Paint Bubbled and Smoked up House on New Pipe???

Post Reply
 
firstquality1103
New Member
Posts: 8
Joined: Mon. Jan. 26, 2009 9:26 pm

Post by firstquality1103 » Tue. Jan. 27, 2009 2:46 pm

I installed a new t-pipe out the back of my coal stove. 2 minutes after I lit it the paint on the pipe bubbled up and smoked up the house. What caused this?

 
User avatar
Devil505
Member
Posts: 7102
Joined: Tue. Jul. 03, 2007 10:44 pm
Location: SE Massachusetts

Post by Devil505 » Tue. Jan. 27, 2009 3:28 pm

firstquality1103 wrote:I installed a new t-pipe out the back of my coal stove. 2 minutes after I lit it the paint on the pipe bubbled up and smoked up the house. What caused this?
Let me take a stab at the answer........HEAT!! :lol:

(sorry...couldn't resist :devil: )

Sounds like pretty cheap pipe too. All pipe will smell until cured by heat but it shouldn't "bubbble". How hot were you running your stove?

 
User avatar
rockwood
Member
Posts: 1381
Joined: Sun. Sep. 21, 2008 7:37 pm
Location: Utah
Hot Air Coal Stoker Furnace: Stokermatic
Hand Fed Coal Stove: Rockwood Stoveworks Circulator
Baseburners & Antiques: Malleable/Monarch Range
Coal Size/Type: Lump and stoker + Blaschak-stove size

Post by rockwood » Tue. Jan. 27, 2009 3:59 pm

A lot of black painted stove pipe does that nowadays. It generally looks bad from then on and you get black gunk on you if you touch it. Don't touch it when it's hot! :D


 
Paulie
Member
Posts: 834
Joined: Tue. Apr. 08, 2008 8:44 pm
Location: MA, South Shore

Post by Paulie » Tue. Jan. 27, 2009 4:57 pm

Get a better quality pipe.

 
User avatar
Rick 386
Member
Posts: 2508
Joined: Mon. Jan. 28, 2008 4:26 pm
Location: Royersford, Pa
Stoker Coal Boiler: AA 260 heating both sides of twin farmhouse
Hot Air Coal Stoker Stove: LL Hyfire II w/ coaltrol in garage
Coal Size/Type: Pea in AA 260, Rice in LL Hyfire II
Other Heating: Gas fired infared at work
Contact:

Post by Rick 386 » Tue. Jan. 27, 2009 5:36 pm

My guess would be that the pipe did NOT have high temp paint on it. It may have been scratched and someone threw on some cheap rattle can paint to make it look pretty.

Rick

 
Dann757
Member
Posts: 3363
Joined: Sat. Sep. 06, 2008 9:10 am

Post by Dann757 » Tue. Jan. 27, 2009 5:44 pm

The Lowes black pipe I got has held up well and the paint is intact. The annoying bar code stickers were still intact until the pipe temperature went over 250 a couple times. I had to scrape them off and some of the adhesive was left. This actually acts as a warning to me, I start to smell it when the stack temp gets too hot!


 
Conductor
Member
Posts: 24
Joined: Sun. Jan. 18, 2009 5:37 pm
Location: Latham NY
Hot Air Coal Stoker Stove: Keystoker dv 90
Hand Fed Coal Stove: Vermont casting vigilant 1980's
Coal Size/Type: Rice and nut

Post by Conductor » Wed. Jan. 28, 2009 9:29 pm

i use the lowes black pipe the paint dident bubble. Pipe temp about 200deg.

 
lincolnmania
Member
Posts: 2684
Joined: Fri. Jan. 26, 2007 9:55 pm
Location: Birdsboro PA.
Stoker Coal Boiler: EFM 350
Hot Air Coal Stoker Furnace: reading allegheny stoker
Hot Air Coal Stoker Stove: alaska kodiak stoker 1986. 1987 triburner, 1987 crane diamond
Coal Size/Type: rice

Post by lincolnmania » Thu. Jan. 29, 2009 4:32 am

i'm using black pipe from tractor supply......all is fine.....no bubbling, just the annoying stickers with hitlers mustache

 
GRinRI
Member
Posts: 50
Joined: Sat. Jan. 03, 2009 6:46 pm

Post by GRinRI » Thu. Jan. 29, 2009 6:27 am

I've had the pipes (below the baro and manual damper) up to 400 + after a reload. No bubling. After that, they don't smell anymore...

Post Reply

Return to “Coal Bins, Chimneys, CO Detectors & Thermostats”