Questions Concerning Smoke Pipe and Coal Usage

 
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Post by Gary1 » Mon. Jan. 20, 2014 5:58 pm

I'm in the process of having a D S Machine kozy-King 400 funace installed in my basement and have a question about the smoke pipe. It would be approximately 4 feet in length, from the back of the furnace to the thimble, and have a rise of about 3 inches per foot. Would it be practical to have most of its 4 feet length double walled, to keep the high heat away from the ceiling floor joists which are about 15 inches above the smoke pipe, and still have a portion of the pipe single walled so that I can monitor its temperature? If so, how should it be configured? The first 2 feet from the back of the furnace double walled, then the next foot single walled, and the rest double walled again? Or the first 3 feet double walled and the last foot single walled?

My second question relates to coal usage. Due to its corrosive nature will it damage the copper flashing around my chimney over time? Thanks, and I look forward to your replies...Gary


 
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Post by lsayre » Mon. Jan. 20, 2014 7:05 pm

I believe that any flue pipe that is within 18" of the ceiling must be double walled.

 
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Post by waldo lemieux » Mon. Jan. 20, 2014 7:13 pm

Just heat shield the floor joists with some sheet metal and take advantage of the heat thrown off the single wall pipe, its not like a wood flue where there is a danger of a chimney fire.

 
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Post by michaelanthony » Mon. Jan. 20, 2014 7:15 pm

I was 15 inches away from my ceiling joists so I installed a metal barrier with 1 inch spacers against the ceiling joist above the pipe and kept the pipe single wall. I wanted the radiant heat in my basement and not up the chimney!

sorry waldo, you're a faster typist

 
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Post by lsayre » Mon. Jan. 20, 2014 7:39 pm

The heat shield answer is the best idea!

 
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Post by 2001Sierra » Mon. Jan. 20, 2014 8:12 pm

An answer to your flashing question. Over time the thin aluminum flashing they are selling does corrode a bit. I have changed my flashing twice in 33 years, once because I restacked the brick, and the second time because it actually corroded. The last time I thought I was doing a basic repoint andminor repair, and ended up replacing it all, had I known that before I started copper would of been used. When my final roof goes on (present one is 30 plus years, I will be installing copper. Both will outlast me :shock:
I also now coat the brick with a breathable water proofing, which is holding up well on the mortar joints, lot easier to go up with a brush a slap the clear on vs. repointing.

 
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Post by carlherrnstein » Tue. Jan. 21, 2014 7:51 am

Copper flashing? Wow your lucky, the only thing better than copper is lead flashing, that stuff is easy to work and lasts literally hundreds of years.

Copper holds up lot better than aluminum, I would say it would be fine, any ash should be rinsed off by melting snow or rain and wouldn't be there long enough to cause a problem.


 
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Post by titleist1 » Tue. Jan. 21, 2014 8:15 am

Regarding the copper, your flashing should be fine. I rigged a couple 14awg pieces of copper wire across the top of my stack to hold the chimney cap on two years ago. They crisscross the top of the chimney directly in line with the exhaust. I checked them a few weeks ago and they have not deteriorated at all.

The heat shield is the way to go. In the workshop used a piece of 8" flue pipe around the 6" and simply put 1" screws thru the 8" to space it away from the 6". The screws do not go into the 6", they just provide points for the 8" to sit on the 6" pipe.

 
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Post by Berlin » Tue. Jan. 21, 2014 1:25 pm

carlherrnstein wrote:Copper flashing? Wow your lucky, the only thing better than copper is lead flashing, that stuff is easy to work and lasts literally hundreds of years.

Copper holds up lot better than aluminum, I would say it would be fine, any ash should be rinsed off by melting snow or rain and wouldn't be there long enough to cause a problem.
Copper is better than aluminum, but, anything that touches masonry should be lead. I use lead on everything. It will outlive your grandkids.

 
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Post by Gary1 » Wed. Jan. 22, 2014 10:54 pm

Thanks to you all for your responses. I know a single walled pipe with a heat shield above it would be the easiest way out normally, but I have hot air and cold air return ductwork from my oil furnace in the way, so it wouln't be easy to install a shield. Also, I don't need the heat off a single walled pipe to heat my basement since I have over 80 feet of non-insulated ductwork that radiates heat and keeps my basement warm. The new furnace will be hooked into this ductwork. I like Titleist 1's idea of using an 8" pipe around an interior 6" pipe, held in place with 1" screws to maintain a 1" air gap. How do you seal the 1" gap at the end of the pipe that connects to the smoke collar of the furnace, with some type of metal cap? At any rate, I'm back to my original question which was how to configure a double walled pipe with a section that would be single walled so that I can monitor its heat output?

I'm glad to hear that coal usage won't ruin copper flashing. I know from forum postings that it will ruin galvanized and stainless steel flue pipes, so why don't they make copper flue pipes, or at least copper lined flue pipes? Is it because of cost?

 
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Post by titleist1 » Wed. Jan. 22, 2014 11:07 pm

Gary1 wrote: How do you seal the 1" gap at the end of the pipe that connects to the smoke collar of the furnace, with some type of metal cap?
You don't seal it at either end, you want air to flow through that space. Cut the 8" about 4 inches short of the 6" and leave a couple inches at each end exposing the 6" flue pipe.

As for monitoring temp in the flue pipe, you can get a barbeque probe thermometer and insert it into the flue pipe. You can thread those right into the pipe. The couple inches at the stove side should be enough to insert the thermometer. They are only $10 - $12 at big box stores.

 
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Post by Gary1 » Wed. Jan. 22, 2014 11:19 pm

Thanks for the info Titleist1...Gary

 
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Post by smokerdude » Thu. Jan. 23, 2014 7:21 am

I think that Kozy king 400 takes an 8 inch pipe. Mine is a 300 and it takes a 7 incher.

 
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Post by Gary1 » Thu. Jan. 23, 2014 8:22 am

Your right, smokerdude. The 400 does take an 8" pipe, so I'll need a 10" pipe around it. Both the 300 and 400 now use 8" pipes....Thanks, Gary

 
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Post by coalder » Thu. Jan. 23, 2014 8:32 am

Code is 18" from top of stove pipe to any combustible. I would highly recommend a mantle shield as it meets code. I believe it' called the" home saver mantle shield" But I could be wrong. Other methods may work , but this product meets code and reduces clearance to 9".
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