[AT] Stove pipe

robertbobmull.ga at att.net robertbobmull.ga at att.net
Wed Jan 23 10:55:26 PST 2013


There is thin cheap pipe and there is a heavy better grade that last longer.

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On Jan 23, 2013, at 11:56 AM, "charlie hill" <charliehill at embarqmail.com> wrote:

> Andy,  how does your pipe run?  Make sure it is always sloping upwards away 
> from the stove and toward the outside or the building.  NO flat runs.
> It doesn't need much slope but some.  An inch in 4' is plenty.  If it is 
> rusting out near the heater it is probably just burning out from the heat 
> cycles
> but making sure the pipe is run right will keep it dry inside when the stove 
> is shut off.  It's been a long time since I ran a stove with single wall tin 
> pipe
> but I suspect 2 or 3 seasons is not unreasonable in some cases but it should 
> last longer I think.
> 
> One more tip.  The more pipe you run inside the shop before the stack goes 
> outside the better.  That way the smoke cools and the heat is transferred
> by the pipe to the inside of the building instead of being lost outside. 
> There used to be a small hardware store in my hometown.  The guy heated it
> with a cast iron wood stove.  His pipe went up until it was above head high 
> and then ran through the two main rooms of the store for about 30' I guess
> before it went outside and up.  He could have easily run it out in the other 
> direction by removing a window pain about 4 feet from the heater and running
> it through that hole but he wanted the smoke to cool inside.
> 
> Another trick I learned from him that the EPA would frown on now was how to 
> burn waste
> motor oil in the stove.  He had a 3/8" hole drilled in the top of the stove. 
> Through that hole was a piece of copper tubing with the end squeezed shut
> on the inside of the stove.  The other end of the tubing went into a small 
> tank hanging a few feet above and away from the stove.  There was a shut off
> valve in the tubing.  When he wanted the extra heat from the oil he'd open 
> the valve.  The oil would seep through the squeezed shut end of the tube and
> drip......drip........drip into the firebox.
> 
> Charlie
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Andy Glines
> Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 11:24 AM
> To: atis
> Subject: [AT] Stove pipe
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> This is not exactly antique tractor work but I need a warm place to work on 
> them.  I've been using a wood stove in the shop for quite awhile and have a 
> recurring problem.  The tin stove pipe only lasts 2-3 seasons before it 
> rusts out.  Is this pretty common or am I doing something wrong?
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