too big a fire or just right?
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Tom,
Did you mean to say female end up, male end down" ? Female end of any type of pipe connections always being the larger of the two diameters.
You've got kids, you know how it works.
That way the pipe joints will overlap to keep any water and fly ash dust inside as it descends inside the pipe.
Paul
Did you mean to say female end up, male end down" ? Female end of any type of pipe connections always being the larger of the two diameters.
You've got kids, you know how it works.
That way the pipe joints will overlap to keep any water and fly ash dust inside as it descends inside the pipe.
Paul
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Male end pointing down, especially for wood, so creosote that runs down will stay inside the pipe rather than outside. Same for rain, I guess, but hopefully there's not much of that.
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Funny stuff Paul!!! I did mean to say male up, at least that is what is suggested. I run female up to keep all the crap in the pipes. The section of pipe that connects to my stove is a double female because my stove flange is a male. I just cut the crimped end off and it fits perfect.Sunny Boy wrote: ↑Tue. Nov. 27, 2018 10:12 amTom,
Did you mean to say female end up, male end down" ? Female end of any type of pipe connections always being the larger of the two diameters.
You've got kids, you know how it works.
That way the pipe joints will overlap to keep any water and fly ash dust inside as it descends inside the pipe.
Paul
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If it were my stove, I'd consider adding one of these on top of that elbow and 'permanently' fastening it and sealing with stove cement to the elbow.
You will then have an easy and well-fitting joint to attach, remove, service, your stove pipe.
You will then have an easy and well-fitting joint to attach, remove, service, your stove pipe.
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Ditto with both my Glenwoods.tcalo wrote: ↑Tue. Nov. 27, 2018 11:27 amFunny stuff Paul!!! I did mean to say male up, at least that is what is suggested. I run female up to keep all the crap in the pipes. The section of pipe that connects to my stove is a double female because my stove flange is a male. I just cut the crimped end off and it fits perfect.
With my potbelly stove in my previous house I learned that the hard way. In the shoulder months I burned quite a bit of free wood scraps. What a mess with male end up and creosote and rust streaks running down the outsides of each pipe section.
I like the smell of wood smoke, but gooey creosote on the outsides of stove pipe stinks !!!!
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I can understand the reasoning behind having the male part at the bottom. I guess I've never had the leakage problem so I hadn't thought of that. I guess the main thing is everything needs to fit right and tight. I thought of a humorous situation I was involved in years ago that has nothing to do with stove pipe, but I'd still like to tell it. A couple of guys came in my shop with a piece of that triangle-shaped antenna tower stuff they use to put a radio antenna way up in the sky. They wanted me to put sleeves on the three pipes that were supposed to be the female ends of the section. They needed them to be even bigger so another female end would slip in. When I finished the job I asked them why it had to be changed and they sheepishly admitted they had put up the tower with the bottom embedded in concrete and when they got to the last section at the top of the tower they realized the entire tower was upside down because they had two female ends on both parts. I knew where the tower was and every time I drove by I looked up at the bulges in the three pipes and just smiled.
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jubileejerry wrote: ↑Tue. Nov. 27, 2018 9:56 pm... they realized the entire tower was upside down ...
I can imagine that sinking feeling in the pit of the stomach, until they figured out how to remedy it.
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In the summer when its humid, I have had water (creosote) dripping from pipes. It takes a long humid spell to do it. The horizontal runs can drip pretty bad. Keeping the stove door cracked helps but it still happened. Im glad its rare. I learned to light a fire and that will dry it out, and roast me out, at the same time.
Great story Jerry!
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