double male connector that could make the connection work, but it drives the stove forward 4 inches, give or take. I can push the liner backward in the masonry chimney an inch at most, but it is still 3 inches too far to meet the 18" front clearance requirement for ember protection.
Questions:
1. Can you crimp the snout on the T connector? If so, HOW...it's pretty sturdy stainless?
2. Can you use a double male stove pipe adaptor for the connection between the stove and T connector snout, or will this violate the rules around flow? (if this is the best fix, we'll figure out the hearth situation).
3. Would we be better off getting a snout adaptor for a T connector like here?
4. Is there something we are missing here?
Any thoughts would be great!
