vent question

[Gavin641774]

Was wanting to know if anyone seals their vent up on the exhaust blower with high heat foil tapeor high temp silicon reason for asking was mine was sealed up with silicon,never a problem but this year I done some remodeling and pulled the stove took it outside and used the leaf blower on it and the silicon was hard to clean off even with acetone was wanting an easy connect and disconnect method as I am planning on pulling it out every year doing this Thanks for any input.

 

[Lake Girl]

I use the foil tape but the vent pipe I use, Biovent, has gaskets for sealing between sections. The tape is just extra insurance against leakage...

 

[Lake Girl]

What type of venting are you using? Many require RTV. I have seen many postings of folks using high temp silicone tape on seams - especially on elbow joints. I think it's found near normal electrical tape in stores that carry it.

 

[TheMightyMoe]

Use silicone every where, but where you disconnect, use the tape there, and you should be fine.

 

[bogieb]

I use self-sealing, high temp silicone tape except at the stove connection and at the thimble, where I use RTV. I use Duravent which performs a pretty good seal on its own.

 

[Gavin641774]

Thanks I think I will just use the the high temp foil tape then so next year I will be able to haul it outside and clean it after the burning season it will be so much easier then having to clean silicon off the joint.