Thimble Options for Supervent

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Burning Hunk
Jun 6, 2017
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I was considering using an ALLFuel HST stainless thimble instead of the cheap Supervent galvanized thimble for my Supervent pipe I’m using. It looks like HST pipe is 8.2” and Supervent is 8.0”. Would the .2” difference affect anything for the wall pass through?
 
I was considering using an ALLFuel HST stainless thimble instead of the cheap Supervent galvanized thimble for my Supervent pipe I’m using. It looks like HST pipe is 8.2” and Supervent is 8.0”. Would the .2” difference affect anything for the wall pass through?
All components need to be the ones designed and tested for use with your chimney