Installing A Stove Pipe On A Wood Stove

[@KyBrancaccio]

Thanks for making the video. I was taught that each successive pipe must go into the one below it. This is so that when the creosote liquefies it does not come outside and on top of the stove spreading out more fire hazard. I always would cut the pipes to length and not screw them in until I had them all fit. The hard part was using the approximately middle joint to get the pipes to fit into each other using two long sections that must angle into each other to line up straight. The shorter the distance between the two ends that harder it was. You look to have a good distance to be able to do that there. I really enjoy your channel Mike!

[@mikesworld60]

Thanks for the nice comments. I like the slip joint, it makes it easy to get the last pipe the right length. I put in heavier pipe this time around.

[@SkylarHillShop]

Good to see you get the old stove going again! I've got one sitting in the corner just waiting to be used again.

[@mikesworld60]

I do like the wood heat. And because I have a lot of wood to burn it just cost me a little fuel for the chainsaw, splitter and Kubota. It is a lot of work though. I would love to see your wood stove working.

[@SkylarHillShop]

@@mikesworld60 I'm planning on putting it in my shop after it's built. I'll upload some videos after that. Hopefully next winter.

[@mikesworld60]

@@SkylarHillShop love to see the shop too, when the time comes.

[@TimShepherd-e1t]

So what happens when you put the pot together and you have a leak at any section of the pipe because we have a leak at our elbow and we’ve tried twisting it and whatever and we can’t get it to stop leaking smoke

[@mikesworld60]

If you have smoke coming out the joints between the pipe and stove it would seem to me, you don't have a good draft. The top pipes always go on the inside of pipe below it. This way if you get creosote running down the pipe it won't come out the joints but just run into the stove. So, you would think the smoke coming from the stove going up would come out the joints into the building. But if you have a good draft on the pipe clear to where it exits the building you should not have a problem. If your pipe comes off the stove and then goes through the wall and up a pipe on the outside, it should still be ok as long as you get a good draft on the pipe. I think you need to have the pipe outside the building above the roof to get a good draft. If it comes out the roof it needs to be at least 10' from the peak otherwise it needs to extend above the peak 3 or 4 feet. Make sure you pipe is wide open between the stove and where it exits at the top of the pipe outside. If you have an elbow to go 90 deg out the side of the building maybe it is blocked so the smoke comes out the joint inside the building.

[@mikesworld60]

My last post is regarding and standard wood stove. If you have a pellet stove with a vent fan and double wall twist connections on the pipe you would have to use a small amount of high temp silicon to seal each joint.

[@jerimahjohnson8698]

What kind of screws did you use???

[@mikesworld60]

I bought the pipe at a local fireplace wood stove dealer. They gave me the screws with the pipe. I would contact a good woodstove place and ask them or purchase them from them. The pipe they sell is of better quality than you will find at say Lowes, Home Depot type stores. I wanted a thicker quality pipe, and I just told them what I wanted, and they set me up with all the correct parts.

[@jerimahjohnson8698]

@@mikesworld60 ok good info ty sir

[@kevinmurphy2426]

Don't plan on cleaning it. That pipe doesn't slide as good after it has been built up with shit

[@mikesworld60]

Thanks for the info.

[@rezotydnic]

Your top pipe is wrong. It's on the outside of other pipe when it should be on the inside.

[@mikesworld60]

Thanks for commenting. I was taught that each pipe must go into the one below it. This is so that if any creosote liquefies it does not come outside and on top of the stove creating a fire hazard. The pipe coming from the bottom of the support box mounted to the ceiling goes into the top pipe and so forth as we continue down to the stove. This way if any creosote should build up and run down the pipe it continues to go down into the stove and not out onto the pipe below it and run down the outside of the pipe onto the stove. the pipe has a draft to it when the stove is burning so no smoke would come out the joints even though the smoke is moving up the pipe.

[@MrShankspony]

​@@mikesworld60 Correct!